My Photoshop Classroom

If you want to learn how to composite photos together to produce a realistic scene in Photoshop, matte paintings are a great place to start. Matte paintings often involve the combination of several photos to produce an environment that could not or does not exist in real life. This means that in order to produce a photo realistic scene, you’ll need to know how to cleanly extract specific pieces of photography and how to place those elements to produce the exact look you are going for.
In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial by Bobby Myers, we will show you how to combine photo manipulation and digital painting techniques to create a desert oasis in Photoshop. This tutorial is available exclusively to Tuts+ Premium Members and includes both written and video content. If you are looking to take your matte painting and photo manipulation skills to the next level then Log in or Join Now to get started!


Source: http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tutorials-effects/desert-oasis/