The Magic Night
Step 11. In adjustments of a layer we have to put Screen that the background of this planet became transparent.
Step 12. We use Dodge Tool (Range - Highlights, Exposure - 90-100 %) to clarify that part of the planet on which light falls. It will make its brighter and attractive.
Step 13. We choose a usual Brush and, changing the size from 3 up to 1 pixel, we draw stars. Do not overdo. Too many stars will be looked not so.
Step 14. Let’s make the duplicate of a layer, we will low Opacity up to 50 % and we will apply to it filter Gaussian Blur. It will create an effect of an easy luminescence of stars and planet.
Step 15. Now, when the top part is ready, it is time to work with clouds. For this purpose we’ll take a suitable texture of clouds also we will insert it on a new layer. We change the size and an arrangement so, that it exactly would cover the bottom part of the collage.
Step 16. We change layer style on Overlay.
Step 17. We make the same actions with the top part. But this time we take other texture, less cloudy. It will create an interesting effect.
Step 18. Mode of this layer we’ll change to Overlay too.
Step 19. Let’s change Fill of both layers to 50 %. So textures will be entered more gently.
Step 20. Now we change Adjustments of Brightness (-10) and Contrast (+10).
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that’s a beautiful result!
i’ve gone through many tutorials; many teach you something technical or others are about some cool trick you can do to achieve something.
but this tutorial just uses basic tools to create something that looks incredible!
keep up the work
Nice but … usually reflections are … uhu … reflecting, but the clouds reflected are different from the visible one and there is not the moon/planet reflected on the water …
This is disturbing …
Keep up the good work!
I think I see what Sauro is getting at. The clouds on the bottom reflection look a bit too strong, and the moon/planet reflection looks more like the way a sun would reflect. A moon would show a bit more crescent and less squiggly. Up top you barely see any clouds at all, save the small dark smudges. It isn’t bad, but some of us are probably very picky lol.
However, you still teach the ideas of photo manipulating very well. I suggest this to anyone interested in starting to learn manipulation. It has all the basics.
Hi! I don’t think I’m doing step 2 or 3 right….my results don’t look the same as the tutorial!! I can’t seem to duplicate the layer! Can anyone help me?
I think you messed up on the Moon’s Reflection, it just doesn’t look right.
The reflection of the water implies that the water surface is smooth and without ripples (looking at the trees’s reflection), but looking at the moon’s reflection it looks like there’s a lot of ripples.
It’s just over done. My $0.02.
Cool tutorial. I have to agree with Kbaby though. The planet’s reflection is a bit off. But still great manipulation man. =) Thanks.
The reflection of the moon and stars don’t seem convincing. I have taken many shots of the moon reflected in water and this doesn’t look real. Please confer with more reference pictures.
nice design