Designers have the option to choose from readily available texture designs or creating their own textures which requires a lot of extra time. Easily downloadable texture designs from the Internet are a blessing for many. Many themes of background textures are available, and today we’re looking roof textures of different patterns and diverse colors.

In this write up we have shared 25 attractive roof themed textures that you can use in your upcoming projects, which are handpicked to be high resolution.

1. Bavarian Roof

This lovely German wooden roof tile photo was taken by Flick user Dietmar Down Under in Munich.

2. Red Tile Roof by Clarita

3. Clay Tile Roof Texture

Tilted clay tile roof texture from deviantART in 3593×2357 resolution.

4. Tiled Roof Texture

Worn and aged roof texture from Szentendre, Hungary.

5. Slate Roof

This photo is from Talló, taken in Catalonia, Spain.

6. Symmetrical Roof Tiles

This beautiful patterns is from a cathedral in Vienna by deviantART user ~jaqx-textures, in 1600×1188 resolution.

7. Bumpy Roof Texture by Taliesin

8. Lichen Roof Tiles Texture

9. Prague Roof by Federico Sassi

This photo was taken on April 28, 2008 using a Fujifilm Fine Pix S5600.

10. Frosty Shingles

Roof Shingles on a cold morning.

11. Cedar Roof Dark

I would be uneasy standing under this old collapsing roof. From deviantART in 3648×2432 resolution.

12. Ancient Roof

Beautiful photo taken by Stefano Dellepiane in Tuscany, Italy. The orange old mold meets with new green growth.

13. Dippy Roof

14. Beaver’s Tails Roof Tiles

This clay-made style is called “beaver’s tails”, and originates from Southern Germany. Biberschwanz is the local name.

15. Rusty Tin Roof

This photo was taken on May 13, 2008 using a Nikon D40.

16. Roof By photojock

17. Roof Tiles by Focx Photography

This photo was taken on November 10, 2009 using an Olympus E-620.

18. Snoopy’s Roof

This rich red wooden roof tile photo was taken by Phillip Winn in California.

19. Roof by Hepp

This photo was taken on August 14, 2004 using a Canon Power Shot A80.

20. Old Roof Tiles

21. Italian Roof Tiles

Rooftop of an Italian house by Collin Key.

22. Seamless Roof Tiles

23. Roof by Gargamelix

24. SQLCruise Textures

This photo was taken on May 28, 2012 using a Sony DSC-HX200V.

25. Slate Roof Tiles

Hope these high resolution roof textures are useful to you.

The designers often opt for retro style while designing the logo as the vintage font styles are unique and with the use of certain contemporary techniques a different look can be adapted that will result in developing an exclusive company logo. Creating a vintage style logo is not at all an easy task as the designers need to make sure that the logos are stylish and not unpleasant or too cheesy. The graphic designers have many tools at their disposal which if exploited in the right way can create an alluring logo. In this particular logo style a range of colors can be used to make it appear really attractive.

We have shortlisted 22 of the most unique retro style creative logos in this write-up with the aim of inspiring graphic designers. Study these examples carefully to understand the approach that has been employed to give a modern and chic look to the retro font style.

1. MTV Logo

2. LA FABRICA GYM

Old School Gym – Specialists in Contact Sports.

3. Reforger

4. Dockside

Logo for a local window washer.

5. Red Earth

6. Shopaholla

Identity (Logo and Secondary Marks) for Shopaholla, a fabricator of high-end E-Commerce Websites.

7. Need more time

8. JERUSALEM RECORDS

Swedish rap-musician Houman Sebghati runs his own record label Jerusalem Records.

9. Palmetto Coast Media

Logo design for a video editing company.

10. Sunny Side Up

11. Sanjo Logo

12. Wine

Logo for the store of rare wines.

13. Guanacos

Logo created for the Brazilian adventure group Guanacos. The diversity of colors represents all the challenges they find in their way. The young guanaco is looking up to the sky just like he’s looking for some adrenaline!

14. Symbol

Researched quite a bit on the meaning of the various symbols from that culture and thought the eagle was meaningful, relevant and allowed a recognizable logo.

15. Secret Wales Promotions

Secret Wales Promotions Retro logo design.

16. Bacon Biz

Logo for an organization specializing in motivating Small Business.

17. Rikartdo Retro Logo

18. Power plant

19. Honks Cream

A new rock/metal band. Made them a retro badge logo.

20. Retro Effect Logo

This photo was taken on January 7, 2011.

21. The Vintager

22. Toadking

Hope you all like the collection, please post your valuable comments.

If you are launching a new website using WordPress content management system or want to integrate Pinterest into an existing WordPress website, then you can make use of some of the useful plugins that can complete the task with ease. Pinterest is a virtual board where the users can open a business profile and keep on posting their latest updates to connect with the visitors easily. This virtual board is extremely useful for obtaining public opinion on a particular subject or getting feedbacks on particular service or product launched by the company. Moreover, the bloggers can also share the link of their latest blogs in Pinterest to let the followers know about it and sharing their opinion on a particular topic.

The ten best plugins that can Pinterest-ize your website easily have been shared in this post. This will be of great help to the web designers whose upcoming projects demands integration of Pinterest in the WordPress website developed by them. This list contains plugins whereby you can add “Pin It” tabs or ‘follow’ button on the website easily which is surely going to increase the number of followers. Make best use of them to Pinterest-ize your WordPress.

10 Best Pinterest Plugins

1. Easy Pinterest

An easy way to add recent Pinterest posts to your WordPress website as a widget.

2. Pin It button to images

Adds a Pinterest “Pin It” button to images on your site, with eye-catching hover effects.

3. Pinterest badge

A must have plugin that adds a Pinterest badge on your blog to your Pinterest profile and showing your number of followers and recent pins.

4. Pinterest Follow Button

Add a Pinterest “Follow” button to your sidebar with this widget.

5. Pinterest RSS Widget

This plugin allows you to place a widget on your sidebar that fetches the most recent contents of a Pinterest user’s RSS feed and displays the corresponding thumbnail images. You can choose whether to show the description below the image, and you can set the height and width of the thumbnails to fit your theme. You also have the option of showing 4 different sizes of the official “Follow Me On Pinterest” button below the list of your pins. You can also use this plugin from your theme templates, to display images lists anywhere else on your blog and you can easily give them a fixed size or a maximum size with CSS styling.

6. Pin It button at the end of your posts

Pin It On Pinterest places a Pin It button at the end of your posts, and allows you to predetermine what gets “Pinned” at Pinterest.

7. Pin it button to all post images

Extremely lightweight jquery based plugin. Adds “Pin This” button to all images.

8. Pin It Button to Posts

Add a Pinterest “Pin It” Button to your site to let your visitors easily pin your awesome content.

9. Pinterest Pinboard Widget

This plugin adds a Pinterest widget much like the pin boards on Pinterest. It uses the original thumbnails from Pinterest itself. The plugin aims to have the same look and feel as the pin boards on Pinterest. To improve your site’s performance, the pins are cached every 15 minutes.

10. Pretty Pinterest Pins

This plugin allows you to display thumbnails and links to yours latest Pins from Pinterest in your sidebar. It is styled after Pinterest and offers a clean and modern look to show off your pins.

Hope you like my above collection, Thank you. Please post your comments.

In this photo manipulation tutorial we are going to create a paranormal scene where a girl awakes from her bed with a candle in her hand and finds to her surprise a ghost in front of her. In the course of creating this scene we will be covering topics like:

• Creating a night scene
• Creating candle light effect in the room
• and much more interesting stuff related to photo manipulation

Final Result Preview:

Credit to these people for resources:

• Girl Pieceofmestock
• Room: sxc.hu
• Table: quiet-stock
• Ghost: Mizzd-stock
• Photo-Frame: Ro-stock
• Photo: Mizzd-stock
• Curtains: linzee777
• Creepy Font: urbanfonts.com
• Smoke Brushes: falln-stock

Let’s Get the Tutorial Started

Step1: Create a new canvas in Photoshop with the dimensions Width=2098px and Height=2264px.

Step2: 1) Now select a mask around the woman with candle, and make a rough mask around the hair part.

2) Now using the Lasso Tool (L) create a rough mask around the inner part of the hair as shown. Then go to Select>Refine Edge and grace the complex edges of the hair using the Refine Radius Tool. Once you are done with it press OK to get the detailed cut of the complex hair edges.

Step3: Now import the image of the haunted room onto the canvas and place it behind the woman to illustrate that the woman is in the haunted room.

Step4: As we know a room cannot be completed without the properties like table a flask or cup on it etc. Hence we are going to add a table with a cup and a tea pot on it.

- Cut the image of the table and the groceries on it using the Pen Tool (P) and separate it into a new layer and import it on to the working canvas and place it as shown in the scene.

Step5: Since we are creating a night scene, we need the room to be dark. Hence we are going to create some dark shadows in the corners of the room.

- Using the Soft Round Brush Paint black shadows in the room as shown.

Step6: In this step we are going to color correct the woman to blend her with the environment of the scene we are creating.

1) With the woman layer selected go to Image>Adjustments>Exposure and set the Exposure= -0.46, Offset=0.0102 and Gamma Correction=0.72.

2) Then by using the Curves set the RGB curves as shown to get the following effect.

Step7: In this step we are going to darken the table as it is very bright for our scene.

1) With the Table layer selected go to Image >Adjustments>Exposure and set the Exposure=-1.28, Offset=+0.0061 and Gamma Correction=0.68.

2) Now by using the Brightness/Contrast reduce the Brightness=-28 and set the contrast=77.

3) Now create dark shadows covering the table as shown using the Soft Round Brush.

Step8: In this step we are going to create the candle glow using the Blending Options. We can observe that the glow of the candle starts from white and slowly diminishes with orange color.

1) Using the Brush Tool paint the diminishing orange color around the candle flame as shown. Then set the Blending Mode of the layer to Multiply and lower the Opacity of the layer to 85%.

2) Now paint a brighter glow around the flame as shown.

Step9: In this step we are going to create a blue shade on the woman to illustrate the moonlight from behind window, which is not shown in the scene.

1) Using the Brush Tool paint the blue color as shown on the woman and on the table.

2) Then set the Blending Mode of the layer to Multiply to get the following effect.

3) Then similarly create the blue shade on the window in the scene as shown.

Step10: In this step we are going to color correct the whole scene evenly using the Adjustments layer.

- Create a Curves Adjustments layer and set the curves as shown to darken the shadows and to increase the contrast of the colors in the scene.

Step11: Since candle is the only source of light in the scene it’s light shade will be casted on the teapot. Hence we are going to create the candle light shade on the teapot in this step.

- Using the Brush Tool (B) paint the orange color on the edges of the teapot as shown.

Step12: In this step we are going to paint shadow under the sleeves of the arm holding the candle.

-Create a new layer above the woman layer and paint the shadow under the right hand sleeve as shown.

Step13: In this step we are going to reduce the brightness from the window. Using the Brush Tool paint the windows with the color #384653 then set the Blending Mode of the layer to Multiply to get the following effect.

Step14: In this step we are going to create the ghost in the scene.

1) Import the image of the pirate woman onto the working canvas and place it in front of the woman with candle as shown.

2) Usually ghosts look pale in color, as they don’t have blood in them. Well that is how ghosts were portrayed in movies since our childhood. Hence with the pirate woman layer selected go to Image>Hue/Saturation and reduce the Saturation to -49.

3) Now using the curves set the curves as shown to make the pirate woman look pale in color.

Step15: Ghosts don’t have a physical body and they don’t have a fine skin texture, they seem to look smooth and glowing with the aura power. Hence we are going to create the same effect here.

1) With the pirate woman layer selected go to Filter>Distort>Diffuse Glow and add a Glow Amount=8 and Clear Amount=15.

2) Then by using the Eraser Tool (E) erase some part of the pirate woman as shown and lower the Opacity of the layer to 78%.

Step16: Ghosts haunt only in those places that belong to them. Hence we are going to create a photo frame of the pirate woman on the wall to show that the room once belonged to her. In this step we are going to create a frame on the wall.

1) Cut the image of the frame using the Magic Wand Tool (W) and import it onto the working canvas and transform it to fit the prospective using the Move Tool (V).

2) Now color correct the frame using the Curves and Hue/Saturation to blend with the lighting of the scene.

Step17: Now import another image of the pirate woman into Photoshop. Then import it onto the working canvas and place it in the frame as shown and erase the excess part of the image coming out of the frame.

Step18: Using the grunge brushes paint some grunge on the photo frame to make the frame look worn out.

Step19: Since the old images are shot in black and white we need to convert the photo in the frame to gray scale. With the photo layer selected go to Hue/Saturation and reduce the Saturation=-100 and Lightness=-10.

Step20: In this step we are going to create a shadow to the frame to create a natural depth.

1) Duplicate the frame layer and convert it into silhouette using the Levels.

2) Then place it behind the main frame and add a Gaussian Blur of Radius 2.5px.

Step21: In this step we will be creating curtains in the scene.

1) Import the image of the curtains on to the working canvas and place them on the top as shown.

2) To create the moon light on the curtains paint the blue color on them and set the Blending Mode to Multiply and reduce the Opacity to 13%.

3) To create a spooky effect cut the edges of the curtain as shown using the Lasso Tool (L) to create a torn effect to the curtains.

Step22: In this step we are going to create a ghostly title to match the theme of the scene.

1) Using the spooky font type in the title ‘GHOST’. Then by using smoke brush paint the smoke along the shape of the font.

Below image shows the procedural approach to create the title.

Final Image of Paranormal Photo Manipulation Tutorial:

Guest contributor Spencer Belkofer designed the following Halloween themed infographic to showcase 7 ways to avoid scary web design.

© Spencer Belkofer, Lumin Consulting

Intro: Photo manipulation is always a fun to work on and also has the scope to explore more interesting techniques to get and interesting and unique output. In this tutorial we are going to cover important topics like:

• Creating advanced and realistic shadow effect.
• Digital painting.
• Discussing Depth of Field (DOF), how to add and create objects in the scene matching the DOF of the original image.

And many more interesting techniques of photo manipulation.

Preview of Final Result:

Resources:

• Widow – xn3ctz
• Red Rose – sxc.hu
• Planets - kuschelirmel-stock
• Dead Tree – Wicasa Stock
• Apple – sxc.hu
• Black Bird – Fairiegoodmother
• Canvas Texture – powerpuffjazz
• Wall Texture – Texturepack
• Frame – chop-stock
• Cracks Brush – Funeralsong
• Grunge Brush – KeReN-R
• Metal Texture – Tigg-Stock
• Water Brushes – redhead stock

Step 1: Import Image of the Widow into Photoshop

Let the dimensions of the canvas remain same as the dimensions of the image.

Step 2: Create Objects Behind Woman

In this image we will be creating few objects behind the woman, hence we need to separate the widow into a new layer.

- Now select a mask around the woman as shown and separate the selection into a new layer.

Step 3: Add Magic Ball to Scene

It is said that our surroundings also play a major role in shaping our character. So we are going to create a magic ball closer to the scene that constantly oozes out black venom onto a red rose to depict this saying.

1)   Create a black spherical sphere as shown.

2)   Now to match the lighting of the scene, create a white shade on the black ball on the left side as shown.

3)   Import the image of the Red Rose onto the canvas and place it in the bottom left corner as shown under the magic sphere.

4)   Now by using the Brush Tool (B) paint some venom falling from the magic sphere onto the rose.

5)   Select the water splash brush and paint the splash using black color on the rose to show the intensity of the venom falling on the rose.

Step 4: Maintain Image Depth of Field

We can observe that the focus in that main image is completely focused on the woman, so in order to maintain Depth Of Field we need to add a Gaussian Blur to the Magic sphere and the rose.

- Merge all the layers of Magic sphere, Dripping Venom and the Red Rose and name the layer as ‘poisoned rose’. Then with the ‘poisoned rose’ layer selected go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and add a Gaussian Blur of Radius 22.3px.

Step 5: Make Magic Sphere Look Solid

In this step we are going to add a planet texture to the magic sphere to make it look solid.

1)   Import the image of the blue planet onto the working canvas and re-size it to the exact size of the black magic sphere.

2)   Now in-order to maintain the depth of field in the scene add a Gaussian blur of radius 22.3px.

Step 6: Two More Balls with Gaussian Blur

Now similarly create two more magic spheres around the woman. Place the second magic sphere behind the woman layer that we separated in the step 2. Since the focus is on the woman and the magic spheres are flying around her by some distance, we need to add a Gaussian Blur to both magic spheres assuming the distance of the spheres from the woman.

Step 7: Texture of Magic Spheres

Similar to the step 5 add the planet texture to the two magic spheres we created in the previous step. Then to match the planet texture to brightness of the scene go to Image>Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast and increase the Brightness=103 and set the Contrast level to 25.

Step 8: Add Spooky Dry Tree into the Scene

In this step we are going to create a dry spooky tree in the scene. To create the tree we are going to cut different branches from a dry tree image and join them together to form the shape we require.

1)   Import the image of the dead tree into Photoshop and cut the branches we require into different layers.

2)   Now import a branch layer onto the working canvas and place it on the right side as shown.

3)   Then arrange the different branch layers as shown to form a complete tree.

Step 9: Apple Hanging from the Tree

In this step we are going to create an apple hanging from the dead tree. This concept is inspired from the Adam and Eve story.

1)   Import the image of the apple on to the working canvas and place it as shown above the head of the woman.

2)   Since the light source is from the left side we need to create a shadow on the right side of the apple.

3)   Then similarly create another apple on the right side just beside the woman.

Step 10: Evil Black Bird on Her Shoulder

In this step we are going to create a black bird representing the evil resting on the shoulder of the woman.

1)   Import the image of the bird onto the working canvas and place it on the shoulder of the woman as shown.

2)   Now create a shadow of the bird on the shoulder of the woman using the soft round brush.

3)   Using the soft round brush paint the shadows in the highlighted areas on the bird.

Step 11: Create Title Text ‘VENOM’ to Background

Here we are going to create the title ‘VENOM’ in the background.

1)   Type the title VENOM using the default Times New Roman font and place the layer behind the beneath the tree and woman layer.

2)   Then add a Gaussian Blur of Radius 28px to match with the depth of field of the scene.

3)   Then reduce the opacity of the title layer to 68% because we don’t require the title to be very dark.

Step 12: Make it Look Like Canvas Painting

In this step we are going to add a canvas texture on the image to make it look as if it was printed on a canvas.

Before we can proceed with this step we need to merge all the layers that we created till now. Then name the layer as venom.

-       Import the image of the canvas onto the working area and reduce it’s opacity to 69%, then set the Blending mode of the layer to Overlay.

Step 13:

1) With the venom layer selected go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and set the Saturation level to -43.

2) Now create a Curves Adjustments layer above all the layers and set the curves as shown to get the following output.

Step 14: Frame Around the Image

In this step we are going to create a frame around the image we created. Before proceeding to the step we need to resize the canvas to Width=3234px and Height=4701px.

2) Cut one corner of the frame and place it as shown on the image.

3)  Then duplicate the frame multiple times to complete the whole frame.

Step 15: Desaturate Frame Colors

Since we are creating a moody scene we don’t want the frame to be bright in color.

1) Desaturate the colors of the frame using the Curves.

2) Then by using the Exposure set the Offset value to -0.0551 and Gamma Correction to 0.82.

Step 16: Frame Shadows

In this step we will be creating the shadow to the frame.

1) Duplicate the image of the frame and turn the frame image into sehlloete using the Levels.

2) Now place the shadow layer under the main frame layer and move it slightly towards the bottom right corner as shown.

3)  As we know that the shadows don’t have sharp edges, we need to add a Gaussian Bur of Radius 25.1px.

4) Then similarly create a shadow in the inner frame to create a natural depth comparing to the lighting of the scene.

Step 17: Make it Look Old with Torn Canvas Effect

In this step we are going to create the canvas torn effect to make it look old and worn out.

1)   With the Eraser Tool(E) selected go to the brushes pallet and select the cracks brush and erase the venom layer as shown.

2)   Follow step 16 to create the shadow under the torn edges of the canvas.

3)   Now by using the grunge brushes paint the grunge around the torn edges as shown with the black color.

Step 18: Dark Wall Behind Portrait

The wall area behind the portrait has to be dark since it receives less light.

1) With the wall layer selected created a mask in the size of the frame using the Mask Tool (M).

2) Then by using the Brightness/Contrast reduce the Brightness to -106 and increase the Brightness to 31.

Step 19: Nameplate Under Frame

In this step we will be creating a nameplate under the portrait frame.

1)   Import the image of the antique metal and mask out a portion of the metal required for the nameplate.

2)   Then by using the Times New Roman font type in Mrs.VENOM on the nameplate and then with the nameplate layer selected, select the mask in shape of the font and separate the selection into new layer and the using the same mask erase the selection on the nameplate.

3)    To show the depth of the name impression on the plate we need to darken the separated metal layer.

-       Now by using the Brightness/Contrast reduce the brightness of the separated metal layer to -79 and set the contrast to 20.

-       The by using the Exposure set the Exposure level to -0.57 and Gamma Correction to 0.94.

Step 20: Shadow Inside Edges

Follow the step 16 to create the shadow to the inside edges of the name impression we are creating.

Step 21: Water Flowing from Frame

In this step we are going to create water flowing from the frame.

1)   Select the water fall brush and paint as shown using the black color.

2)   Then by using the same brush paint with white color exactly on the black color we painted previously.

Step 22: Bird Flying from Frame

In this step we will be creating bird flying away from the frame.

1)   Import the image of the bird onto the working canvas and place it as shown.

2)   The by using Exposure set the Offset to -0.0061 and Gamma Correction to 0.82.

3)   Since the bird is in motion we need to add Motion Blur to the edges of the wings and tail to create a natural depth. With the bird layer selected mask the edges of the wings and tail as shown using the Lasso Tool (L).

4)   Then go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur and change the Angle to 10 and set the Distance to 44px.

5)   Then with the bird layer selected add a Gaussian Blur of Radius 1.0px.

Final Result of Surreal Fantasy Photomanipulation:

Description: Creating a fantasy photo-manipulation is always a fun to work on. We put all our crazy and inventory thoughts in it. In this tutorial we are going to create a fantasy scene where a Priestess will be standing on a rock during the night holding a lantern in one hand and a golden lotus in other hand which creates a smoke ball, and there will be bunch of small rocks flying around the Priestess. The scene will be covered slightly with with fog, and few temple shrines  stand tall above the fog in the background among the small hills.

With this fantasy photomanipulation tutorial we will be covering few important techniques of matte painting, using Adjustment Layers and Understanding the nature of elements in the scene to apply appropriate element effects to make the scene more natural.

Preview of Final Result:

Details of this Fantasy Photomanipulation Tutorial

Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5

Difficulty: Beginners, Intermediate.

Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour

Resources:

• Priestess
• Rock
• Night Sky
• Temple
• Distant Landscape
• Bell
• Ribbon
• Asteroid field
• Smoke Brush
• Fog Brush
• Hair Brush
• Snow Texture
• Lantern
• Rusty Chain

Step 1 – Mask-out the Model

Open the image of the Model in Photoshop and separate then mask-out the model from its background into a new layer using the Magic Wand Tool(W).

Step 2 – Create a Gradient

Now create a Gradient with Black and Grey combination which serves as primary reference in further step for color correction purpose.

Step 3 – Create a Rock Base for Priestess

In this step we will be creating a Rock base to illustrate that the Priestess is standing on it.

3.1) Import the image of the rock into Photoshop and create a mask around the rock using the Pen Tool (P) and separate it into a new layer.

3.2) Now import the rock on to the working canvas and place it under the priestess as shown. Since we are creating a night scene, we need to color correct the rock in-order to blend with the scene.

-With the rock layer selected go to Image>Adjustments>Curves and set the curves as shown.

3.3) Now De-saturate the rock using Hue/Saturation, Set the Saturation=-22 and Lightness=-40.

3.4) Darken the rock using the Exposure (Image>Adjustments>Exposure). Set Exposure=-0.57 and Gamma Correction=0.66.

Step 4 – Paint Shadows at Her Feet

Using the Soft Brush (B) paint a shadow at the feet of the priestess as shown.

Step 5 – Color Correct the Priestess

Now color correct the priestess as shown using the Curves and Hue/Saturation.

Step 6 – Dark Clouds to Background

Now create dark clouds behind the priestess as shown using the clouds stock provided.

Step 7 – Color Correct Her Skin Tone

In this step we will be color correcting the skin tone using Adjustment Layers.

7.1) Mask the part of the skin as shown using the Pen Tool(P) and select the Brightness/Contrast Adjustment layer from the bottom of the layers pallet. Then set the Brightness=-35 and Contrast=21.

7.2) Similarly repeat the previous step in color correcting the skin tone of hands.

Step 8 – Temple into the Background

In this step we are going to create a temple in the background.

8.1) Mask-out the temple from the original image and place it as shown.

8.2) Put your creative skill to test in color correcting the temple to match the environment.

8.3) Now select the mask in shape of the temple and fill in the selection with the color #363b48. Then change the Blending Mode of the layer to ‘Overlay’ and reduce the Opacity=64%.

8.4) Merge all the layers related to temple into a single layer and reduce the Saturation=-51 and Lightness=-11 using Hue/Saturation (Mac=Command+U , Windows=Ctrl+U).

Step 9 – Adding Background Landscape

In this step we will be creating the background landscape in the scene.

9.1) Separate the landscape from its original image and import it onto the working canvas and place it as shown.

9.2) Now color correct the landscape to blend with the scene perfectly.

Step 10 – Distant Temples to Background

In this step we will create some distantly located temples.

10.1) Follow the step 8 in creating a new temple. Then by using the Move Tool(V) re-size the temple as shown to make it look far.

10.2) Again we will be following the step8 here in coloring the temple. Fill the color #363b48 in a new layer with the mask selected in the shape of the second temple. But since this temple is located at a distance we want it to look dull hence we wont be using Layer Blending Mode. With the temple color layer selected reduce the Opacity=70%.

10.3) Similarly create another temple located in-between the first temple and the second temple as shown.

Step 11 – Create the Smoke Ball

In this step we will be creating the smoke ball formed from the smoke coming out of the golden lotus in the right hand of the priestess.

11.1) Create a round mask as shown using the Mask Tool(M) and set its edge Feather Radius=25px and then paint the inner diameter of the mask with smoke using the Smoke Brush with white color.

11.2) Again by using the smoke brush paint some smoke as shown to illustrate that the smoke is releasing from the Golden lotus.

11.3) As we know that the smoke travels in a random directions, paint some smoke around the smoke ball we previously created to get the following effect.

Step 12 – Makeup Treatment

In this step we will be giving some makeup retouches to the priestess.

12.1) Using the hair brush paint some hair near the left cheek of the priestess as shown using the black color.

12.2) Now by using the soft brush paint the eye lashes and darken the mole on the upper lip as shown using the black color.

Step 13 – Make it Foggy

Now paint some fog as shown using the fog brushes with the white color selected.

Step 14 – Maintain Depth of Field by Blurring

As we know the objects far from the focused area appears blurred with the increase in the distance. Since the second and third temples are located by some distance they must blurred to maintain the Depth Of Field (DOF).

14.1) With the second temple layer selected go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and add a Gaussian Blur of Radius=0.8px.

14.2) Similarly add a Gaussian Blur of Radius=0.5px to the third temple.

Step 15 – Snow is Flying

In this step we will be creating snow flying around in the scene.

15.1) Import the snow texture onto the working canvas and place it on the right side bottom corner of the scene as shown.

15.2) Now change the Blending mode of the Snow Texture to Lighten.

15.3) Now by using the Hue/Saturation change the color of the texture to blend with the environment we are creating. Set the Hue=210 and Saturation-10 to get the desired output.

15.4) To illustrate that the light particles are moving by some speed we need to add Motion Blur to them. With the texture layer selected go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur and set the Angle=-28 and Distance=29px.

Step 16 – Dazzling Light Particles

Similarly add few more magical light particles in the scene.

Step 17 – She Will Carry a Lantern

From this step we will be creating a lantern hanging from the left hand of the priestess.

17.1) Import the image of the lantern onto the working canvas and place it as shown.

17.2) Using the Soft Brush paint shadow on the lantern as shown with black color.

Step 18 – Light Up the Lantern

In this step we will be creating the light illuminating from inside the lantern.

18.1) Select the mask of the lantern by holding “Command and clicking on Lantern Layer Thumbnail” (Mac), Hold “Ctrl and click on Layer Thumbnail” (Windows). With the mask selected create a new layer under the lantern layer and paint the color #fca000 as shown.

18.2) Now reduce the size of the brush and paint white color at the center.

18.3) Create a glow effect to the edges of the lantern’s designer frame as shown to represent the intensity of light illuminating from the lantern.

18.4) Since the main light source is at the middle of the lantern the upper end and the lower end of the lantern receives only partial light. Hence paint some partial light in the top and bottom ends as shown using the previous technique.

Step 19 – Lantern is Glowing

In-order to create the glow effect around the lantern, paint #fca000 color around the lantern as shown and reduce its Opacity to 15%.

Step 20 – Chains for Lantern

Now we are going to create the chains by which the lantern is hanging from.

20.1) Import the image of the chain onto the canvas and place it in all three corners as shown.

20.2) Duplicate the chain and then warp it using the Move Tool(V) in such a way that it is in the grip of the hands.

Step 21 – Shadows for Chain

Since the hand is covering some part of the chain we need to create a shadow to the chain as shown near the hand.

21.1) Create a black shadow on the chains as shown.

21.2) Using the previous steps create the fourth chain for the fourth corner of the lantern.

Step 22

Now by using the Gradient Tool(G) paint the gradient in a new layer with a combination of Black and #8492a7 colors. Then change the Blending Mode of the Gradient layer to Multiply and reduce its Opacity to 43%.

Step 23 – Add a Bell

In this step we will be creating a Bell close to the scene flying with the wind.

23.1) Mask-out the image of the bell from its original image using the Magic Wand Tool(W).

23.2) Import the image of the bell onto the working canvas and place it as shown. Then by using the Curves [Ctrl+M (Windows), Command+M (Mac)] color correct the bell to blend with the environment.

23.3) Since during the night the colors appear desaturated, we need to create the same effect to the bell. With the bell layer selected go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation and set the Saturation=-75.

23.4) As we already said that the bell is closer to the scene, it must appear blurred since it is out of focus as the main focus is on the priestess. Hence add a Gaussian Blur of Radius=6.6px to the bell.

23.5) Now create the light shade on the bell caused by the light from the lantern. Set the Opacity of the layer to 20% after painting the light shade.

23.6) Paint a black shade on the left side of the bell as shown, since the light is focused from the right side.

Step 24 – Red Ribbon to Bell

In this step we will create a red ribbon to the bell. To achieve a quality cut of the ribbon from its background we are going to use an advanced cutting technique.

24.1) Import the image of the ribbon into Photoshop and select the Blue layer from the Channels Pallet.

24.2) Then go to Image>Calculations and select Blue from the Channels drop-down list.

24.3) With the Alpha 1 layer selected make sure that the ribbon is made completely black and the background into white.

Note: If the black and white contrast is not achieved by Levels, then use the Brush Tool to achieve the prefect silhouette.

24.4) Now go to Select>Load Selection and select Alpha 1 from the Channel drop down list to generate the mask around the ribbon. Then separate the selection into a new layer.

24.5) Import the ribbon onto the working canvas and place it as shown near the bell. Then De-saturate the ribbon to -61 using Hue/Saturation.

24.6) Since the ribbon is placed out of focus and moving with the wind we need to add some blur to it. Hence select the ribbon and add a Gaussian Blur of Radius=7.4px.

Step 25 – Light Shades on Her Dress

Since the lantern is very close to the priestess we need to create the light shade on the dress of the priestess.

Using the Brush Tool paint the light shade on the dress of the priestess as shown with the color #fca000.

Step 26 – Rocks Flying Around

In this step we will be creating rocks flying around in the scene.

26.1) Import the image of the rocks onto the working canvas and place it as shown using the Move Tool(V).

26.2) Now duplicate the rocks layer multiple times and place them as shown in such a way as if they are flying due some kind of cosmic power from the priestess.

26.3) Since the rocks are moving by some speed we need to add some Motion Blur to create a natural depth. But before adding the Motion Blur we must also consider DOF, since we already said that we are focusing the scene on the priestess, the rocks in focus near the priestess will appear clear and get blurred as they move away from the focus.

Merge all the rock layers and create a mask as shown and add a Feather of Radius 35px, then add a Motion Blur of Distance 27px with the Angle set to 10.

Step 27 – Light Shade on Rocks

As we previously said that the rocks are flying near the priestess we need to create the light shade on the rocks flying near the lantern.
Using the color #fca000 paint the light shade on the rocks as shown to create a natural depth.

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