A Work in Progress: The execution.



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step 1 of 9

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Added a soldier to the image.
(Used the pen tool to cut out the soldier and then I copied the selection path and pasted in into the image and resized it!)

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step 2 of 9

Added an image of a burning house. Then I resized the image and after that I masked away the parts I didn't need.

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step 3 of 9

Added more fire around the building using a stock image from sxc.hu. I also added some smoke above the building.

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step 4 of 9

Used the puppet warp tool (a photoshop CS5 option) to let the soldier aim to the ground.
(somewhat later there's going to be a person on the ground)

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step 5 of 9

Added three helicopters and three airplanes to the image.
I masked away the parts I didn't need.

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step 6 of 9

Added, resized the women and I masked away the parts I didn't need.

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step 7 of 9

Now I started to adjust the colors, contrast, lightning etc.
And for the details I gave the airplanes and helicopters motion blurs.

Beleave me, It was a lot of work for such small details. Used about 3 layers for just 1 helicopter !

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step 8 of 9

Decided I wanted a different sky. Masked away all the parts I didn't need. That was Really REALLY a lot of work!

After that, I created a shadow for the women and for the soldier with the brush tool. I
also added a few more details.

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step 9 of 9

Now I just started to add masks and blends and gradients etc. Also adjusted the colors and the contrast a bit.

Almost done, just a few more detailes...

Creation of The execution.: Step 9

Final result

Creation of The execution.: Final Result

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