01
COPY IN THE
MOUNTAINS
Open your shots. We got
four from http://www.pixabay.
com – search for 1185474,
2051448, 3021664,
- Go to the
mountains image, then grab
the Quick Selection Brush.
Paint over the mountains,
and use the Move Tool to
drag them across to the
foreground as shown.
02
MASK THE EDGES
Position the mountain
range with the Move Tool
and transform with Cmd/
Ctrl+T to resize it, if needed.
Once that’s done, click the
Add Layer Mask icon in the
Layers Panel. Grab the Brush
Tool and paint with black
to hide parts of the mountain
range layer, blending it in
with the foreground area
in the other layer.
03
MATCH THE COLORS
Highlight the bottom
layer, then add a Curves
Adjustment Layer. Click on
the midpoint eyedropper
and click on the snow. Next,
highlight the top layer. Add
another Curves layer and
click the Clip To Layer icon.
Sample the color on the
snow, then drag the top
of the diagonal line down,
like so.