Join Uli Staiger for an in-depth discussion in this video Painting the shadow of the helicopter, part of Digital Painting in Photoshop: Perestroika.
Now we have the light source. We have the sun on the right side of the image. …We can see on the helicopter that there's the sun on the right side, we have on the …left side the shadow. But we don't see any shadow right here on …the surface of the cornfield. Of course, we have to paint this in. …And therefore, we have to create a new layer right on top of this double field layer. …I create one new layer, call it Shadow. Shadow Chopper or Shadow Harvest, or …whatever you want, but it's a cool idea to name it.…
And then we just take either the Brush tool, no we take the Brush tool yeah, …definitely we take the Brush tool and I would suggest that you paint shadows …always with the same color. The reason for that is, whenever you see …a shadow inside your images and you see this shadow is a little bit too small, …too short whatever. Then you can just append some more shadow …color and if you know what shadow color that is, you can always take this shadow color. …So I just take middle gray, a 50% gray, which means that all three channels RG …
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9/19/2012- Creating the basic panoramic file
- Placing the sky
- Masking the horizon by using a path
- Adding the helicopter
- Positioning and masking the sickle bar
- Providing contextual detail
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome45s
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1. The Landscape
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Creating a bigger canvas1m 40s
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Placing the sky4m 5s
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Brightening up the horizon3m 43s
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Painting in some haze1m 36s
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2. The Helicopter
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Retouching the rope3m 3s
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Creating a shadow4m 41s
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Painting shadows6m 37s
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Creating the rotor blades (2D)10m 24s
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3. The Sickle Bar
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Positioning the sickle bar2m 53s
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4. Providing Contextual Detail
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Importing the stubble field9m 44s
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Painting the sun3m 27s
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Masking the straw4m 32s
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Painting dust6m 56s
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Creating a vignette3m 23s
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Creating a color look3m 8s
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