Learn how to this surreal photo manipulation of a climber who enjoy the view of The Tower of Temple with Photoshop. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create your own cave landscape using several photos of stones, place a temple and climber in the landscape with realistic shadows and lighting, then complete it with a warm color tone effect. Throughout the tutorial, you’ll learn techniques that will help you create better photo manipulations.
This image was created to tell you about there is a climber in cave who enjoy the view of temple located on top of the mountain. To create this image, we’ll start by creating a cave frame. Next, we’ll add some mountain to create a landscape backgraound and add the climber, temples, hawk, and ivy to the image. Finally, we’ll finish it up with a warm color tone effect. You’ll need Photoshop CS5 or newer to follow this tutorial.
Tutorial Resources
- Stone1 – Adipancawh
- Stone2 – Adipancawh
- Stone3 – Adipancawh
- Stone4 – Adipancawh
- Climber – Adipancawh
- Sky – Adipancawh
- Temple – Adipancawh
- Hawk – the0phrastus
- Bridge – lucieg-stock
- Waterfall – heike09
- Mountain1 – meihua-stock
- Mountain2 – meihua-stock
- Texture – wojtar-stock
- Ivy – gd08
Step 1
For the first step is skecth your ideas, in this step we will create a sketch of the idea that we have. the purpose of this sketch is to give us a reference for the next steps, so that we can know what kind of photos we will take photos or search.
Step 2
Now, we work with photoshop to combine the photos into a scene that we want. First step, Create a new document, Go to File > New or the short key Cmd /Ctrl+ N. A blank document with size of 3000 pixels wide and 2000 pixels high.
Step 3
Then, we add the photos. Go to File > Place and select the photos.
Step 4
add the photos “sky” to document.
Step 5
After add the photos, then stretch, like shown in the image below. When you put the picture it automatically in the transformation. But if not, transform the landscape, press the short key Cmd /Ctrl+ T or go to Edit > Transform > Scale. Pull the black cubes in the corners to formed frame.
Step 6
Add adjustment layer with clipping mask to make sky look litle warm. Create a new adjustment layer: Color Balance (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance), set the parameters like as shown image below.
Step 7
To make your work neatly, make a grup for each element. Select all the layers. Then, drag all of them to that little folder in the layers panel, which will create a new group with all of them. You could also select them and use the shortcut Ctrl/Cmd+G. Name this new group “Sky”.
Step 8
Create new layer and give the layer with black color, you can use any way to create this. you can add adjustment or just press the short key Cmd /Ctrl + backspace (make sure your foreground color is black)
Step 9
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 10
Add the photos “stone3” to document. then Use Pen Tool (P) to make selections..
Step 11
After we selection the image, then right click choose make selection and click Ok. it will make only stone areas that selected part as like shown image below.
Step 12
Then Add a layer mask to this image by clicking on the icon mask in the Layers panel.
Step 13
Now, repeat the previous step. add the all stones stock and selections all of them. then use transform tool to transform and put like as image below
Step 14
Now we’ll make a cave with combine of the stone stock. Use Move tool and Transform tool to put each of stone like as shown image below.
Step 15
Select all the stone layers. Then, drag all of them to that little folder in the layers panel, which will create a new group with all of them. You could also select them and use the shortcut Ctrl/Cmd+G. Name this new group “Cave”.
Step 16
Then add layer mask.
Step 17
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 18
Create new layer from background, active “use previous layer to create clipping mask”, color: gray, mode: overlay, active “fill with overlay-neutral color (50% gray)
Step 19
Pick soft round brush and draw/paint some shadow like as shown image below.
Step 20
Create a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation), set the parameters like as shown image below, and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 21
Create a new Levels adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels), set the parameters like as shown image below, and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 22
Add the photos “mountain1” to document. place mountain layer between sky layer and cave layer
Step 23
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 24
Create a new adjustment layer: Color Balance (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 25
place mountain layer in the new group. and give the group name with “mountain1”
Step 26
Add the photos “mountain2” to document.place it above “mountain1” layer
Step 27
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 28
Create a new adjustment layer: Color Balance (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 29
place mountain layer in the new group. and give the group name with “mountain2
Step 30
Add the photos “temple” to document.place between “mountain1” and “mountain2”
Step 31
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 32
Create a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation), set the parameters like as shown image below, and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 33
Create a new Vibrance adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Vibrance), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 34
Create a new Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 35
Create a new Levels adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 36
Select the “temple” layers. Then, drag all of them to “create new layer” symbol in the layers panel, which will duplicate all of them.
Step 37
Use the Free Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd+T or Edit > Free Transform) to resize the layer and put like shown in the image below. (and change the position with right click – choose flip horizontal)
Step 38
repeat techniques we did in previous steps to create another temple.
Step 39
place mountain layer in the new group. and give the group name with “temple”.
Step 40
Add the photos “waterfall” to document.place it above “mountain2” layer
Step 41
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below. and set the opacity layer into 58%.
Step 42
Add the photos “climber” to document. Place it above all of layer
Step 43
Create a new Levels adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 44
Now we make a shadow. Duplicate the climber layer and Use the Free Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd+T or Edit > Free Transform) to resize the layer and put like shown in the image below. (change the position with right click – choose Distrot)
Step 45
Double Click shadow layer and add color overlay with black color like as shown image below.
Step 46
Then Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, change the radius into 3 pixels.
Step 47
And change the opacity layer into 50% to make a litle look like transparant.
Step 48
Add the photos “Ivy”. Go to File > Place and select the photos.
Step 49
Go to Edit > Puppet Warp.
Step 50
You will see like as shown image below.
Step 51
This will open the tool and allow us to manipulate and warp the object. Placing points systematically around the image, will create bending/warping points. Place them on your object in the best arrangement to create joints to bend as shown below.
Step 52
Dragging or rotating these points (Alt + Click and move over point) will warp the object in the desired direction. Using this we can drag the stem of the flower/leafs to come from the side, while still allowing the flower/leafs to stay upright.
Step 53
Dragging or rotating these points (Alt + Click and move over point) like as shown image below.
Step 54
Pick soft round brush and mask the left ivy like as shown image below.
Step 55
Duplicate the ivy layer, move and rotate like as shown image below. (Left Ivy)
Step 56
Add the photos “bridge” to document.
Step 57
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 58
Duplicate the bridge layer, move and mask it like as shown image below.
Step 59
place the all bridge layers in the new group. and give the group name with “bridge”. Change the opacity group into 50%.
Step 60
Add the photos “Hawk” to document.
Step 61
Pick soft round brush and mask it like as shown image below. Then change the opacity group into 60%.
Step 62
Duplicate the hawk layer, move and transform it like as shown image below. Then change the opacity group into 40%.
Step 63
Now it’s time for make a final adjustment and the last retocuh to make all element look like realistic. started with Create a new Black & white adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Black & white), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask. Then change the opacity layer into 27%.
Step 64
Create new layer and give the layer with orange color (#d8b623), you can use any way to create this. you can add adjustment or just press the short key Cmd /Ctrl + backspace (make sure your foreground color is #d8b623)
Step 65
Change the mode layer into Soft light and set opcity layer into 35%.
Step 66
Create a new Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 67
Create a new Selective Color adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Selective Color), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask.
Step 68
Create a new Levels adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask. (darker in side part of scene)
Step 69
Add one again levels adjustment. Create a new Levels adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask. (darker in center part of scene)
Step 70
Create a new Black & white adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Black & white), set the parameters like as shown image below and Create Clipping Mask. Then change the opacity layer into 25%.
Step 71
Pick very very soft round brush and draw/paint some shadow in the corner of scene like as shown image below. (make sure foreground color is black)
Step 72
Add the photos “texture” to document.
Step 73
Change the mode layer into Soft light and set opcity layer into 20%.
Step 74
The last step is make the scene more look warm. Create a new Photo Filter adjustment layer (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter), set the parameters like as shown image below.
Final Results
Download the PSD
Tutorial by Adi Panca Wh
Thank you for following this tutorial. I hope you can learn something to apply in your work. if you have any question, critics, suggestions, you can contact my email (adipanca.wh@gmail.com) or visit my website / facebook, I am open to suggestions and cooperation.
– Adi Panca Wh
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