Use the slider to establish a proper size and begin to draw on the ground edge of the building while still in the layer mask Under legacy brushes, click default brushes and locate the grass brush. In your paintbrush tool, navigate in your brush settings on the top toolbarĪnd click the gear then select legacy brushes. On your layer mask establish both the foreground and background colors in your toolbar as both black. On your building layer, open a layer mask Make sure you toggle back and forth without hitting enter. Side tip: ctrl +t while still in perspective transform tool to change scale with same bounding box. Go to edit > transform > perspective, again, to start manipulating building face to the vanishing points This will allow it to be edited easier as the bounding box of the transform tool will conform to shape of the object. Go to edit > transform > perspective to establish a flat base for your building face. Click your backspace key to delete the background Click to allow editing of smart objectsį. Click once with your background eraser toolĮ. Click ctrl + shift + I to inverse your selectionĭ. Select the portion of the building you wish to keepĬ. Use regulating lines on the building façade to establish your chunk of building. Using your polygonal lasso tool from your right-side toolbar. For this exercise, find a building with some repeating geometries Use your clone stamp tool located in the tool bar to fix trouble areas.Ī. Shift the layer below the foreground layer of glass and repeat the first steps of copying and filling that next layer of depth to the grass. Duplicate the layer and reduce the scale of the second layer. On your layer palette, click all the grass layers, right click in your layer palette and click merge layers. Continuously use your transform tools and eraser tools to make it not so homogenous by rotating and softening in certain spots.į.
Copy enough to establish a foreground layer of glass. This is a quick way of copying any object and making duplicateĮ.
Go to image > adjustments > hue & saturationĭ. You might want to also change the hue and saturation of your grass to match the level of illumination in the space. Start with a small portion of the grass by using your eraser tool with a highly feathered edge to soften. Remember that grass is layered and not a flat planeĬ. png of grass, preferably in perspective, that has some volume to it.ī. The new layer will allow you to toggle the vanishing point on and off 2) GroundĪ. Open a new layer and place two circles on the horizon line as vanishing points Reminder to keep this low on the work plane to simulate human height and not a magical floating viewĭ. Click + drag from the ruler to the desired spot from the x-axis on top Right click on the ruler and select which unit of measurement you preferĬ. Use ctrl + R to activate ruler (should appear bordering your work plane)ī. When you have a large file with many components, it will come in handy, but for now, it will be a nuisance.ġ) Establish horizon line and vanishing point(s)Ī. Turn off quick select for the time-being.Remember that the checkerboard won’t show up when exported, it is just to help you visualize a blank canvas This will allow white backgrounds and transparent backgrounds to distinguish themselves in your collage. Go to edit > preferences > transparency and gamut and establish a checkerboard pattern for transparency.
To begin make sure you set up your file the following way: