The renderings of this tutorial are very grand. Narrow streets were flooded by rapids. The entire city was enveloped in strong winds and heavy rain. Such real scenes are all put together by the author using material pictures. I really admire the author’s creative ideas and super powerful PS technology.
final effect
1. First we find a city picture:
2. Then we zoom in locally, then use the clone stamp tool, set the soft angle, and then remove the character.
3. Then use the Polygonal Lasso Tool to select the sky in the picture, then press the DELETE key to delete the sky, and then replace it with our new sky (dark clouds).
4. We find a picture of a stormy sky and replace it. We can press Ctrl+T to transform it until it is suitable.
5. The effect is as follows.
6. Now the effect doesn’t look very good. Now let’s find another wavy picture and place it in the middle of the picture. We use a large soft brush to delete the unnecessary parts.
7. Then adjust the brightness and contrast.
8. Adjust hue and saturation, set as follows.
9. The effect is as follows.
11. Then use an eraser to erase the unnecessary parts, then duplicate the layer several times and adjust the position of the water to achieve the following effect. It was as if the water had rushed out.
12. Now we merge all the layers of the big water and adjust the color balance.
13. Then we first hide the water layer, and we use the burn tool to deepen the stormy sky in the background image and add highlights to make it darker.
14. In order to add some special effects, we open the material.
15. Then use a soft eraser to erase the unnecessary parts. The effect is as follows.
16. Then we return to the water layer, we use the smear tool, and the brush settings are as follows.
