A Work in Progress: The Old Mill



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The Old Mill
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abandoned mill


Original image


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original source image

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 1

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duplicated, used adjustment layers

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 2

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added white to bottom of image on new layer and set to exclusion, giving me my water

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 3

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added new layer, painting in a new sky over old, 50% opc.

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 4

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filled new layer with blue and set to color

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 5

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duplicated background image and set to overlay

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 6

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merged the layers using ctrl, shift, alt and e

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 7

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added mill reflection to water

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 8

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foreground added by copying section of image, flipping and lining it up.

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 9

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added foreground reflection

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 10

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merged layers using ctrl, shift, alt and e on a new layer

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 11

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duplicated and adjusted

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 12

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worked on sky some more

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 13

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worked on sky inside windmill blades

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 14

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merged layers

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 15

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duplicated and adjusted

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 16

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added a new layer and painted black over the trees to make them seem farther back, set to 25 opc

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 17

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merged layers

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 18

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duplicated and adjusted

Creation of The Old Mill: Step 19

Final result

Creation of The Old Mill: Final Result

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