A Work in Progress: Beauty of night



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Beauty of night
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I start with 3000 pixel width and 1628 pixel height and change resolution to 300.

Image used here is captured by me. I Copy and paste image into document.

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(image is captured by me) Second image copy and paste into document.

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Use vector mask to merge both image.

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Copy and paste sky image into document. (this image is also captured by me!)

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Use vector mask for two layer and rename the layer.

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For shadow I use big rounded brush and erase unwanted shadow by grass brush, shown in the image.

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Then I paint river and waterfall by rounded brush and chalk bush.

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I add moon by using - http://www.photos8.com/moon_in_the_night-wallpapers.html image.

Erase unwanted part, duplicate and use Gaussian blur for glow.

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I use soft rounded brush for haze, layer position as shown in the image.

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I group all image layer and name it as - Images.

Now time for Enhancement -

I use Photo filter, gradient map, color fill, adjustment as show in the image.

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Little more tweak by using Brightness/contrast, Curves. I erase unwanted brightness from curves.

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After using adjustment layer.

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Add birds by using my custom brush.

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Almost done, time for composing.

I create a new merge layer by CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E, duplicate the same layer three times.

Top layer I call it as blur layer because I apply Gaussian blur on it. Radius 8, opacity 20% and change the blending mode to soft light.

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The next layer below Blur layer I call it as High pass because I use High pass filter on it.

Radius 8, opacity 20%, change blending mode to overlay.

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Create a new layer below High pass layer name it as Lens correction.

Go to Filter - Distort - Lens correction.

Change Vignette amount to
-100, opacity 50% and blending mode to Multiply.

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I rename last layer as Main image.

Erase blur from mountain and statue by using vector mask.

Group all layer name it to composition.

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So here is my output.

Hope you enjoy this!

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Final result

Creation of Beauty of night: Final Result

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