Preview of Final Results Serene Fantasy Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorial Resources Background, sky and swan – Pelleron-Art Left Mountain – Salsola Stock Right Mountain – creativewa on sxc.hu Right Rock – irenegirl on sxc.hu Left Rock – mdnt on sxc.hu Mist Brushes – Pelleron Light Rays Brushes – Pelleron Step 1 – Removing the Sky from the Background Open the background picture in Photoshop. Right click on the layer and select the option Layer from background. First thing you need to do with the picture is to remove the uninteresting sky to be able to add the more dramatic one. You can easily do that with Channels. If you don’t have the palette Channels visible go to Window > Channels and it will appear. On this palette you can see four different layers – RGB, Red, Green and Blue. Right click on the Blue channel and select the option Duplicate Channel… Make visible only this duplicated Channel. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels o...
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