[Award Winner] My atlas style in PS

[Ascension]

I'd like to see a screenshot. On the keyboard press and hold the Shift key and also press the Print Screen key. This will copy everything on your monitor into temporary memory. In Photoshop, hit File-New and then hit the Okay button...don't make any changes. Hit Edit-Paste and voila, there's your monitor image. Lastly, hit ctrl+e to merge down and then save as a jpg file and upload it here. There are some file size restrictions here (under 4.7 megabytes and roughly 5000 x 5000 pixels). Since this is a screenshot you should be just fine.

My first thought is maybe you're in grayscale mode and my other thought is that you didn't use the red channel while doing the lighting effects.

[Mror]

Here is the image:

Screen.jpg

Here is what i ask you about the 50% gray:
I know there are mistakes in this one, its just to show you the settings.

Screen 2.jpg

Mmm, im pretty sure that ive used the Red scale... but im goin to repeat all the process again and check out any mistake with your help.

Thanks again

Edit:

Layers:

Montañas- Mountains
Colinas- Hills
Tierra- Land
Oceano- Ocean
Fondo- Background

Just in case.

[Ascension]

Ok, this is an easy fix...well, easy for me since I don't have to redo the work The problem here is that your ocean layer is solid black and white. It should look like the background layer (grayscale clouds) with some light airbrush painting of black in the oceans and white in the land. I have attached a screenshot showing my layer stack so that you can see the difference between mine and yours. Your gray layer looks fine.

[Mror]

GREAT! it works jaja... thanks a lot.

Err, how i move the layer the 200 pixels for the longitud lines?
Im searching in the layer menu, but i cant figure it out.

[Ascension]

There are two ways, one is easy but time-consuming and the other is faster but more technical.
1. Click on the Move tool (looks like a pointer). Then on the keyboard, hit the -> key (right arrow) 200 times.
2. Click on the Zoom tool (magnifying glass), zoom in all the way to 1600%, click on the Move tool, in your image, click, hold and drag it over 200 pixels (you will need to have the ruler visible...View > Units & Rulers, set it to pixels).

[DethinBlack]

Alright, So. I just went through your tutorial. It was a little difficult to understand, but I think that was due to my own Nitwittery. The problem I had was layers. I lost which layers were which, but no biggy really, I mainly figured it out. I do seem to be having a horrible time with the mountains. Everything else looks really good, but I have HUGE snow caps at the top of each of my mountain. Any Idea why?

[RobA]

1. Click on the Move tool (looks like a pointer). Then on the keyboard, hit the -> key (right arrow) 200 times.

Not that I pretend to know anything about photoshop, but doesn't shift-cursor keys move 10 pixels? That would only be 20 times then

-Rob A>

[Ascension]

Rob - I did not know that, cool There ya go, learn something new everyday.
DB - SG is probably right about it being lighting effects. I'd have to see a screenshot of the settings that you used for the lighting effects filter. I can't be sure but I also detect something wrong with the blend mode of the color overlay and the layer itself. The blend mode of the color overlay should be soft light and the blend mode of the layer itself should be hard light. If that isn't the problem then it probably is lighting effects.

[DethinBlack]

Yeah, I posted that, and started another one, and found what it was that I was screwing up on. Misunderstood some of the layers... Meh, The mountains look correct now. I will see about posting attempt two when I get done.

One thing I should mention I guess, Is that I usually go through the tutorial a few times, to gain the skill of it. The last one didn't have a very realistic mountain structure, and the next one probably wont either. After I feel comfortable with the techniques, I work on something... Usable? I think that's the right word.

I dont know how everyone else does it, but that is my way of doing things

[Steel General]

I haven't used Ascensions tutorials in quite awhile, but it may have something to do with the Lighting Effects Filter settings you used.

Ascension can give you a better answer next time he logs on.