Lesson A: Where We’re Going

Let’s have a look at a finished version so you know the destination.

  • Find the folder “Project C- Surreal” in your downloaded course files. Open the file “surreal result.psd.” Let’s pay special attention to the Layers panel. Of course, that’s not unusual.

Tour the Finished Piece

The layer structure is not very intimidating, I think. Starting at the bottom, you’ll see the sky image, the backdrop for our impossible, levitating ring. That sky layer has been converted to a Smart Object and blurred.

Above the sky, we find two pairs of layers. Each pair includes a vector shape layer and a Smart Object clipped to it. ...

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