Select All (Cmd + A) and Copy Merged (Cmd + Shift + C). Make a new Group called "Front Lights" and drag it to the top of all the other layers. The rest of the tutorial is in relative to this layer so you can choose whatever size you think works best for you. Its a trade off and you have to choose how big you want to work and resize to a desired size using Image > Image Size.
On the other hand it be slower to use filters and others tools especially if your PC is slightly older and slower. As you can see its quite a high resolution picture and this will enable us to work at a high resolution which has its advantages in being able to add more details and being able to print at larger sizes. Open up Background.jpg in a new document. In terms of brushing Soft Brush usually refers to a round brush with a soft or blurry edge while a Hard Brush is referring to a round brush that has a well defined border. Colours are given with a # in front of them. Please note that brush sizes are not given as I usually just increase or decrease them using respectively till I get an appropriate size rather than just using a certain size. We will be trying to create an image like those but with things being blown up and cars being shots at. If you search the internet I'm sure there are more examples to find. Here, here, here and here are some good references from photographers on deviantart. The following images were used during the production of this tutorial.įirst we need to look at some photographs of cars in motion for reference so that our portrayal is accurate. In today's tutorial we are going to use many techniques to turn several stock photos into an action packed car chase scene with explosions and weapons fire.
That's why you will often need to create your own composite image to make a photo work. If you've spent much time looking through stock photography websites, you probably already know that it isn't easy to find a perfect photo for any given project and if there is, you will probably spend more time than its worth tracking it down.