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Photography is about light, and one of the great things about the challenge of this tutorial is that it can help you think how the same environment reflects different types of light.
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Topic
Take a daytime image and turn it into night.
When to use
Photography is about light, and one of the great things about the challenge of this tutorial is that it can help you think how the same environment reflects different types of light.
Instructions
- Add a Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer
- Drag the saturation slider down to bring down some of the color
- Add a Brightness and Contrast Adjustment Layer
- Drag the brightness slider all the way to the left
- Drag the contrast slider all the way to the right
- Go Back to the a Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer
- Change the master control to effect:Reds
- Drag the saturation slider down to bring down some balance to the color
Add a moon to the Image
- Drag the moon image above the image layer
- Optional blend technique (example used Blend If on moon: effect blue, in the layer behind)
- Add a new Brightness and Contrast Adjustment Layer and clip to the moon layer
- Change settings to brighten up moon
Create moonshine
- Create a new layer
- Use polygonal lasso tool to make selection of where you want the moonshine to effect
- To select with white: hold down the Command or Control key and press Delete
- Use Blend If on layer: hold down ALT or Option and drag the right side of the shadow slider all the way to the right
- Add Layer Mask
- Use gradient tool, set foreground to transparent, and draw in the faded edges of the moonlight
Create lights
- Create a new layer
- Use small brush on white to paint in lights where they should be
- Set Blending Mode: Overlay
- Create a new layer
- Use larger brush on yellow to paint in glows where they should be around the lights
- Set Blending Mode: Overlay
Finalizing the image
- Add a new Curves Adjustment Layer above everything
- Adjust to suit
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