Create a Mysterious Lighting in Photoshop

Today's i want to show how to make a amazing lighting effects in Photoshop  We use Photoshop technique and lighting effects to make this tutorial. So let's have a try...

• Open up sky image in Photoshop.
• Right click on Background layer, choose Layer From Background.
• Go to Image > Canvas Size.
• Increasing the canvas size adds space below an existing image.

• Transform sky.
• Edit > Transform > Perspective.

• Choose Filter > Distort > Spherize .

• Select sky layer in the Layers palette.
• Drag the layer or group to the New Layer button .
• Go to Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical.

• Open new document with water image.
• Select > Select all
• Edit > Copy
• Return to Sky. Paste water image into a new layer.
• Adjust colors for water layer. Choose Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation

Go to Image > Adjustments > Photo Filter

• Repeat these actions for building and rocks.
  • Open originals images, select building or rocks using Quick Mask just like in the example.
  • Copy and paste them into new layers. Merge them (right click on layers, choose Merge Layers). Name layer "building".
• Adjust colors for this Layer.
• Do of the following:
  1. Erase underwater part of rocks using a translucent Eraser Tool.
  2. Fill a part of a building with rocks texture using Clone Stamp.
  3. Add Vector mask. To create a mask that reveals the entire layer, click the New Layer Mask  button in the Layers palette, or choose Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Fill the top part of Mask with linear gradient (black/transparent).

• Brighten some areas of the building and darken other, using Dodge Tool and Burn Tool.

• Create new layers below and under building layer.
• Draw branches.

• Create a new layer.
• Paste image of moon. Choose Overlay Blending Mode for this layer.

• Duplicate this layer.
• Choose Screen Blending Mode for this layer.
• Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur (12-15).

• Draw a fog using soft translucent brush.
• Correct the form of foggy clouds using Liquify Filter.

• Add new layer. Choose Multiply Blending Mode for this layer.
• Fill it with Linear Gradient (black/transparent), Opacity 67%.
• Add Vector Mask.
• Erase some parts in Mask using translucent brush.

• Draw lightning, using white brush (6px, 4px and 2px).

• Right click on layer, choose Blending Options.
• Adjust Outer Glow.

• Duplicate layer.
• Blanding mode Lightning
• G to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur (15-20).

Hope you can learn something new from this tutorial.

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