How to Create an Out of This World, Medieval-Fantasy Themed Photo Manipulation

How to Create an Out of This World, Medieval-Fantasy Themed Photo Manipulation
How to Create an Out of This World, Medieval-Fantasy Themed Photo Manipulation
  • Color Levels: 0, 0, -10
  • Tone Balance: Highlights
  • Preserve Luminosity: Check
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Next, let's create a Gradient Map from the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button.

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Once the Gradient Map menu opens, choose the following gradient:

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Once you've pressed OK your image will turn into a Black and White image. We would need to change that; change the following:

  • Blending Mode: Color
  • Opacity: 60%
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Once you're done with that, click the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button once again and create a Photo Filter adjustment layer.

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When it opens, use the following filter:

  • Filter: Warming Filter (85)
  • Density: 25%
  • Preserve Luminosity: Check
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After that, create another Photo Filter adjustment layer and use the following filter:

  • Filter: Warming Filter (LBA)
  • Density: 25%
  • Preserve Luminosity: Check
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Next, let's edit the Brightness/Contrast of this whole image. Create a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer.

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Once open, input the following:

  • Brightness: +10
  • Contrast: +15

Next, let's create another Solid Color adjustment layer and then input the following:

  • #: ffe081

Change its Blending mode and Opacity to the following:

  • Blending mode: Color
  • Opacity: 20%

Next, create a Curves adjustment layer from the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button.

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Once its open, input the following:

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Create another Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer once again and input the following:

  • B: 0
  • C: +3

And finally, let's create another Gradient Map. Choose the Black and White Gradient and then change the following once you've pressed OK.

  • Blending Mode: Luminosity
  • Opacity: 80%

The image should now look like this:

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Once you're done, right click on one of the layers and then click on Flatten Image.

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Step 11: Give the image a traditional painting-like appearance

In this step, we're going to give our image a traditional painting-like appearance. To start, open Canvas Texture White Paper. Next, activate the Move tool (V) then drag it on our canvas.
Once on our canvas, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and then resize the Canvas Texture White Paper to fit the canvas.

The result:

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Once done transforming, set the Blending Mode and Opacity to the following:

  • Blending Mode: Multiply
  • Opacity: 70%

It should appear like this:

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Next, open Grungy Paper Texture v.5 and then move it to our canvas using the Move tool (V). Once moved, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and then right click on the canvas to bring up the contextual menu. Once the menu is open, click on Rotate 90 CW.

The result will be like this:

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Now resize Grungy Paper Texture v.5 to the size of our canvas.

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9 comments on “How to Create an Out of This World, Medieval-Fantasy Themed Photo Manipulation”

  1. Hey,
    None of the resource links work for me...
    Please upload the rest files somewhere else that we can also use it.

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