Create an Action Pack Movie Scene

		Preparation: I came across a very nice shot from jademacalla. Reminds me alot on 007. We also need a jail background. Download REQ15 image. Download Eastern State Penitentiary image. All rights of these resources belong to their respective owners.

		Step 1 – Setting Up Background: Create a new document with size 750×550 pixels. Open up the Eastern State Penitentiary image, drag into the document and resize it like the one shown in the diagram. Rename this layer as Jail.

		Step 2 – Adding Lens Blur: Duplicate the Jail layer and rename it as Blurred Jail. Select the Jail layer and go to Filter > Blur > Lens Blur. Check on Faster, set Blur Focal Distance to 0, Iris Shape to Hexagon(6), Radius to 25, Blade Curvature to 0, Rotation to 0, Brightness to 0, Threshold to 255, Noise to 0 and Distribution to Uniform.

		Step 3a – Cropping Figure: Open up REQ15 image. Crop out the figure using Pen tool or one of the extraction methods state here.

		Step 3b – Cropping Figure: Drag the figure as a layer above the Jail layers. Rename this figure layer as Hero. Resize the figure so it looks similar to the one on the left. Select the Soft Eraser tool with size 800pt, click once at the center of Blurred Jail layer.

		Step 4a – Adding Shadow: Create a new layer above Hero and name it as Shadow. Fill the layer with #000000 using Paint Bucket. Set the opacity of this layer to 80%.

		Step 4b – Adding Shadow:. Select the Soft Eraser tool with size 800pt, click once at the center of Shadow layer.

		Step 5 – Adding Saturation Effect: Create a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer above all layers. Set the Hue to 0, Saturation to -40 and Lightness to 0.

		Step 6 – Adding Exposure Effect: Create a Exposure Adjustment layer above all layers. Set the Exposure to +0.6, Offset to -0.01 and Gamma Correction to 1.2.

		Step 7 – Adding Levels Effect: Create a Levels Adjustment layer above all layers. Set the values to 20, 1, 240 and you are done!

		Optional: I have added another Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer and check on Colorize. Set the Hue to 120, Saturation to 25 and Lightness to 0. Set the opacity of this adjustment layer to 50% I also included a top and bottom border to make it look cinematic. Hope you enjoy this tutorial! Click here to view the final image.

I am Johnson Koh, a graphic and web designer in Singapore. Founded 10Steps.SG with the purpose to share my experiments and interesting design news. Follow me on Twitter here.

23 Comments | Write a Comment

mosa says:

April 13, 2010 at 8:50 pm

im interested in making movies……action packed movies and i got a lot of ideas

Reply
Johnson Koh says:

June 6, 2009 at 3:50 pm

@Jonatan: It’s my bad. It should be px instead of pt

Reply
Jonatan says:

June 4, 2009 at 7:24 pm

Awesome tutorial!
I just have one questions, you are using pt and not px, my photoshop (cs3 pro) wont lett me use pt one the eraser tool.
Is there any other value i could use?

Reply
huwaw69 says:

May 20, 2009 at 8:46 pm

the sight blur really made the gunner stand out in the photo

Reply
Mehmet says:

April 10, 2009 at 11:42 am

Simple techniques and easy to follow with a nice outcome.
Great Job!

Reply
Johnson says:

March 4, 2009 at 11:50 am

Hey Jade! What a surprise to see you here I love your stocks. Very cool and inspiring.

Also thanks for appreciating this tutorial!

Reply
Jade Macalla says:

March 4, 2009 at 1:58 am

Fantastic tutorial and excellent final image. Very solid technique, and your final (optional) layer really brings it all together. Great one!

Reply
Johnson says:

March 3, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Haha yea. I did drop him a note on this. He looks cool in the stock.

Reply
Melancholic-Symphony says:

March 3, 2009 at 12:57 pm

This is very cool. Did you tell Jade you used his stuff? He’d like this a lot.

Reply
Johnson says:

January 25, 2009 at 1:06 pm

I should be saying sorry instead for not getting up to your standard

Will be working for better results next round.

Reply
Krzycho_666 says:

January 25, 2009 at 4:54 am

Ammm… It’s poor to me. I could be done much better. You should blur the backgorund at the end.

2.5/10 for me – sorry

Reply
BlackCow says:

January 18, 2009 at 5:39 am

I can’t find the soft eraser tool, does it even exist!

Reply
Kenibatz says:

January 13, 2009 at 3:27 pm

awesome tut. very simple yet very effective.
I’ve a question when it comes to compositing:

Among other things, is the most important key to making two images blend well together based on getting a good balance with the saturation setting?

i’m guessing the saturation setting is probably not the magic solution for everything, but it would help a lot.

Reply
Johnson says:

January 13, 2009 at 2:46 pm

Thanks everyone. Hey Ronald I miss you haha!

Reply
Dapet Vampir says:

January 12, 2009 at 10:50 pm

jancok torok ethel kontol jembut koyok sing nggawe

Reply
Professor says:

January 11, 2009 at 5:37 pm

ÐœÐ¾Ð³ Ð±Ñ‹ Ð´Ð¾Ð»Ð³Ð¾ Ñ Ð²Ð°Ð¼Ð¸ ÑÐ¿Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ‚ÑŒ Ð½Ð° ÑÑ‚Ñƒ Ñ‚ÐµÐ¼Ñƒ

Reply
sadhu says:

January 10, 2009 at 4:27 pm

wa.. this is pretty nice…

Reply
Muffenz says:

January 10, 2009 at 12:50 pm

I love all of your tutorials!

Reply
Ronald Bien says:

January 9, 2009 at 8:21 pm

Thumbs Up as always=) keep em coming john

Reply
Niyi says:

January 8, 2009 at 1:59 pm

AWESOME! Haven’t had time to do the tuts but I will find time for this one!

Again, great stuff!

Reply
Johnson says:

January 8, 2009 at 11:06 am

Thanks Moih60 and Paul, you have done a great job!

Reply
Paul says:

January 8, 2009 at 9:28 am

Really nice, thanks for the tut.
Here is my outcome:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/389946/matrixness.png

Reply
moih60 says:

January 8, 2009 at 7:30 am

thanx ..good effect in the final step …it give some reality for design

Reply

Join our Flickr Group

30 Nice Email Newsletter Designs for your Inspiration
Email newsletters are becoming more and more popular on the internet as businesses begin to use them as a viral way of communicating with their audiences/customers. They are, without doubt, great m...
Who Is Lady Umbrella? Rob Ryan Interview & Exclusive September Discount Code
We are introducing you all to a great t-shirt company and also offering all our readers an exclusive 15% discount on all Lady Umbrella T-shirts.
80+ Breathtaking Nature Inspired Photos
If you are feeling bad or just tired by the hard work so you have no need to be feel like that anymore because the photos we are going to share with you will must change your frame of mind and you ...
UBD Network-Urszula Wiznerowicz, Featured Designer
Urszula Wiznrowicz won the Main prize at this years D&AD New Blood Exhibition and has been chosen as one of the 4 finalists for the Channel 4 and Saatchi Gallery: New Sensations 2010 Prize.
How to create a great wordpress layout in Photoshop
How to create a sleek wordpress layout. PSD available for download FREE

Submit your News

29-08-2010 | (5) Comments

40 Artistic Examples of Origami Animals

03-08-2010 | (11) Comments

40 Spectacular Polar Panorama Photographs

31-07-2010 | (12) Comments

50 Cool and Funky Custom Sneakers Designs

25-07-2010 | (8) Comments

33 Creative Examples of Smart Car Advertisements

23-07-2010 | (6) Comments

22 Awesome Korean Game Website Designs

04-07-2010 | (30) Comments

40 Effective and Inspiring Ads from WWF

15-08-2010 | (9) Comments

33 Stunning Desktop Wallpapers for Designers

05-02-2010 | (6) Comments

10 Loving Emoticons for your Valentine’s Day

14-01-2010 | (27) Comments

4800 Mini Icons You Ever Need for your Apps

11-12-2009 | (20) Comments

30 Free PSD Templates for Product Design

24-11-2009 | (51) Comments

250 Christmas Icons to Decorate Your Blog

02-11-2009 | (18) Comments

40 Free Artistic Twitter Backgrounds

Back to Top

© Copyright 10Steps.SG 2008-2010. All Rights Reserved
The text, images and tutorials themselves are copyright their respective owners. You CANNOT copy whole tutorials, either in English or translated to another language.
Icons from WeFunction | Member of BlogCatalog | Hosted on WPWebHost