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Here is the result should be. Make sure to leave the lighter part (let me say the ground or sand) of the image visible a bit supposed to be a horizon line for the scene as shown by the yellow arrows. If you ever wonder why we should fill the background with radial gradient of color mentioned in step 2, this is the reason why: almost half of the background is now covered by the water texture and the rest which is uncovered supposed to be the part where the light source is coming from. The choice of the color mentioned in step 2 is to match the background with the water texture with hue/saturation adjustment.
Step 5 (Adding more elements)
Now place the dark wood image above the water texture layer in the canvas. Scale its size in such way that its position is right in front of the light source (the half part of the radial gradient)
Mask some parts of the wood to have result similar to the one shown in the screenshot.
Give this wood layer an adjustment layer to alter its color. When the hue/saturation option window shows up, make sure to check Use Previous Layer To Create a Clipping Mask. This will give this hue/saturation layer a clipping mask.
Here is the value of the hue/saturation and the look of the hue/saturation layer in the layer panel. The downward arrow next to the layer is indication of a clipping mask.
Give this wood layer another new adjustment layer with a clipping mask. This time we will give it color balance. Set the value of this color balance layer as shown in the screenshot. This will give the wood image some blue tone.
Finally, go select the wood layer to be active on it and set its opacity to about 30-40%. Select the wood layer including the two adjustment layers with clipping masks above it, and hit Ctrl+G to group them in a new group or folder. I named this new folder BG
Step 6 (More woods)
We should fill the left and right part of the empty space of the scene. We will do this by simply duplicating the BG folder. Duplicate the BG folder and move the duplicate to the right. We can flip the wood horizontally to avoiding uniformity. Arrange its position to the left. We can alter the opacity of the wood layer within this duplicate folder to about 75-85% opacity.
Mask a bit unneeded part:
Duplicate again the BG folder and place the duplicate to the left to fill the empty space in that part. Mask some unneeded part.
Here is the result so far:
Step 7 (Adding a fisherman)
Open the fisherman image in photoshop. Cut out the fisherman as the result shown in the screenshot. We can use any extracting tools which are available in photoshop to do this cut out.
Place the cut out in the main document. Scale its size to fit the composition.
Mask unneeded part of it.
Finally give this fisherman layer a hue/saturation adjustment layer with a clipping mask. Duplicate (Ctrl+J) the hue/saturation layer. Set the main layer to soft light blending at 100% opacity and the duplicate to normal at 100% opacity. Select all the fisherman layers and hit Ctrl+G to group them in a folder. I named this folder fisherman.
32 comments on “Create a Photo Manipulation of a Fisherman in a Lake”
Awesome! Could you please share the links for the tutorials resources?
awesome
HI, I'm really struggling with getting the size and perspective of the water ripples right. How big did you make it before changing the perspective and how exactly did you change the perspective.
I'm using CS3
LP
For the transform tool, hold the Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Shift+Cmd+Option on Macs) and then drag the top-left corner towards the right. Then drag the top-middle downwards.
I did your tutorial in the past, here: http://annewipf.deviantart.com/art/Fisherman-479371714
But it seem we cannot see the tutorials published on photoshop-tutorials anymore. :(
I tried to contact photoshop-tutorial, but it doesn't work. :(
Could you tell me if there is something to pay now, or what we can do? Thank you.
Thank you for this, it has helped me understand the adjustment layers much better, which is what I was aiming for.
Appreciate the time & effort.
Scott
Fantastic and inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Здравствуйте. Вижу что урок хороший и по возможности всегда стараюсь ваши уроки выполнять, только у мне трудности с луной. Перехожу по ссылке а страница отсутствует. Можно ли это исправить? Спасибо за интересный урок.
Very nice. I love this design. :)
Very nice.
can someone put this tutorial video link or video
by the way thx
I like the idea of this tutorial, it’s very creative and the result looks great.
Broder lo que haces es super.! mil de felicidades
Wow, these are really creative! They remind me of those Chip Fosse drawings from Overhauling’. Great work!
I did it: http://annewipf.deviantart.com/art/Fisherman-479371714 Thank you! :D
Found this guide to be missing loads of steps, such as better explaining how to make the light glow.
in CC many of your layer blending modes don't work the way you talk in this guide.
And the way to blend in the waves just isn't described and probably out of date for CC again.
Step 10: "create a new layer below the BG folder".
must be "above". please, change it)
Thanks a lot A, yeah it should be 'above' thanks for the correction, it would be a big help....
Thanks! The tutorial has been updated :)
Awesome tutorial!
I'm having a really hard time getting my radial blur so dark and smooth. I've played with the controls to no avail. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for the great tutorial!
good creation ah..
good
thanks for the tutorial. i made it
check my pic
http://baskar03.deviantart.com/art/Lake-457659781
Lovely tutorial, thank you. I'm looking forward to your next one : let it be soon !
no one cares bud
Hello.Thank you for the great tutorial.
But would you give me some more helps about making that wave in water ( page2 )? I have this problem the boat disappears behind the wave. Thanks
make sure that the fisherman folder is above the water ripple (wave) layer....
Wow ! its really outstanding tutorial ....
thanks for the easy step to make manipulation ......
Thank you for this great tutorial that I had a lot of fun to make!
http://cartes-mireilled.eklablog.com/montage-peche-nocturne-sur-un-lac-avec-photoshop-a108058836
really it is awesome
perfect thanks!
thanks for easy step by step tutor