Comments on: How to Create an Imaginative, Magical Painted Scene

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:23:38 +0000

Is it just me, or is this tutorial missing an entire step. Around step 8, where it tells you to make a copy of the tree called ‘Blurred Tree’, a mysterious pink glow comes up in the pictures, but the tutorial doesn’t actually tell you to do anything with the blurred tree. It just says to hide it, put it in a group etc.

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:17:36 +0000

The flat white bit is correct. I just finished this step, and if you paint over it (make sure ur using black), the tree should disappear. By making it 40% opacity, a bit remains, making ur original tree a bit brighter.

By: Albin

Albin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:45:01 +0000

hai
It looks different. but it should be conceptional.

By: choen

choen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:21:57 +0000

i love that, thanks

By: Robin Crandall

Robin Crandall — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:12:08 +0000

“Sub sole nihil novi est” That’s Latin for “There’s nothing new under the Sun” The Bible makes the same claim in Ecclesiastes, Shakespeare said it, etc. Listen to the old Bluesmen and listen to your modern rockers, you will detect many similarities. Its a different take on the same old tune. However, something could be made over how different.
I haven’t tried many of these techniques… so I like this tutorial. It is useful to me. What if I also like trees and airplanes? I find a different tree and a different airplane and compose my work differently. Maybe it will be night or the tree will sprout from the ocean. Maybe an underwater tree with a submarine? The techniques are still useful! Therefore so is the tutorial.

By: Chirag Vadgama

Chirag Vadgama — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:12:45 +0000

The tutorial does not give the desired results…In face in step 4 and 5 don’t produce the results at all.

By: Ranendranath

Ranendranath — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:23:22 +0000

Dear John Koh,
Refer your tutorial ” How to Create an Imaginative, magical Painted Scene” Followed step 6 & 7 fully. Step 7 not giving result. I got purple image of tree. But applying Color Dodge, I am getting white flat image of the tree. On applying Brush, only a bit blue tinge revealing. Please advise.
I am using Photoshop CS4.

By: robertoblake

robertoblake — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:53:41 +0000

Great job on this, nice tutorial thanks for posting

By: bayostheave

bayostheave — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:05:14 +0000

This is definitely a great image. I agree that the steps were not well explained. I started with the 1st step duplicating the sky image & it’s not clear at all. Do anyone know how to explain steps 2-5 in more detail so i can follow steps & get same results as tutorial? I couldn’t get past the 1st steps & I’m sure there’s more parts of the tutorial that’s very unclear as well.

By: dk

dk — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:49:37 +0000

I agree, and if you follow some of the filters according to the settings provided here, you don’t get anything like the images in the tutorial…