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QUICK TIP

When trying to better integrate multiple images

in a concept like this, make sure that you select

the parts that need to have the same colour and

contrast, leaving the contrast stronger in the

foreground. You can use different types of

selections to do this. Our favourite to use is the

Quick Mask tool because it’s really fast for this

type of job.

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FINISHING THE CITY

Now you need to do the same thing for the right side. Download image 17880268. Cut this photo

using the Path tool, then press Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to make the selection. Then add a mask and isolate the part

that you are going to use. Do the same retouching as before, and use a Black & White layer on Multiply to

make the building darker and to create the shadows made by the sunlight. Again, use the orange colour in

Overlay at 100% to match the light and reflection of the sun on the buildings. To finish, select the blue colour

that you already used for the shadow areas and use it again to match the light in all buildings precisely.

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FINAL HAZE AND ATMOSPHERE

Now that you have the additional buildings, you need to add a little bit more haze to integrate the

image even more. Use the eyedropper tool to select an area in your image that has some haze and use this

colour in a brush at 10%, then paint over the areas to create the haze. After you do this, create a Hue/

Saturation layer and set it at -7. This way all this area will be less bright and when you put the players in this it

will make sense.

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3D FENCE

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and use the scale to match the same size of the

court. Then use the mask to clean some areas that

you don’t want to show. To do this quickly, press B +

Q to activate the Quick Mask, then paint the areas

that you want to hide. They will appear in red. Then

press Q again and a selection will be made where

you painted in red. Set your layer to Multiply at 51%,

which will help the fence match better in the comp.

It’s always nice to add as

much detail as you can in a

scene like this. Try to follow

reality and remember you can

always create your assets with

textures and scratches. This way

you can have a rich scene with a

lot of cool visual tricks inside, and

make the audience look and see

your scene in a different way

every time

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