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A Work in Progress: Scenic Mountain Villa
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This guide was made for entry:
Scenic Mountain Villa
In Contest:
star villa
Original image
step 1 of 5
Increased canvas size. Resized and re-positioned building to have same horizon line as mountains which will be placed behind. Cropped out sky.
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step 2 of 5
Placed alpine mountains behind in sky. Clone stamped and smudged grass to allow for curved pond. Placed general blue water color in pond area.
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step 3 of 5
Vertical flipped top part of image into water for reflection. Graduated motion blur on reflection also graduated opacity over water.
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step 4 of 5
Added brick wall for pond. Had to make wall and reflection first as a straight horizontal layer. Then went back and used warp tool to make curve/bend.
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step 5 of 5
Final touch-ups - Orton effect to soften, vignette, and brightness to finish.
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Final result
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