A Work in Progress: Memories



This guide was made for entry:
Memories
In Contest:
ship wheel


Original image


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I cut out the ship wheel using pen tool and mask and reduced its size.

Creation of Memories: Step 1

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I placed the photo of the sea in a new layer.

Creation of Memories: Step 2

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I merged the two layers and placed the frame in a new layer.

Creation of Memories: Step 3

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I placed the photo of the sailor in a new layer.

Creation of Memories: Step 4

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I made a copy of the frame, turned it 90º, put it over the sailor and adjusted its size.

Creation of Memories: Step 5

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In a new layer at the bottom I placed the texture.

Creation of Memories: Step 6

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In a new layer at the top I placed the consle-table and got rid of its background.

Creation of Memories: Step 7

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Then I worked on shadows, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation and added photo filtre to the ship wheel picture. Used burn and dodge tool too.

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I added some highlights to the frame and applied dirt brush to the picture.

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Then I started to work on the sailor stuff, adjusting only brightness/contrast. To the frame I added highlights and shadows.

Creation of Memories: Step 10

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Now the table. I adjusted brightness/contrast and added photo filtre and shadows to it.

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I placed the dry roses in two new layers at the top and after getting rid of their backgrounds I merged the layers.

Creation of Memories: Step 12

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Only shadows were added to the flowers and I used burn tool too.

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I merged all the layers in a new layer at the top and duplicated it. Applied gaussina blur to the copy and overlay blending with 25% opacity.

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Final result

Creation of Memories: Final Result

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