Create a Fantasy Place above the Clouds Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

There are only two worlds – your world, which is the real world, and the other worlds, the fantasy. Worlds like this are worlds of the human imagination: their reality, or lack of reality, is not important. What is important is that they are there. these worlds provide an alternative. Provide an escape. Provide a threat. Provide a dream, and power; provide refuge and pain. They give your world meaning. They do not exist, and thus they are all that matters. In this Photoshop tutorial, we will learn how to create a fantastic piece. First we added background above clouds, then add mountains and windmills. Next added castle and woman, then blended it together with adjustment layers. Also added a light source and finally added Camera Raw Filter.

Preview of Final Image

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Now, let’s start by creating a new image file, go to the Menu bar and click File > New, and then input the following values on their respective fields

Preset: Custom
Width: 3080px
Height: 3080px
Resolution: 300px
Color Mode: RGB Color 8 bit
Background Contents: Transparent

Step 2

Now, place Background Go to File > Place and select Background. Then place it to our work canvas and position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). Hold Alt + Shift and rasterize like the image below. In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to rasterize all sides together.

Step 3

Add Adjustment Layer “Color Balance”

Step 4

Add Adjustment Layer “Hue/Saturation” and set Opacity to 10%.

Step 5

Add Adjustment layer “Curves”

Step 6

Next, place Mountains Go to File > Place and select Background Then place it to our work canvas and position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). Hold Alt + Shift and rasterize like the image below. In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to rasterize all sides together.

Now create a layer mask and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert and select Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint.

Step 7

Open Windmills Go to File > Place and select Windmills. Then place it to our work canvas and position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). Hold Alt + Shift and rasterize like the image below. In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to rasterize all sides together.

After that create a layer mask(Invert Ctrl/Cmd + I) and use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint/delete background behind windmills. The opacity of the layer is set to 95%.