A Work in Progress: Childhood Magic



This guide was made for entry:
Childhood Magic
In Contest:
day to night


step 1 of 13

Images used - background - my own photo - See below for links to other images used.

Source 1 - Figure of boy
Source 2 - Jars

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 1
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step 2 of 13

Creating Depth of field in background image

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 2

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Cut out boy and prep for background placement. See link for image used

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Jar preparation - see next step for adding glow.

See source link for image used

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step 5 of 13

Creating fireflies and glow from jar

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 5

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Adding cast shadow (from the firefly glow) to the boy

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 6

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Turning day to night

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 7

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Lighting the figure

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 8

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Lighting continued - Adjustment layers on rocks and figure

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 9

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I flatten image (Save As - I always keep my layered image). Take a final look and adjust if needed.

This time I felt the shadows on the rock needed softening (this step) and the image needed to be desaturated and lighting adjusted slightly (next step).

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 10

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Final look - lighting adjustment

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Permission from Auroradreams for use of Green Apple

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step 13 of 13

I was going to add a fairy but in the end decided not to. Thought I would show it here and see what everyone thought.

Creation of Childhood Magic: Step 13

Final result

Creation of Childhood Magic: Final Result

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Comments

avatar friiskiwi
friiskiwi says:

Fantastic SBS, it's really a full tutorial.

(5 years and 3073 days ago)
avatar George55
George55 says:

Very nice image. Your SBS are clear and well explained. By the way, thank you for using my pic of the jars.

(5 years and 3073 days ago)