A Work in Progress: The Emerald City



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The Emerald City
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sky scraper


Original image


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Sky portion is removed after building source is chopped.

Creation of The Emerald City: Step 1

step 2 of 6

The buildings are color changed w color/balance and hue/sat tools to an emerald green color. Then they are duplicated and manipulated with rotation, scale and distort tools to form a giant emerald, then merged together.

Creation of The Emerald City: Step 2

step 3 of 6

Castle is chopped and inserted over buildings, then color changed into yellows, Contrast is brought up to give it more of a glow. Distort and perspective tools help give the castle an angle more like the buildings.

Creation of The Emerald City: Step 3

step 4 of 6

Base of buildings and castle have been softly erased to allow cloud shapes to show, then clouds are given a greenish glow using color/balance and hue/sat tools.

Creation of The Emerald City: Step 4

step 5 of 6

Gradient layer of rainbow colors is placed behind cloud layer.

Creation of The Emerald City: Step 5

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Finally, a gold filter is placed over entire merged image (at 100%)

Creation of The Emerald City: Step 6

Final result

Creation of The Emerald City: Final Result

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