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Turn ordinary photographs into vivid landscapes

Author: FotoFects Author's URL: http://www.fotofects.com More by this author
Added:Mar 29, 2005 Rating:   Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop  

Turn ordinary grass and sky photographs into vivid landscapes.

image 1 1. Open the image for editing.
image 2 2. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J) and change its blending mode to "Multiply".
image 3 3. With the new layer selected, use the "Hue/Saturation" tool (Ctrl+U) to increase the "Saturation". Click OK.
image 4 4. Add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All) to the current layer.
image 5 5. With the layer mask selected, use the "Apply Image" tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:

Source: filename
Layer: Background
Channel: RGB
Blending: Normal
Opacity: 100%

Click OK.

image 6 6. Select the layer "Background" and use the "Shadow/Highlight" tool (Image> Adjustment> Shadow/Highlight) to increase the "Shadows". Click OK.
image 7 7. Create a new "Hue/Saturation" adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Hue/Saturation) and increase the saturation. Click OK.
Turn ordinary photographs into vivid landscapes 8. Rollover the image on the left of this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.