How to Create an Out of This World, Medieval-Fantasy Themed Photo Manipulation

• Color Levels: 0, 0, -10
• Tone Balance: Highlights
• Preserve Luminosity: Check

Next, let’s create a Gradient Map from the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button.

Once the Gradient Map menu opens, choose the following gradient:

Once you’ve pressed OK your image will turn into a Black and White image. We would need to change that; change the following:

• Blending Mode: Color
• Opacity: 60%

Once you’re done with that, click the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button once again and create a Photo Filter adjustment layer.

When it opens, use the following filter:

• Filter: Warming Filter (85)
• Density: 25%
• Preserve Luminosity: Check

After that, create another Photo Filter adjustment layer and use the following filter:

• Filter: Warming Filter (LBA)
• Density: 25%
• Preserve Luminosity: Check

Next, let’s edit the Brightness/Contrast of this whole image. Create a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer.

Once open, input the following:

• Brightness: +10
• Contrast: +15

Next, let’s create another Solid Color adjustment layer and then input the following:

• #: ffe081

Change its Blending mode and Opacity to the following:

• Blending mode: Color
• Opacity: 20%

Next, create a Curves adjustment layer from the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button.

Once its open, input the following:

Create another Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer once again and input the following:

• B: 0
• C: +3

And finally, let’s create another Gradient Map. Choose the Black and White Gradient and then change the following once you’ve pressed OK.

• Blending Mode: Luminosity
• Opacity: 80%

The image should now look like this:

Once you’re done, right click on one of the layers and then click on Flatten Image.

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Step 11: Give the image a traditional painting-like appearance

In this step, we’re going to give our image a traditional painting-like appearance. To start, open Canvas Texture White Paper. Next, activate the Move tool (V) then drag it on our canvas.
Once on our canvas, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and then resize the Canvas Texture White Paper to fit the canvas.

The result:

Once done transforming, set the Blending Mode and Opacity to the following:

• Blending Mode: Multiply
• Opacity: 70%

It should appear like this:

Next, open Grungy Paper Texture v.5 and then move it to our canvas using the Move tool (V). Once moved, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and then right click on the canvas to bring up the contextual menu. Once the menu is open, click on Rotate 90 CW.

The result will be like this:

Now resize Grungy Paper Texture v.5 to the size of our canvas.

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