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Crystal Mountains

Description: This tutorial is really just a random effect that I came up with after fiddling around in photoshop, but the end result looks rather nice. It shows you have to create what seems to look like a crystal looking mountain with grass on the walkway.

Start a new document 600x600.

Set your colors to default black and white by pressing "D".

Fill your background with black.

Now go to Filter->Render-> Difference Clouds.

Press CTRL+F 2 more times to apply it 2 more times.

Now go to Filter->Stylize->Wind
Method: Wind
Direction: From the Right

Press CTRL+F five times to reapply the wind filter 5 more times.

Now go to Image->Rotate Canvas->90CCW.

 

Now go to Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp Mask.

Amount: 500%
Radius: 2.0
Threshold: 0

Then Filter->Sharpen->Sharpen. do this twice.

 

Then Duplicate this layer, and hide the top layer. We'll work with the bottom layer now.

With the bottom layer selected, go to Image->Adjustments->Color Balance.

For each of the tone balance, set the following color levels.
Midtones: [-49] [+100] [-100]
Shadows: [-53] [-100] [-100]
Highlights: [-48] [-36] [-69]

Of course, you can play around with these tone balance settings, you can get really nice colors playing with these values.

Below is what I got in my final using the above settings.


Here is one using another tone balance setting.

User Comments

Rob | May/28/09 23:01
for some reason, when i create the difference clouds, they look nothing like the ones you have. apart from that, brilliant tutorial and very easy to follow
Bipul | Mar/21/09 16:30
Really Very Good steps for learning
JoHnSoN | Jan/28/09 21:17
very easy steps and attractiveeee...........
phits | Jan/10/09 15:45
very nice pinabilib mo ako
aashish | Dec/1/08 01:52
you are a cool guy
sandeep kaur | Nov/10/08 23:07
v. good
Will Brazier-Smith | Nov/8/08 04:11
Simple, easy to follow instructions, and a good result visually too! Can't beat that.
www.terriyamaka.com | Nov/5/08 06:47
One of the best and easiest to followed the instruction. Thanks!
Henry | Aug/20/08 00:47
Wow, that's really awesome!
It looks so magical.. I wonder if some lighting effects would make it look even more awesome? Gotta try ;)

Keep it up!
Albarrán | Aug/16/08 08:47
lo sencillo es lo mas padre
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