Learn how to create this surreal and dark photo manipulation. This tutorial will show you how to blend images together and transform them to create this image. You’ll also make use of some adjustment layers to complete the image.

Preview of Final Results

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Magical Light Beam Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorial

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Resources

• Solidified lava – CAStock
• Sea, Greece – evza11
• Sky 17 – sacral-stock
• Lake 62 – raindroppe
• crow 1 – peroni68
• Rock stock PirateLotus-Stock
• Pink Dress 1 Kuoma-stock
• Star Brushes kuschelirmel-stock

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Step 1: Create a New Image File

Create a new file with a width of 3500 px and a height of 4500 px at 300 dpi (Dots per Inch). Background Contents should be White.

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Step 2: Create the Background

First off, let’s open the Lake 62 in Photoshop. We will be using this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas. Click the Lake 62 and press V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas and change layer name to “Background”.

Next, let’s open the Solidified lava in Photoshop. We will be using this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas. Click the Solidified lava and press V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas and change layer name to “Background 1”.

The result should be similar to this:

Now,activate pen tool to make a selection around the image after that delete the highlighted area.

The result should be similar to this:

Let’s start by creating a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer which can be found by pressing on the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button shown on the layer window Press Alt+left click in between 2 layer’s (“background 1” layer and Hue/Saturation) to make a mask.:

When the Hue/Saturation box opens, input the following:

The result should be similar to this:

Let’s start by creating a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer which can be found by pressing on the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button shown on the layer window Press Alt+left click in between 2 layer’s (“background 1” layer and Hue/Saturation) to make a mask.:

When the Hue/Saturation box opens, input the following:

The result should be similar to this:

Now activate Erase tool (E) with these settings Now let’s erase :

• Brush size: 400px
• Hardness: 0%
• Opacity: 40%
• Flow: 100%

The result should be similar to this:

Now,activate pen tool to make a selection around the image after that delete the highlighted area.

The result should be similar to this:

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Step 3: Fix Sea

First off, let’s open the Sea, Greece stock in Photoshop. We will be using the sea from this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas. Click the Sea, Greece and then click V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas and change layer name to “sea”.

The result should be similar to this:

Next, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd +T), then while the “Sea” layer is selected and then resize it as shown below:

The result should be similar to this:

Once again, activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd +T), then while the “Sea” layer is selected and then resize it as shown below:

The result should be similar to this:

Now activate Rectangular Marquee tool (m) and make a selection.See as below and then activate Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd +T).

Press Enter

The result should be similar to this:

Let’s create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer which can be found by pressing on the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button shown on the layer window Press Alt+left click in between 2 layer’s (“Sea” layer and Hue/Saturation) to make a mask.: