Lighting the Scene
Right about now, you may be thinking, “Dude, you have a big blue-gray castle in the picture that looks nothing like the concept sketch (Figure 7-62). What gives?”
What has happened is that the project is evolving in stages. To do the texturing, you don’t want to be preoccupied with the lighting. You’ll now add dramatic lighting to the piece and finish it.
Figure 7-62: Original concept sketch
Darkening the Sky
Open the concept sketch, CastleConcept_Horror.psd from the Chapter 3 DVD materials. You’ll use it as a reference while you tint the sky.
Create a new layer called SkyMultiply above the Plate layer, and set the layer ...
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