Create a Frozen Scene Inspired by "The Day After Tomorrow"

Create a Frozen Scene Inspired by "The Day After Tomorrow"

Preview of Final Results

Tutorial Resources

Step 1

This tutorial is a bit long because we need to make all the images have the same color and contrast, but despite all that it is an easy tutorial and these techniques can be applied every time you want to create a winter photo manipulation. So, the first step is to create a new document and then drag in the frozen lake photo.

step-001

Step 2

Next, drag in the sky picture and place it in the upper left corner.

step-002

Now, as you can see the two pictures look like they don't belong with each other because they don't have the same colors, so we need to fix that. All the layers we will use for this process need to be clipped to the picture's layer, so they won't effect the other layers. Go to the Adjustment Layers-Hue/Saturation and desaturate the picture. Use the settings from the image below.

step-002a

Next go to Adjustment Layers, select Curves and bring some light into the picture. Erase the upper part on the mask so it will remain a bit dark.

step-002b

Now that the colors match we need to blend the images together. Create a mask on the sky's layer and with a brush erase the lower edge.

step-002c

Step 3

Open the Iceberg photo and place it like you see in the image. From this photo we will use only the mountains from the back.

step-003

As we did for the picture above, we will create a clipping mask and change the colors and contrast of the picture. Below are some screenshots of the adjustment layers that we will use, including all the presets. 1) Adjustment Layers-Hue/Saturation 2) Adjustment Layers-Curves

step-003a

Blend in the image by erasing the edges on the layer's mask, with a brush.

step-003b

Step 4

Open the city photo, resize it so it fits in the background. The image needs to be small so it will look far away. Create a mask and erase everything but the city. You can also cut it out with the pen tool.

step-004

Now we need to make the city look frozen and a little foggy. So open the foggy image and place it above the city. 1) Clip it to the city's layer. 2) Switch the Blending Mode to Soft Light.

step-004a
step-004b

Next, add some frozen light, by creating a clipping mask with Curves.

step-004c

Step 5

Open the frozen lake photo and place it in the lower left corner. Now let's add some light so the photo will blend in. Use Curves as a clipping mask. Delete the edges on the layer's mask.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

4 comments on “Create a Frozen Scene Inspired by "The Day After Tomorrow"”

Leave a Reply to Dunne08 Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

cross