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A Work in Progress: Unbalanced Rock
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This guide was made for entry:
Unbalanced Rock
In Contest:
rock face
Original image
step 1 of 10
Remove sky
Use pen tool to draw a selection area around "face"
step 2 of 10
Added a field of flowers on a new layer (personal photo).
step 3 of 10
Personal photo of a rock was added on a separate layer and duplicated
step 4 of 10
Merge rock layers
Use pen tool to select the rocks
step 5 of 10
Merge rock layers and equalize. Smudge tool used to remove grain inequities
step 6 of 10
Unhide original layer
step 7 of 10
Personal photo of stick added to a new layer
step 8 of 10
Remove stick from its background
Smudge bottom of stick to look like it is part of the rock
Merge stick and lower rock layers
Equalize
step 9 of 10
Select pixels on rock formation layer
Add a black background to rock "face"
Merge background and rock formation layers
Equalize
step 10 of 10
Gaussian blur flowers layer
Freeform pen tool used to add a shadow below the rock face
Final result
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