Join Bert Monroy for an in-depth discussion in this video Including cliff details, part of Creating Dreamscapes in Photoshop: 1.
Now in the last movie we added this terrain to the top of our tree trunk to make it look…like it's a plateau.…Now taking that away we see that there is this really great cracks going through the…tree trunk. I'd like to bring some of those back so that they show through our terrain here.…So what I am going to do is I am going to go in here, and I am going to turn that off,…and I am going to make sure I'm in the layer of the trunk here, and I am going to go look at the channels.…I am going to look at the Red, the Green, and the Blue.…
Now the Green has nice detail going on this, nice and sharp, that's the one I want.…I am going to duplicate that layer to an Alpha Channel.…Now in this Alpha Channel here what I am going to do is I am going in there, and I am going…to invert it, Adjustments > Invert.…So now I see I got these nice white tones in there.…So I am going to go into my Levels, and I am going to start to darken my darks and lighten my lights.…You see how I am starting to get a really strong definition of all those little cracks…
Author
Bert Monroy
Released
9/18/2012- Creating alpha channels
- Isolating content with clipping groups and layer masks
- Turning a day sky into a night sky
- Compositing photos
- Creating tableaus
- Blending color and tone in combined images
- Painting in explosions
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome54s
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Using the exercise files1m 14s
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1. Understanding the Basics
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Using clipping groups3m 33s
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Explaining alpha channels6m 29s
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Using layer masks3m 47s
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Creating alpha channels5m 56s
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2. Moonlit Night
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Introduction14s
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Turning day into night6m 18s
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Creating the sky6m 24s
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Creating chimney smoke5m 34s
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3. Castle in the Sky
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Introduction14s
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Creating the castle6m 14s
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Creating a floating island3m 29s
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The final composite6m 26s
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4. High Cliff
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Introduction30s
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Creating the basic cliff4m 50s
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Including cliff details2m 38s
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Adding plateau details8m 53s
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Building a rock cliff2m 13s
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The final composite4m 47s
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5. Planet
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Introduction40s
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Creating terrain3m 47s
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Adding buildings9m 18s
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Creating the planet4m 7s
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Creating planet rings9m 39s
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Adding atmosphere3m 18s
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6. Secret Base
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Introduction49s
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Creating islands5m 56s
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Creating a beach4m 28s
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Adding a planet and a moon6m 42s
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Adding the secret base7m 9s
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7. Crash Site
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Introduction33s
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Busting up the plane8m 54s
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Breaking glass5m 53s
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Adding moss and lighting7m 15s
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Applying finishing touches3m 17s
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8. Ruins by the Sea
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Introduction15s
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Creating the sea4m 15s
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Creating the dome8m 4s
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9. Castle on the Lake
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Introduction22s
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Creating the scene7m 49s
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Making a castle on an island7m 16s
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Adding foliage5m 39s
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10. War-Ravaged City
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Introduction53s
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Composing the scene9m 6s
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Creating explosions8m 54s
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Adding flying debris3m 30s
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Applying finishing touches4m 49s
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Conclusion
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Final thoughts26s
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