Creating Magical Night Effect

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Today’s tutorial we will discuss how to create a magical night effect in photoshop. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to transform a simple photo into magical effect using photoshop techniques and you will also learn how to adjust photo with water reflection. So why not have a try…

Recourses:

  • Background

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

  • Sky

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

  • Planet

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 1:

We begin with a basis of our collage – the background. I have found a photo of the cloudless sky of emerald color. It ideally suits: we only have to cut out a superfluous bottom part. We do it, using Crop Tool.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 2:

We will do a reflection; therefore we need to increase the size of the canvas. We open menu Image – Canvas Size, and we increase the factor “height” twice. When the sheet will increase in height, we will transfer a background upward.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 3:

We do the duplicate of a layer and reflect it across. We have to get a symmetric reflection of a picture.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 4:

In menu Image – Adjustments – Color Balance we will change adjustments, as it is shown on pictures. Reflection will get bright orange color.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 5:

We Merge Down the layers. Then we choose Burn Tool, and we black out the area where pictures incorporate.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 6:

In menu Image – Adjustments – Brightness/Contrasts we put adjustments as on the picture.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 7:

Let’s improve quality of the sky which was impaired a little after correction of color and contrast. We do a copy of a layer with the background, and we work with filter Blur – Gaussian Blur.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 8:

Let’s lower Opacity of the layer up to 50 %.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 9:

Using Eraser tool, we will erase the layer in the places which cover trees, to return to them clearness. As a result we should receive the same picture, only with the better sky.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 10:

Now we will work with a planet. We will copy a picture and insert it on a new layer. We will change the size on necessary and after this place it above trees, at the left.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 11:

In adjustments of a layer we have to put Screen that the background of this planet became transparent.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

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.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

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.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

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.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

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.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 16:

We change layer style on Overlay.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

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.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 18:

Mode of this layer we’ll change to Overlay too.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 19:

Let’s change Fill of both layers to 50 %. So textures will be entered more gently.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 20:

Now we change Adjustments of Brightness (-10) and Contrast (+10).

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 21:

It will be quite good to make highlights of the planet on the bottom reflection, as if it will be on water. For this purpose we will copy our heavenly body and we will reflect it on a vertical.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 22:

By means of Smudge Tool we will spread it, as on picture

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 23:

After spreading it became much dimmer. We will correct it by means of Dodge Tool (Highlights, 100 %).

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 24:

By means of a simple brush with Opacity of 70 %, we will add some patches of reflected light.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 25:

Well, if the planet is reflected, so and stars should be reflected. We will copy them and reflect on a vertical.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 26:

Last touch. We choose Dodge tool (Highlights, 50 %), and we clarify background in areas where the planet and its reflection is located.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Step 27:

By means of Burn Tool (Midtones, 50 %) we black out the edges of our canvas.

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Final Result:

 

Creating Magical Night Effect in Photoshop

Hope you love this tutorial and learn some thing new technique from this tutorial.

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Mahmudur Rahman
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1 Comment
  • Senthil Mudaliar
    Posted at 15:02h, 02 May

    VERY NICE !

    THANK YOU FOR TUTORIAL