QUICK TIP
When you work with 3D, be sure to render out as
many passes as possible, including Diffuse,
Ambient Occlusion, and shadow and light passes.
You can then combine these passes with the layer
blending methods in Photoshop, like Multiply,
Darken and Lighten.10
MIDGROUND MOUNTAIN
Create another new layer. Select the part of
the mountain you want to add details to with the
Lasso and click on the mask icon in the Layers
panel. Now the group must have the mask in nearly
the same shape as the mountain. Import some
more grassy mountain images. Here just two
different ones were copied and moved around so that
they did not look like duplicates of each other. Create
a mask for every image and paint some areas away
if it ever starts to look too similar.11
PAINT THE SUN AND SKY
Create a new layer inside the mountain group. Pick the colour of the darker cloud and change the
layer mode to Multiply. Fill the layer with the colour and paint the elements away on the mask where the sun
hits the mountain. After, create a new group with a mask. Inside this group, add a Color Balance adjustment
and match the light side of the mountain with the sun colour. Then create a new layer in Lighten mode,
picking the sun colour, and paint the sunny side of the mountain.12
FINAL DETAILS OF THE MOUNTAIN
Here, some rocky parts of the mountain didn’t match the buildings and smaller cathedrals. Create a new layer on top of the latest layers you created. Pick a
colour from the rocks and start painting on some rocks near the buildings to create something like platforms that the buildings are built on. Be sure to repaint as much
as possible, like the existing rocks. Use a chalk brush with a texture for this part. The result should show nearly no difference between the original rocks.PHOTOMANIPULATION