Future Salamanca

The Challenge

What would Salamanca look like in the future? This Photoshop exercise pushed my photo editing capability and as a result, I learnt more techniques that add value to future projects.

Thought Process

Over the next 10 years, the number of Chinese people moving to Tasmania will increase meaning more support for non-English native speaking people.

Inspired by the blade runner films, I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could create a convincing-looking image.

Apart from the buildings in the background, rendered in Dimensions, everything else is Photoshop. It took around 8 hours and over 60 layers and masks to create this image.

Original photo and the edited photo

Step 1: Remove harsh shadows.

Step 2: Mask out the sky, replace with an image of stars

Step 3: A combination of masks and layer styles to create a seance of night

Step 4: Import 3D assets, manipulating the perspective to match the photograph

Step 5: Adding lights and holographic signs

Step  6: Adding fog elements