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On Seacoast Wallpaper

The next lesson we’ll learn creating the wallpapers by combining several parts of the image with the vector’s imitation and the photo.

Create a new file of standard size wallpapers: File ? New (ctrl+n).

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Open in a new window a picture reserved for the background to be: File ? Open (ctrl+o).

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Mark it out with Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a copy of it: Edit ? Copy (ctrl+c). Get back to the previous window and insert it on a new layer: Edit ? Paste (ctrl+v). We have to make the corrections on the picture’s size, applying next command: Edit ? Free Transform (ctrl+t).

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Make the corresponding corrections also on the layer’s color and contrast: Image ? Adjustments ? Curves (ctrl+m).

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Create a new layer now: Layer ? New ? Layer and choose the Pen Tool to represent the land, applying Fill Path option.

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Select the Brush Tool of grass shape and move off the marking near the Color Dynamics option in the Brushes window:

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Select the next brush to represent the superior line of the “land”, choosing a size not too big:

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I’ve decided to change the layer’s color, so it is possible to do that with next combination: Image ? Adjustments ? Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).

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Give some volume to the grass, changing its color into darker one and the brush’s size on a bigger one.

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The sky’s layer needs a darker color, just to be of the same color’s nuance as the grass is, selecting the next options: Image ? Adjustments ? Levels (ctrl+l).

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Apply the next filter’s option to this layer: Filter ? Blur ? Smart Blur.

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We have to download now a set of ready to use brushes for representing the tree and the people on the grass’ layer (the brushes having a tree shape may be selected from this address: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29661536/ ?qo=8&q=boost%3Apopular+in%3Aresources %2Fapplications%2Fpsbrushes+tree), the people’ one ? from here: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/33101073/ ?qo=20&q=by%3Aanarasha-stock&qh=sort %3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

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Open in a new window a picture of an air balloon (ctrl+o):

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Place them on a new layer, applying next commands: Edit ? Free Transform (ctrl+t) and Edit ? Flip Horizontal and then mark out the sky, applying the Magic Wand Tool.

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Erase it and make the necessary corrections on the layer’s color, choosing Curves (ctrl+m) and Image ? Adjustments ? Selective Color.

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We have to represent on a new layer above the background’s one several markings of rays shape, applying Polygonal Lasso Tool and paint them out with Paint Bucket Tool.

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Move off the markings: Select ? Deselect and change the layer’s Blending Mode on Soft Light, minimizing also the Opacity till 35%.

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Select the Gradient Tool for a new layer, situated above the rest of them to represent a kind of stretching of white color.

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Change also the layer’s Blending Mode on Soft Light.

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The picture is finished!

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