How to Create a Slice of Nature Photo Manipulation

核心提示： This is really the only image that we need to do a serious cut job on. The rest will be taken care of as we move through the composition.Step 3Let&#

This is really the only image that we need to do a serious cut job on. The rest will be taken care of as we move through the composition.

Step 3

Let's work on the composition now. The first thing we want to do is create the background. I find that illustrations come together better with a background than on a blank canvas.

Start a new file with an A2 canvas (420mm x 594mm). Create a new layer folder named "Background." Open the cracked earth photo, copy it, and paste it into the "Background" layer folder. Rename the layer "Soil."

We are going to set the horizon line at about the center of the canvas. Hit Command + T to transform the "soil" layer. We need to resize the layer and give it some perspective so that it looks like actual ground.

Right-click anywhere on the canvas and choose Perspective. Pull the top anchors towards the center of the canvas, this will shrink the top of the image while leaving the bottom the same size giving the illusion of a horizon. Your goal here is to match the perspective to that of the slice of soil we are using for the base of the tree, as shown below.

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