WIP: after and before

[rcossoli]

Hi people
This is a work in progress, outside a house in a golf club.
The idea is to show how an original image and then as is complete when you add details in photoshop...

Original

C&C are welcome

[d12dozr]

The post-processed image is much nicer--warmer and inviting. Its obvious that you added sky, grass and foreground branch-could you tell us what else (not so obvious) you did?

Thank you,
Marcus

[rcossoli]

The sky and grass are downloaded from CG textures
http://www.cgtextures.com/
The lawn is a texture placed on the lawn and down the opacity render the same effect is achieved that, then with a brush (the basic brush grass) are fixed edges to the house.
http://forum.asgvis.com/index.php?topic=4156.0
The tree branch in the foreground is this texture

[SHAHEEN]

nice effort thanks for sharing

[d12dozr]

Thanks for your reply, rcossoli. What I am really interested in is what else you did? What adjustments did you make to bring the colors out, darken the shadows, and make the building look warmer?

Thank you,
Marcus

[rcossoli]

I did it by changing the levels in photoshop, brightness and contrast, auto color, auto contrast and auto levels, then duplicating the background layer, applying a Gaussian blur, and overlaying with soft light and lowering its opacity, then giving a correction Lens

[d12dozr]

Thanks, rcossoli, I really appreciate your reply. I'm not too good with Photoshop, so your explanation will help me. Cheers!