Photoshop adds beautiful planets to the glow picture

Adding to the image of the planet seems simple, in fact, there are many details to be aware of the operation. First, the planet and the clouds to dissolve a good picture, the clouds reveal a faint planet will be more natural, plus the planet also need to use layer style and so on to add some luminous effect, so that the effect more realistic.

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　Final effect

1, open the material picture, and drag the planet into the current file. (When you drag a planet into a file, if it's not automatically converted to a smart object, add it manually) resize it and place it in the right place.

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2, hide the planet layer. Select the Quick Select tool. Select the objects in the foreground, such as this part of the mountain, and the area you choose will cover the location of the planet.

3, right click on your selection and select Adjust Edge command. Sets the smoothing option to 5, and the contrast is set to 50%.

4, restore the planet layer display and select the layer, add a layer mask. Select the layer mask and press CTRL + I to place the selection. Change the blending mode of the layer to "color filter".

5. Hide the planetary layer again and select the background layer. Using the Quick Selection tool, select the cloud, do not have to choose the perfect one at a time, use the different choice mode to perfect your constituency. Turn on the Adjust Edge command again, set the smoothing to 15, and adjust the feather to 2 pixels.

6. Restore the display of the planetary layer and select its layer mask. Select the Brush tool and select the foreground color to be black and smear in the selection to hide your planet behind the clouds. Cancels the selection (Ctrl + D). Use the Brush tool to resize the layer mask again to hide or show parts of the planet.

7, in order to better present a new moon effect, we need to do some processing of the layer mask. With a large soft angle brush, point at the center of the planet.

8, open the planetary layer of the "Mixed Options" dialog box. Use the settings shown in the following illustration. (The color used in the color substitution is #ff3e0a, and the inner Glow option uses the color #fff1be).

9, copy the planet layer and remove all effects, add color replacement effect again, set the opacity to 35%. Use the Brush tool to modify the layer mask on the backup layer to make it more crescent-shaped than the original planet.

Final effect:

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• PS Image Processing