Start painting the sky with a soft round edge brush. Just remember, the foto paint over process is an ongoing process and you will revisit this as you work on the image more.Īdd a new layer behind the hallway layer. You can also apply the 'remove noise' filter, to remove noise and image compression artifact from the photo. Lock layer transparency (so you wont paint on transparent area) and start painting over the layer to give it a more painterly feel. Check the copyright too!Īfter separating the hallway into it own layer, I added in the missing area with a hard round brush. Wait! Do not just use random google photos.

Since I just need the hallway in my artwork, so I only have one layer and I move it slightly to the left to give more space for background. With mask, you can crop with brush(B) and eraser(E), instead of clicking undo all the time. It is also better to use a mask to crop out the object instead of erasing the image directly. This will greatly help on painting and animation later on. Depending on your artwork, you might need to mask different objects into different layers. The first thing I usually do is to remove the background (sky) from the foreground object. Separating The Foreground From Background Original Photoīrowsing through my photo gallery, I found this hallway photo which is perfect for showing how Makoto Shinkai using layers for shadow. This is also not an in-depth step by step tutorial and it is meant for people that have some knowledge on Photoshop.

Technique and theory in this tutorial might not be correct. Heads up! I suffer from partial colorblindness and never went to any art school.

Lightning anime landscape