Create a Fantasy Moonlight Emotional Manipulation In Photoshop

In this tutorial I will show how to create a emotional Photo Manipulation in Photoshop. Learn how to create a Moon Night scene. We will work on lighting, shadows and highlight, Dodge & Burn and how to blend images properly by applying adjustment layer to get the desired scene and much more.

What you’ll be creating

You will learn how to create a emotional photo manipulation in Photoshop.First we create a foggy atmosphere by combining stock images.Then we will create a moon with brush tool and after that we will add the model. You will learn how to blend model to your desired scene by blending options, dodge and burn, creating shadow etc. Finally we will use adjustment layer for final touch and at the end I will show to how to create stars by applying filters . To follow this tutorial we will need CS5 or later.

Tutorial Resources

• Foggy Morning – Pixabay
• Mad sky 4 – Salsolastock
• Fall 1 – By Kuoma-Stock
• dark forest 6 – By Miranda-rose stock (Alternative)

Step 1

First of all download all the resources and keep them in a folder that makes easy to follow the tutorial.Now, start by making the new document, Go to file>New set the setting as shown in the image below or start by opening the foggy morning image

Step 2

Then place the foggy morning in the document.Go to file>place and select the foggy morning image.

Step 3

Apply mask to the image by clicking on add layer mask icon on layer Panel and activate the gradient tool by pressing G on the keyboard and set it to Linear and black to white. Holding the shift the key apply the gradient vertically.The result should be as shown in the image below:

Step 4

Now place the mad sky 4 image below the foggy morning

Step 5

Now click on the layer mask of the foggy morning and select brush tool by pressing (B),opacity and flow to 40% and start painting like as shown in the layer mask below and the result should be similar this.

Step 6

Now click on new adjustment layer icon on the layer Panel and choose curves adjustment layer.Apply it to mad sky 4 as shown in the image below and result should be like this.

Here is the result.

Step 7

Now create a new layer, create clipping mask for it by right clicking on layer and then choose create clipping mask and activate the clone stamp tool by pressing (S).Set the sample current and below on property bar,Sample the sticks on the ground and the result should be like this

Step 8

Now apply Gradient map adjustment layer and choose color for shadow #20425a, for highlight #ff8809.set the blend mode to hard light and opacity to 63%.

Result should be like this

Step 9

Now I applied a gradient fill adjustment layer by click on third button in layer panel. Select the second preset foreground to transparent.choose color#272f43 and change the blend mode to color. Take the brush tool by pressing (B), set the opacity to 50% flow as well and start painting on layer mask of the gradient fill adjustment layer as shown in the image.

result on layer mask.

Step 10

Then I applied two more adjustment layer to image.First Select the selective color adjustment to enhance the image color and set the adjustment as shown below,then set the blend mode to soft light and opacity to 41%.I also select the blue in selective color adjustment and only set the cyan to -10%.