Night Sky

November 4th, 2007 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Special Effects

Using the Burn Tool (O), it’s possible to represent the mountains’ silhouettes.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Continue to use the same instrument and apply another one – Dodge Tool (O) to continue picturing the mountains.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Represent now the shadows.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the mountains’ layer and select one more time the Free Transform option to turn it over and apply for it this selection - Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3 

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3 

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Make a mouse click on Create new fill or adjustment layer>Curves on the lowest part of the layers’ panel.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3 

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Press Alt button and make a mouse’s click between the layers of Curves effect and the layer in reflection of the mountains for the effect to be applied in the limits of the mountains’ layer.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3 

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Make a copy of the last made mountains’ layer and place the layer upper than the Curves effect layer (on the layers’ panel). Use after that the Dodge Tool (O) to light up a little the mountains tops.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3 

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Take now the Brush Tool (B) and the color shown here: #3E9FD8 to represent the horizon’s highlight (placing this layer lower than the mountains’ layer and the layer of the black forest).

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

Combine in a single group both groups of black forest, make a copy of it and choose the Free Transform option to turn over the copy and to place it the way it shown below.

Create Night Sky in Photoshop CS3

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