Combination with Levels

Still remember that the Background and the Chinese Traditional Ink Painting Photo?


Yea, now open the both File to continue our DRUM FESTIVAL!

File is Selected to OPEN

Background Workspace

Chinese Art Workspace

So, today I want to combine my Background and the Picture of the Mountain as a Wallpaper!

Is that possible? Will be look fake after combination? NO! But How?

Before starting combination, I make a new group/folder for each workspace of layer so that after combine in a workspace, it will more easily to know each other and won't be take wrong action on the layers

Create a new group for Background

Create a new group for Chinese Art

Drag the layers and move into the group created

 Layers is dragging into the group

Layers is dragging into the group

Next, what we need to do is drag the 2 work to combine each other.

 Drag the Group of Chinese Art into the Background's workspace

Arrange the Group of Chinese Art accurately

Next, I want to reflect the Chinese Art so that it look that better after adding some picture inside.

 Free Transforms is Selected (Edit > Free Transforms)
**Shortcut: Ctrl + T

Move it and place it correctly and press ENTER

To make beautiful blank space, merge the 2 picture in harmony with the sky by applying a Levels Adjustment Layer. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Level

Select Levels under the Adjustment

In the Setting, 0 - 0.94 - 204 as my Levels

The Layers will be as shown as above

Ok, are you fine? So fast so Good, I think.

Want to let it look like a 1 picture after dragging in? No problem

Do somethings on that, Take a look

Click the Visible Eye of ''Group of Chinese Art'' (Invisible)

The Image will look like this

Before I continue, I save the file so that to be safe always.

''Save As'' the Workspace as ''In Progress''

Continue...

 ''Save As'' the file as with JPEG file and renamed as Picture

Open the Picture File

So, what I want to do is to Crop it out into half and combine it and make it Vector Mask to make it look like a picture, But how? You will know it..

Crop it with Crop tool, Remember after adjust it correctly, press Enter

 After Cropping, Drag it into the In Progress Workspace to continue our editing

Arrange it 

 Make a Vector Mask in the Layer 27

Next, select the Brush Tool and Select the in Black

Why? This is because I want to delete some parts to show to Mountain art!

Select Brush Tool in Black and use it in the Vector Mask



So, how is the Final after editing???

 This is the FINAL COMBINATION of the CHINESE ART & BACKGROUND