How Photoshop creates an epic landscape map

The post-processing of photos can be said to be the most interesting and creative step in the whole photography process. Through post-processing, you can make a plain picture into a stunning visual blockbuster. In this PS translation course, we will introduce in detail how to use Photoshop to make background pictures into epic photography with high contrast and rich details. Having said that, let's take a look at the original picture and the final effect picture first!

Finally, the theme of this PS translation course is to turn the already beautiful landscape pictures into epic dreamlike scenes. From the comparison before and after the above processing, it can be seen that the post-processing of PS will make landscape pictures into scene pictures with super visual shock effect. Before it's too late, let's start this PS translation course right away. Download the original material of the picture named "Quiet" from SXC.hu as shown in the figure below. PS: You need to register an account to download the pictures of the original website, and you can also find more good materials from it.

The sky and clouds in the material look very calm and serene, which is very close to the theme of "tranquility". Here we need special effects to create a strong contrast effect. Select the pen tool in the PS toolbar, as shown in the figure below, and set anchor points along the mountains.

After the anchor point is set, dig out the mountain and paste it on the new layer with the background set to black.

Download the sky material from stormyclouds, then place the material under the mountain layer and hide the grass in the material. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Add a gradient layer on the sky layer, the gradient color is black to white, and the blending mode of the gradient layer is set to soft light, making the sky cloud black and creating a dull orange. The setting and effect are shown in the figure below.

Select the brush tool, set the low hardness, then create a new layer and click it a few times at the position of the cloud gap. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Change the blending mode of the layer just now to overlay, so that you can make the visual effect that light penetrates the dark clouds. Then reduce the opacity of the layer to 70% to make the lighting effect softer. The setting and effect are shown in the figure below.

Next, adjust the brush to high hardness, set the size jitter, and then adjust the brush diameter, as shown in the figure below to draw the white point below.

Select "filter >; Fuzzy >; Dynamic blur ",in the setting interface of dynamic blur, the setting angle is 60 and the distance is 188. Turn white dots into textured light. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Set the mixing mode of light to soft light, so that the color of light and sky will be mottled and staggered, and at the same time reduce the opacity of the layer, making the light more penetrating and softer. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Yes, compared with the background color, the scenery in front of the mountain is a little too dark. Create a new layer here, use a white soft brush, and then draw the front of the mountain as shown below. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Set the blending mode of the layer just now to overlay to brighten the foreground part, which is in sharp contrast with the dull tone of the clouds in the sky. This is to reduce the opacity of the picture and make the lighting effect look more comfortable. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Download bird information from flockofbirds. Open the color scale adjustment layer and adjust the color scale with the eyedropper tool, as shown in the figure below, to separate the bird from the background color. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Paste the bird on the main canvas, and then set the blending mode of the layer to positive overlay, so that the background of your bird picture can be transparent. Press Ctrl+T to adjust the size and position of the bird. The effect is shown in the figure below.

Press Ctrl+A to select all layers, then press Ctrl+Shift+C to merge and copy, and paste the image into the new layer. Select "Filter >: Other > Gao Fancha Reservation" and adjust the radius to 1.5 pixels, so that the courseware preview window is gray. Change the blending mode to highlight 50% and highlight the details of the whole pattern. Paste the copied pattern again, but this time change the blending mode of the layer to overlay. Adjust the layer by increasing the overall contrast intensity and reduce the opacity of the layer to 30%.

Select a white brush, then set the diameter to 3 pixels, draw a straight line as shown below on the new layer, and set the blending mode to overlay. The effect is shown below.

Finally, add a "quiet" text style in the upper left corner of the landscape map, and set the blending mode to overlay. The effect diagram is shown in the following figure.