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Step 1
Step 1
Create a new document and fill it with white or any light and bright colors. I choose
the size with 1300x900 px. Open sky stock. Use Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to
make a selection on sky part as shown below:
Then active Move Tool (V) and drag this selection into our white canvas:
Learn how to create this landscape matte painting with Photoshop! This tutorial will
show you how create our own mountain scene by arranging multiple stocks together
and blending them correctly using layer masks and adjustment layers. You will also
learn effective techniques for adding waterfalls and mist.
Resources
Sky -sxc.hu
Background mountain - Stockfreeimages
Left rock - Pixabay
Right rock - Pixabay
Mid rocks - Pixabay
Trees 1 - sxc.hu
Tree 2 - Morguefile
Tree 3 - Morguefile
Tree 4 - Stockfreeimages
Bottom right rock - Stockfreeimages
Waterfall 1 - Pixabay
Waterfall 2 - Morguefile
Arch 1 - Morguefile
Arch 2 - Stockfreeimages
Ruin 1 - sxc.hu
Ruin 2 - Morguefile
Ruin 3 - sxc.hu
Mist brushes - Ideasplayer
Step 1
Create a new document and fill it with white or any light and bright colors. I choose
the size with 1300x900 px. Open sky stock. Use Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) to
make a selection on sky part as shown below:
Then active Move Tool (V) and drag this selection into our white canvas:
Step 2
Open background mountain stock.Take the background with misty mountains only
and place it at sky part (don't resize it):
Click the second button at the bottom of Layer Panel to add layer mask to this layer.
Now use soft black brushes with large size (I use 250-260 px) to paint on the top of
this background to reveal sky added in first step: