In this tutorial I’m going to show you my process for utilizing the HDR Toning feature of Photoshop CS5 in combination with a few lighting effects to create a fantasy forest scene.
Here’s a look at the before and after images.
Step 1
First off we need to find a good forest image to use as the base. After some searching I came across this image of a foggy forest with a tiny bit of light coming through the trees. That’s perfect that we can see the direction the light is coming from. It will help when placing the lighting effects later in the tutorial.
Open the forest image in Photoshop and load the …
Source: http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/using-hdr-toning-in-photoshop-to-create-a-fantasy-forest-scene/