How to Create an Amazing Futuristic Matte Painting in Photoshop

How to Create an Amazing Futuristic Matte Painting in Photoshop
How to Create an Amazing Futuristic Matte Painting in Photoshop
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I painted a dark shade along the edge.

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Add some lighting.

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Apply some Motion Blur.

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Distort the light. Press Ctrl+T and hold Ctrl Key and distort the corners. After done press Enter.

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Stretch the light layer.

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Now we will texture the edge of the surface. Open up the Base stock image. Copy and paste the texture into the document.

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Clip the layer to the Edge layer. Reposition the texture.

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Adjust the colors

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Apply shadow on the left side of the texture. Create a new layer above the texture and pick the below gradient. Drag with the Gradient Tool to apply the shadow.

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Click on the main path that we brought into Photoshop. The edge has three separate paths. Select the first path with Path Selection Tool. Right click and choose Make Selection.

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Increase the brightness using Curves.

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Now load selection from the second path and adjust the curves.

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For the bottom most path we cannot use it directly. As You can see it is interfering with the other path. We need to subtract it. So load selection from the second path, on the Options Panel Select subtract from selection then right click on the third path and choose Make Selection.

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Click on the texture and adjust Curves.

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Duplicate the texture by pressing Ctrl+J.

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Increase the layer brightness as a whole

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Mask out the left portion of the Highlight pass.

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Now we reached the base. Create a new layer above the base and clip it. I painted the base.

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Let's start detailing process. Follow the steps below and spend some time to get it correct. Start by adding loose details with a small brush.

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Some subtle shadows and highlights.

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Continue to add further details.

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I created a shadow layer. Fill the layer with a dark tone. Again all these layers are clipped to the base layer.

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Reduce the Opacity to 50%.

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Use a mask to erase the shadow layer in the marked areas.

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Integrate the base layer in to the background.

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Paint a shadow to the base using a soft brush.

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Step 6: Adding Island

Create a new group called Island. Bring the Mountain1 stock image into Photoshop. Use Magic Wand Tool to select the sky and remove it. Copy and paste into main file.

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