Step 27

Open file Dead Tree 3. Copy and paste into our scene. Put it in the left side of our scene. Add a layer mask and with a round brush at 10% opacity paint with black in the layer mask over the tree to make it blend with the environment. I hope you haven’t forgot to convert the tree (and all other objects you pasted since into the scene) to a smart object, like I advised you in step 3!

Step 28

Create a Curves adjustment layer and drag the curves down. Clip it to the tree layer.

Step 29

Create a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer and drag the saturation slider to -59.

Clip it to the tree layer.

Step 30

Create a new layer and change the blending mode to overlay. Clip this layer to the tree layer. With a round soft brush paint with black mostly over the left part of the tree.

Step 31

Create a new layer and change the blending mode to Multiply. With a round soft brush paint with black over the highlights of the tree to hide them.

Step 32

Create a new layer and change the blending mode to Color Dodge. With a small brush (2px) at 40% Opacity paint with white on the right extremities of the tree to create some subtle highlights.

Step 33

Create a new layer and paint both with black and white using the smoke brush over the left most dead tree in our scene.

Step 34

Open the file Castle. Make a selection of the castle and copy it. Paste the castle into our scene and position it as shown below. Add a layer mask and hide the bottom part of the castle to blend it with the environment.

Step 35

Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and drag the saturation slider to -57.Clip it to the castle. Create a Curves Adjustment layer and drag the curve down to darken. Also clip it to the castle.

Step 36

Open the file Guy. Make a selection of the guy and copy/paste into our scene. Place it as shown below. Add a layer mask and mask the feet a little.

Step 37

Create a Curves adjustment layer and clip it to the guy layer. Drag the curve down.

Step 38

Create a new layer and change the blending mode to Overlay. Clip it to the guy layer. With black and white paint over the guy to create some basic highlight and shadow (paint with dark on the right side and with white on the left side).