How to Create a Sci-Fi Giant Tortoise Shelter Photo-Manipulation

The result:

Step 40

Next, create the engine blast which is supposedly coming from the inner core of the engine. To start, create a new layer (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N) and then name it “engine blast 2”. Activate the Brush tool (B) and input the following:

Brush size: 30px
Hardness: 0%
Opacity: 100%
Flow: 100%
#: ffffff

Now, let’s paint:

The result should be similar to this:

Next, right click on the “engine blast 2” layer and then from the contextual menu, click on “Merge down” so that the layer would be merged with “engine blast 1”.

Now, that they are merged, we will give the effect that this engine blast is also in motion as with the ship itself. To do that, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and then input the following:

Angle: 180'
Distance: 30px

The result:

Step 35

Now, let’s make the engine blast look more realistic. To do that, activate the Eraser tool (E) and input the following:

Brush size: 100px
Hardness: 0%
Opacity: 25%
Flow: 100%

Erase the area as shown below:

The result:

Step 36

Next, let’s create the other patrolling ship. To start, click on the “ship” layer and then press Ctrl/Cmd + J to duplicate it. Once duplicated, activate the Move tool (V) and drag the image as shown below:

The result:

Step 37

Activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and resize the duplicated layer as shown below:

Step 38

Finally, let’s make the duplicated layer look like it is a little farther from the original ship. Change the layer opacity of the duplicated layer to the following:

The result:

Step 39

Now, select all the layers that we’ve created for this step and press Ctrl/Cmd + G to group these layers.

Step 40

Now, we will enhance the color and overall brightness of the image. To start, let’s create a Solid Color adjustment layer. From the Layer window, click on the “Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button”.

Once the contextual menu opens, click on Solid Color:

Now, clicking on the Solid Color option will open the Color Picker box. Now, input the following on the #: space.

Step 41

Next, let’s change the Blending mode of this Solid Color so our image isn’t filled with brown. Change the Blending mode and Opacity to:

Blending Mode: Soft Light
Opacity: 30%

Note: To change the Blending mode, simply click on the Solid Color and then go to the Layer window and find the “Normal” option. Click on that and it will open a contextual menu, once its open, click on Soft Light as shown on the image below

Step 42

Next, let’s adjust the overall Brightness/Contrast of the image, to do that, simply click on the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button and then click on the Birghtness/Contrast from the contextual menu.

Once it’s open, input the following:

Brightness: 25
Contrast: 25
Use Legacy: Uncheck

Step 43

Next, let’s create another Solid Color adjustment layer. This time, input the following values:

#: 00011d

Step 44

Once your canvas is all blue, change the Blending mode and Opacity to the following:

Blending mode: Exclusion
Opacity: 60%

Step 45

Finally, let’s create a levels adjustment layer from the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button.

Once it is open, input the following:

Channel: Green
15, 1.00, 255

Don’t close the Levels box yet, because we would now input the following for the Blue channel:

Channel: Blue
15, 1.00, 255

The resulting image should be similar to this:

Final Results

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3 comments on “How to Create a Sci-Fi Giant Tortoise Shelter Photo-Manipulation”

Maidul Islam says:

September 26, 2014 at 3:29 am

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Ryan says:

August 2, 2013 at 12:09 am

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khrao says:

November 5, 2012 at 1:46 pm

This tutorial is really interesting and easy to understand.Thanks for shari