Serenity Prayer

In this lesson we learn some ways to change colors of the image, to do a premise greater when there is only its small part, and also to create illusion of movement and to give photos mystery.

Open the picture representing the monks: File – Open (ctrl+o)



Make a copy of the picture's layer to be easier to work with it: Layer – Duplicate Layer. Erase the previous layer and increase the work's field by using the Crop Tool.



Mark out the figures along the contours, applying Polygonal Lasso Tool



Copy them: Edit – Copy (ctrl+c) and insert them on a new layer: Edit – Paste (ctrl+v).
Erase the previous layer with the picture's rests.



Open in a new window the necessary picture for the background: File – Open (ctrl+o)



Mark it out, using Rectangular Marquee Tool and copy it inserting on a new layer. Get back to the window containing the processed picture. Place this layer lower than the previous one, just clicking on it and moving on that place. Applying Edit – Free Transform (ctrl+t), stretch out the background's layer vertically.



Copy this layer then (Layer – Duplicate Layer) and insert it on a new layer. Turn it around in a way to get a mirror reflection of the previous layer. Apply the command Edit – Transform – Flip Horizontal. Applying the Move Tool, merge down the edges of these two layers in a way that the junction wouldn't be seen and merge both layers: Layer – Merge Down (ctrl+e)



Work with the background's color now, brightness and the contrast. For your convenience just hide the monks' layer visibility, clicking on “eye” situated close to the layer. Pass to the background's layer again, applying Image – Adjustments – Curves (ctrl+m).



That is what we've got.



Work now with this layer, using Image – Adjustments – Color Balance (ctrl+b).



We'll get such a picture then:



Choose again the monks' layer and the layer automatically will be visible. Work with them, applying the same command.



We'll get the next picture:



Give a certain texture to the background's back wall and insert on a new layer above it the sky's picture.