To do this I want to create a new layer that is a merge of all my existing layers. Now I want to add a blurred edge around the entire scene in oder to put the focal point of the piece right on the girls face. I inverted it Cmd+i and then set the Layer Blending Mode to Screen. I also think a little more texture is needed, so I grabbed one of the Subtle Grunge Textures, available here at WeGraphics, and pasted it into a new layer above the black gradient. To make that I happen, I added a simple black gradient in a new layer above the girl. This time I use Levels to adjust the contrast using the settings below.Īfter looking at this stage for a bit, I decided that I want more of my snow to be visible. I like that? But I want a little more contrast in the scene, so I add one more adjustment layer. and moved it above the B&W adjustment layer. I then created a new color fill adjustment layer set to #cceaf8. That looks good, but I want to add a slight blue hue to the entire scene to make it feel even colder. I created a new B&W adjustment layer and moved it above all other layers. I did this by first making the entire image black and white. Now it's time to start adjusting the mood with some color. I added some Gaussian Blur to the layer containing the 60px snow so that it appears more in the foreground of the camera and out of focus. It's easy to go overboard because painting with scatter brushes can be a lot of fun. Then open the brush controls, and modify the settings as follows. Start by choosing a soft white brush around 60 pixels. I do this by creating a custom scatter brush. I only clicked twice with two slightly different sized brushes. I did this by simply creating a new layer above hers and clicked around her shoulders using a large soft white brush. I know I want to add some snow and maybe and other elements to make the image appear even more cold.īut first I want to add some light from behind the girl. Now I want to start thinking about the foreground.
To finish out the background I added a simple white gradient to the bottom to remove the hard edge created by the tree branches and sky texture. Then I added some clouds by grabbing a texture from the Vintage Clouds texture set here at WeGraphics. First I added some tree branches using the Branches in Winter PS brush set.
Now I want start adding to the background.
Let's go ahead and sharpen her up a bit by duplicating her layer and going to Filter / Other / High Pass set the Radius to around 8.0. Let's create a new file at 2500x3600 300dpi. Next we need to create a new canvas and paste the girl cut out onto it. If you use that method, be sure to check out my post on brush resizing as it comes in very handy when using QMM. There are so many ways to cut objects from their backgrounds, I'm sure you have your own method to do so. I did this by painting in Quick Mask Mode. I decided to cut the girl from the background. After some searching I found a great pic that you can grab here.Īfter staring at the image for a bit and visualizing the potential. Someone who's nice and bundled as if they're standing out in the cold. It already feels cooler in here, doesn't it?įirst off I knew that I wanted a person in this scene. In this tutorial I'm going to walk you through my process and the techniques I used to create this nice cold winter portrait.īelow is a preview of what we'll be creating. As we're approaching the end of the hottest summer and worst drought in recorded history here in Texas, I decided a nice cold winter scene tutorial was in order.
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