The Canon Magazine 51
ADD ATM OSPH ERE
Play with the
scattering, color
dynamics, dual
brush and other
settings in the
Brushes panel for
loads of effects
QUICK TIP!
01 SELECT THE FOREGROUND
Open a landscape, duplicate the background twice with
Cmd/Ctrl+J. Hide the lower two layers. Go to Select>
Select and Mask. Use the Quick Selection brush to paint
the foreground. Increase Radius to 10px to improve the
selection. Set ‘Output to: Layer Mask’ and hit OK.
03 SET UP THE BRUSH
Drag the mist.abr file into Photoshop, grab the Brush
Tool. Select the new brush tip, which will be at the
bottom. Go to Window>Brushes. In Shape Dynamics
increase Size and Angle Jitters and check Flip X and Y
jitters. Click Scattering and increase Scatter to 75%.
05 BUILD UP THE EFFECT
Make another new layer above the middle layer, then
dab more mist over the image to create another strip
of fog. Make another layer at the top of the stack and
paint over the bottom of the frame to add mist in front
of the foreground and around the edges of the image.
02 LAYER THE LANDSCAPE
Highlight and reveal the middle layer, go to Select and
Mask. This time make a selection of the foreground
and mid-ground as shown. Again adjust the radius to
improve the selection, set Output to Layer Mask and
hit OK. Now we’ve divided our scene into three.04 PAINT BACKGROUD MIST
Highlight the bottom layer, then click the new layer
icon. Hit D then X to set the colour to white, then click
on the image to start dabbing mist around the scene.
Build up the effect around the base of the mountains.
Use the [ and ] keys to resize the brush tip as you go.06 TONE THE IMAGE
Highlight the top layer and press Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Alt
+E to merge a new layer. Go to Filter>Camera Raw
Filter. Click the Profile Browser and choose a subdued
look (we used Modern 5). Go to the Basic panel and
decrease Dehaze, then make any final tonal changes.STEP BY STEP FOGGY FAKERY IN PHOTOSHOP
Paint on several layers in a scene to create banks of mist from foreground to background
CREATE
YOUR OWN
BRUSHES
We’ve supplied a misty
brush tip for you here,
but why not create your
own. All you have to do is
paint any shape in black
on a white backdrop,
then go to Edit> Define
Brush Preset and it’ll
appear in your list of
brushes. What’s more,
the Adobe Capture app
lets CC subscribers use
their phone camera to
create brush tips from
any object. The app syncs
with your Photoshop
Library, so you can take a
photo of any object with
your phone, turn it into a
brush, then immediately
start painting with it.