Compositing 101: The Lake Tower

Now let’s to some old-fashioned brush work. Select the Brush tool from the toolbar and with the following settings start to darken the left side of the tower slightly:

“Mode” at “Darken”,
“Brush” at “30″ (size),
“Opacity” at “25%”.

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Make sure “Layer 2″ is active, then do Layers> Merge Down (or hit Ctrl+E). Now “Layer 2″ is merged into “Layer 1″. There is only one layer left now, right? Alrighty, let’s continue – Ctrl+B to open the “Color Balance” Dialogue box. Set “Green” to “25″ and press Ok.

This color adjustment will make the new composite even more believable and such adjustments are usually practiced by photo manipulators in compositing ans it’s a quick fix for a lot of color problems. And our final image? Take a look below.

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