Assignment: Take Your Own Plate From Day to Night
Try out these techniques using an image of your own choosing, or for an extra challenge, use a photograph you took yourself.
Starting with a daytime photograph, do the following:
1. Duplicate your original image so you are working over a copy.
2. Add a one-inch black border around the image to give yourself a work area.
3. Patch over, or paint out any cast shadows that are apparent in the photo, since nighttime scenes usually will not show hard cast shadows.
4. Create re-usable mask-loading layers for the rooftops, building sides, and any architectural elements in your scene that require relighting.
5. Add a new layer on top of your daytime version, and fill it with dark blue. Set the layer ...
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