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Beautiful River Scenery Photoshop Tutorial
Resources
- Stock: Norwegian Nature 1- RiddleSolved
- Stockimage 10 - CSnyder
- Waterfalls brushes - midnightstouch
- Water Brushes Sampler- FrozenStarRo
- Tall Ship - Alegion Stock
Step 1: Create a New Image File
To start, let’s create a new image file, go to the Menu bar and click File > New, and then input the following values on their respective fields:- Width: 1900 pixels
- Height: 1080 pixels
- Resolution: 300pixels/inch
- Color Mode: RGB Color; 8 bit
- Background Contents: Transparent

Step 2: Create the Lake and the Sky
In this step, we will be creating the major element of our picture which is the sea and the sky. To start, let’s open the image “Stock Norwegian Nature 1” by RiddleSolved. Once the image is open, activate the Rectangular Marquee tool by pressing M on your keyboard. See image below:












4 comments on “Create a Beautiful River Scenery in Photoshop”
nice :D
lovely~
the river photo on deviant arts, several links are the exact photo here, very popular tutorial, thanks!
stockimage 10 isn't there anymore
That deviantart account closed. I just used this picture instead http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1405918