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We're going to use the Gaussian Blur to make the shadow more realistic. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and use a Radius of 3.5px.
Now your image should be similar to this one:
Let's change the hair of the girl a little bit. Select the Smudge Tool and start clicking and dragging her hair around (see image below for reference):
Yours probably won't look exactly the same, but don't worry about that. In my image her hair looks like this:
Your image should now be similar to this one:
Before moving on to the next step, group the girl and its shadow in a new group (Ctrl/Command+G) and name it Right Girl.
Step 11: Add the balloons
Let's add the balloons to our scene. Open the three balloons and use the Quick Selection Tool (W) to select them. It's the same process for the three of them, and after that you can copy and paste them into our project.
Resize the balloons using the Free Transform Tool (Ctrl/Command+T) and holding Shift while click and drag the corners, like usual. Place them above the right girl like shown in the image below:
Now we're going to rotate the second and third balloon a little bit. Use the Free Transform Tool (Ctrl/Command+T) again and change the Rotate values like shown in the images below:
Your balloons should look like this now:
To finish this step group the three balloons in a new group called Balloons (really original huh).
Step 12: Add the ribbons holding the balloons
Let's start this step by creating a new group called Ribbons and placing it between the Right Girl group and the Picture group. Leave the ribbons stock open because we'll use it again later.
To create a new group just click the 'Create a new group' button.
Now open the ribbons stock and use the Quick Selection Tool to select the third one (that's the only one we're going to use).
Paste it into our scene and resize it using the Free Transform Tool(Ctrl/Command+T). Place it in the hands of our girl in the right.
Now go into the Free Transform mode again, right click the ribbon and select Warp.
Our goal is to make the ribbon bend so it looks like the girl is actually holding the balloon. See the image below for the steps:
32 comments on “How to Create a Surreal Scene Full of Life in Photoshop”
oh,I know it.
I like it very much.But how can i entire to see it.
thank! so much for that creation
Such a beautiful artwork!!
great tutorial thank you
this tutorial was awesome thanks
Really great tutorial. Very well explained step by step.
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Outstanding tutorial!Clear instructions and awesome picture instructions. Very nice, thank you a bunch.
Beautiful image. Congratulations to the technical and thanks for the tutorial:)
Loved it!! Thankyou, I learnt such a lot :)
thanks! learn a lot of useful shortcut and tips here
I cant get my roots and elephants feet to lok right i need help
this looks awesome and easy
Thanks very much for this easy to follow tutorial!!
http://mrbloop.deviantart.com/art/Surreal-scene-full-of-life-346099572?q=gallery%3Amrbloop&qo=0
when I go to the exposure everything turns black. What do I do?
its -0.25 not -25. i did the same thing
I can not thank you enough, the amount of things I've learnt in two hours is incredible, would usually take me a week of watching and reading tutorials, but nope, you've used many techniques that made my life easier! Thank you is not enough!
Great tutorial!But the mountain photo is missing :/Some extra help...
just do what i did ,
download the attached PSD from up there and take the mountain photo from there :D
@SalahKabbani Thank you for your response :)But how can I take it from the mountain layer
@SalahKabbani OK! Got it!I decided to replace the mountain photo with a desert one ^_^Thanks anyway :)
awsome tut
Thank you so much for this tutorial really great photo and great explanation love it.
but i have a problem with the mountain photo , the link of this photo doesn't work , can you please upload it again or give me another photo that could be good for the tutorial ?
thanks
Never mind i took it from the downloadable project :)
I like it.
Thank you for your awesome tutorial.
Very nice Job!
Thanks a lot dear ^^.
Hi Guilherme, From the start of your tutorial you say to go to lens correction and distort the image to + 25,00, it distorts the image considerably !, is that right, ?, by the way it is a great tutorial,
regards and respect johnny
Its ok, all i did was after the lens correction was used the free transform tool and adjusted the image to cover my canvas again lol, My bad..
Can I use CS3 for this creative tutorail.
Can I use CS3 for this creative tutorail.