took beach image and rotated it 90 degrees and gave it a vertical motion blur.
step 3 of 11
erased what parts I no longer wanted from the previous step.
step 4 of 11
Gave the background a gray to black gradient
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added first image to the background, set it to overlay and lowered its opacity.
step 6 of 11
inserted the second image into the background, set to overlay and lowered the opacity I also masked out parts of the image inserted in the previous step.
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inserted the third image into the background and set it to overlay and lowered the opacity. I also maked out parts of the image inserted in the previous step.
step 8 of 11
masked out parts of the image inserted in the previous step.
step 9 of 11
put an orange layer overtop of everything and set it to overlay to give the image a warm feel.
step 10 of 11
created a scattered brush and painted in sand particles around the base of the falling sand.
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used the burn and dodge tools to create shadows and highlights.