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218 CHAPTER 6 ELEVATING THE ELEVATION

Figure 6.33
Grounding the building
with a shape layer

7. Time to add another piece of entourage from your library: the plum tree. Maximize the Entourage-
Library window. Drag the PlumTree layer into the Elevation4 window. Close EntourageLibrary
.psd. Press V to select the Move tool, drag the tree down to the top of the ground line, and cen-
ter it. Press Ctrl+T, and scale the tree down and position it as shown in Figure 6.34.
The shadows of leaves from a deciduous tree can be pleasing. To accentuate the drama of fil-
tering light through the leaves, you will treat these shadows in a special way. Start by gener-
ating shadows with an effect, and then convert the effect to a layer. You will later transform
and distort the shadow layer separately from the tree.

Figure 6.34
Adding more entourage