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How to Create a Fantasy Landscape Photo Manipulation – Screencast

on Aug 24th 2009 with 6 comments

“In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a fantasy landscape using some simple and easy techniques. Everyone with basic Photoshop skills can succeed to recreate this simple image using the most important thing in this kind of photo manipulation – the right stock. So let’s go!” Loredana Papp

Here is a link to the written version of the tutorial and the video version is below.

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Gavin is from Douglas, Isle of Man and currently teaches ICT in a secondary school in London. He compiles screencasts for Psdtuts+!  

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  • http://www.ultraloud.net canciller

    no way I am first ?¿?¿ :) :) :)

    thumbs up to the beautifull tutorial!

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    Heh, this is really powerfull video tip;) But to long for me:D I last part of the video will be watching tomorrow. Good Night;)

  • http://www.drewevans.com.au Drew

    I took a look at the finished image and probably spent 5 seconds inspecting it. After looking at all the steps to put it together there are now issues i have with the final piece. Mind you I am being picky as it’s a good photo manipulation. The unsuspecting eye would think it’s real.

    The perspective on the added waterfalls is skewed. If it didn’t have water on the cliff then obviously it wouldn’t be a problem. The one on the right; furthest most tip [as in further away.] of the edge should be lowered more

    The waterfall under the castle is too blurry in contrast to the the two foreground waterfalls – yet the castle itself is quite crisp. I also don’t understand how the water is flowing from the castle itself…

    To make the photo more balanced Ii would move the castle to the right more so that the water can then extend into the distance, plus, it puts the castle in line with the rule of thirds. This gives it greater perspective and also a focal point.

    I also feel that because the contrast on the waterfalls is so different they become a focal point for the image and not the castle itself – therefore your eyes are left wandering the image. The water also moves your eyes to the pool but then doesn’t direct your eyes back up again.

    In my initial 5 second look i didn’t even notice the statue down the bottom.

    Being really picky now – given the amount of light, angle of the sun plus the the diffused light from the clouds i find it hard to believe that the castle can have such hard shadow lines. If you take that on board and then look at the statue it doesn’t tie together. To much incontinence with foreground/background focal points…

    BUT – i still think it’s a good image.

  • http://www.davidkendallwebdesign.co.uk DaveK

    Love the tut, but I think some editing is needed, it was quite frustrating watching the guy reposition something 20 times, and to show all the manipulation of 1 part of the image was a waste of time, maybe just show on a part of the mage then say ” now use this technique on the rest of this particular image” and skip to the next image, or the next change in technique for that image.

    the vid was great but 10 times longer than it needed to be.

  • makosx

    You’re an artist. You don’t know when to finish the tutorial, which is only a sample of how you work, right? You’re never satisfied with the outcome, because you can always improve it, right? Thank you very very much for show us how you do it. And congratulations

  • Babar Asghar

    where is the video???