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Nota2 (Dynamic Lighting)

The document provides steps to add dynamic lighting to a flat photograph of a castle. It involves using tools like the patch and clone stamp tools to remove elements and recreate patterns. Filters are applied to add lighting effects and blur layers are used to simulate light. Additional photo layers are added and blended to incorporate light rays and clouds. Touch-ups are made by burning and dodging parts of the castle. Final steps sharpen the image and adjust the opacity and blending of layers to complete the effect.

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Nota2 (Dynamic Lighting)

The document provides steps to add dynamic lighting to a flat photograph of a castle. It involves using tools like the patch and clone stamp tools to remove elements and recreate patterns. Filters are applied to add lighting effects and blur layers are used to simulate light. Additional photo layers are added and blended to incorporate light rays and clouds. Touch-ups are made by burning and dodging parts of the castle. Final steps sharpen the image and adjust the opacity and blending of layers to complete the effect.

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ADD DYNAMIC LIGHTING TO A FLAT PHOTOGRAPH

Step 1 Use the Patch Tool (J) to remove the car and the Clone Stamp Tool (S) to recreate the pattern of the bricks where it used to be. First, make a selection as you would if you were using the Lasso Tool, then click inside the area and drag with your mouse. Depending on whether you are using Source or Destination as your checked option you will either move the image inside the selection, or move the whole selection around. The Patch Tool will blend-in the area youve chosen when you let go. You can also use patterns and transparency.

Step 2 Once the van has been removed, apply Filter > Render > Lighting Effects to make the light come from the top right.

Step 3 With the tool that you prefer, create a selection of the part that you want to hide. For example, I used the Pen Tool (P) to select the sky and the buildings around the castle. With the selection active, add a Layer Mask. Step 6 Duplicate again the original background photo (Layer 1) and put the this new layer below the Layer 1 copy. Set the Blending Mode to Multiply.

Step 4 Duplicate the background layer Desaturate it with Ctrl+Shift+U Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with 4-pixel Radius, and set the Blending Mode for the layer to Overlay.

Step 7 Now turn off the visibility of the two castle layers, Go to the Layer 1 copy, and merge the visible layers into a new layer with Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E. Then desaturate it with Ctrl+Shift+U, set the: o Blending Mode to Overlay o Opacity = 50%.

Step 5 Now we need a photo with clouds and the rays of the sun coming from the right. Send it to the back of the other layers. Then duplicate it and set the copy layer Blending Mode to Lighter Color.

Step 8 Make a new layer on the top of the other. With a large, white, soft brush that matches the size of the light of the sun, just make a round spot. Then apply the Luce filter that you can download free (to make this light coming through the clouds). Set the Blending Mode to Overlay. This is an example with black background to demonstrate the effect.

At this point were almost done, but the image is overall quite dark and our blur earlier has left it slightly too blurry, so well fix that next.

Step 10 To finish the image, create a new layer above the rest and go to Image > Apply Image, use the settings "Merged", "RGB" and "Normal" for blending. This will create a new layer above the rest holding a copy of the image. Set this layer to Screen and about 70% Opacity. Then go through each layer and apply Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask and use the settings Amount: 250% and Radius 2px (Use a larger radius for larger images). This should sharpen the image back up to give us a good final result.

Step 9 Just Burn the dark side of the castle and Dodge the light part of it with a large, soft brush. By doing this, we make it seem as if the light is coming from the clouds and hitting the right side of the castle, leaving the other side in darkness.

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