How to Create a Fantasy Castle Scene with Adobe Photoshop

Step 9

Make another Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and alter the Green values to change the color of the plants.

Step 10

Create a Color Balance adjustment layer and change the Midtones and Highlights settings.

Step 11

Add a Curves adjustment layer and decrease the lightness. On this layer mask, use a soft black brush with the opacity about 20-30% to reduce the effect on the front of the castle.

Step 12

Open the flowers 1 image and drag it into our working document using the Move Tool (V). Place it in the bottom left of the canvas and convert it to a Smart Object. Set this layer above the castle ones and apply a Gaussian Blur of 4 px to this layer to increase the depth of the scene.

Step 13

Make a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (set as Clipping Mask) to desaturate the yellow on the flowers’s stalk and leaves. On this layer mask, use a soft black brush to erase the effect on the front of these parts of the flowers to fit the light on the background.

Step 14

Create a Color Balance adjustment layer and alter the Midtones settings:

Step 15

Make a Curves adjustment layer to darken the flowers. On this layer mask, use a soft black brush with the opaciy about 30% to reduce the dark effect on the stalk/leaves and 100% to work on the flowers.

Step 16

Open the flowers 2 image drag it onto the top left of the tower. Use the Free Transform Tool (Ctrl+T) to rotate it as shown below.

Step 17

Add a mask to this layer and use a soft black brush to remove the green part of this bunch.

Step 18

Create a Hue/Saruration adjustment layer to change the color of the flowers.

Step 19

Make a Curves adjustment layer to darken the flowers to make them fit the lightness of the tower.

Step 20

Drag the flowers 3 into the main document and place them in the bottom right of the stairs. Convert this layer to a Smart Object and apply a Gaussian Blur of 4 px to this layer.

Step 21

Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and change the Reds values to turn the flowers’ stalk into green. On this layer mask, use a soft black brush to erase the effect on the flowers..

Step 22

Make a Curves adjustment layer to darken the flowers. On this layer mask, use a soft black brush to erase the dark effect on the front of the flowers’ parts.