Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop

Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop
Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop
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Add new mask to this layer. Click on shortcut or go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal all... Use big, soft round brush with dynamic opacity. Mask randomly parts of clouds, to achieve fog effect.

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If you want, you can use other trick to achieve fog effect. Click on mask thumbnail and go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Effect wouldn't be as nice as drawn by hand, but this way is more faster!

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Place "grass 10" stock to your file and transform it as is shown.

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Make it blurry - like on not focused part of image. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur...

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Add adjustment layer with Hue/Saturation - green on this stock is too bright and saturated. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Hue/Saturation or use marked shortcut. Next, right-click on this layer and choose "Create clipping mask" (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

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Add adjustment layer with Brightness/Contrast - you'll adjust brightness to whole picture. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Brightness/Contrast or use marked shortcut. Next, right-click on this layer and choose "Create clipping mask" (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

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Place "Grass clamps" again. Transform it as is shown.

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Make it blurry - like on not focused part of image. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur... .

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Less focused things should be darker. Add adjustment layer with Brightness/Contrast. Go to Layer > New adjustment layer > Brightness/Contrast or use marked shortcut. Next, right-click on this layer and choose "Create clipping mask" (Alt+Ctrl+G or Layer > Create Clipping Mask).

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Duplicate most recent "Magic fire" layer - drag it and drop to new layer symbol or go to Layer > Duplicate layer. Then, drag it on the top of stack.

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Duplicate this layer (duplicated) (drag it and drop to new layer symbol or go to Layer > Duplicate layer) again. Then, change blending mode of this layer to Color dodge.

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Place lateral foliage to your file.

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Mask the brightest parts of the foliage - use soft round brush.

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Make it blurry - like on not focused part of image. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur...

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11 comments on “Create This Surreal and Medieval Style of a Battlefield in Photoshop”

  1. This is an *excellent* tutorial. I'm experienced in Photoshop, but a novice (at best) when it comes to photo manipulation at this level. The steps to this tutorial were baby-easy to follow, and my resulting work was nearly identical to the tutorial's. Even at individual steps, my canvas matched the photos. Not once did I have to start doing additional work to reach the same point as the tutorial. That's so rare!

    This is really the only in-depth tutorial I've followed that doesn't assume fore-knowledge, shows all the necessary elements, doesn't skip details, and thoroughly explains steps and processes without over-elaborating. And all that without asking me to pay for stock! Fantastic!

    Thank you for such a detailed and well-built tutorial, I'm on my way to see what else you've got.

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