Discover how to create stunning photo manipulations in Photoshop. In this course, you'll learn everything from photographing models to creating dark conceptual artworks. If you enjoy our photo manipulation tutorials, you will absolutely love this course.
Preview of the Final Result

Tutorial Resources
- Space background 1
- Space background 2
- Stars
- Model
- Light effects
- Light sphere
- Planet texture
- Abstract background
- Nebula 1
- Nebula 2
Step 1
Create a new 2560x1440 px document in Photoshop and fill it with black. Open the space background 1 image and drag it into the black canvas using the Move Tool (V). Convert this layer to a Smart Object.
Step 2
Click the second icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to add a mask to this layer. Hit B to activate the Brush Tool and select a soft round one with black color. Lower the opacity of this brush to 30% to reduce the opacity of the background., especially the sides of the canvas.
Step 3
Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels and set it as Clipping Mask to decrease the visibility of this background.
Step 4
Place the stars image over the canvas and change this layer mode to Screen 100%. Add a mask to this layer and use a soft black brush to reduce to visibility of the stars on some parts below:

Step 5
Make a Levels adjustment layer (set as Clipping Mask) to change the contrast and lightness of the stars.
Step 6
Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change the color of the stars.
Step 7
Open the model image and cut out her from the background using your own method. Place her onto the middle of the canvas and add a mask to this layer. Use a soft black brush to erase the top of the model to make the top fade into the back background and use a hard brush to remove the body and the lower of her neck.

Step 8
Create a new layer, change the mode to Overlay 100% and fill with 50% gray.

Step 9
Make a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and bring the Saturation values down to -83.



Step 10
Open the light effects pack and select the image 1. Place it onto the bottom of the neck and the Free Transform Tool (Ctrl+T) with the Warp mode to make the light circle thinner as shown below.

Step 11
Duplicate this layer and move it to the middle of the forehead. Use Ctrl+T to reduce its size and distort it a bit to fit the form of the forehead.
Step 12
Select the image 2 to add to the neck of the model with the same method. Change this layer mode to Screen 100% and use a layer mask to hide the part covering the neck.
One comment on “How to Create a Space Woman Portrait with Adobe Photoshop”
This is lovely