Unreal Night - Photo Effect

The next topic we'll learn to create different types of images' distorting, change the colors, the illumination, and work with the layers and program's filters.

First we need to open in a new window the picture of a sandy beach: File – Open (ctrl+o).



Make a copy of this layer just to make it accessible for work: Layer – Duplicate Layer (ctrl+j). The previous layer must be deleted, using the appropriate icon on the Layers window. Now we should mark out the sky, making use of the Polygonal Lasso Tool.



Delete the marked zone. Make a new copy of the layer (ctrl+j) and blur it out with Filter – Blur – Gaussian Blur.



Change the layer's type on Multiply and minimize the Opacity of the layer till 70%. Then merge down the layers, using the next combination: Layer – Merge Down (ctrl+e).



Increase now the picture on its vertical position selecting the Crop Tool. Insert on a new layer the picture of a castle, but first we need to open it on a new window (ctrl+o). Then mark it out with Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a copy of it: Edit – Copy (ctrl+c). Get back to the processed picture and insert it on a new layer: Edit – Paste (ctrl+v).



Move the layer lower than the beach's layer and make the corrections on its size and perspective level. Make use of the next options: Edit – Free Transform (ctrl+t) and Edit – Transform – Distort.



Select now the Clone Stamp Tool and copying the blue zones of the sky, continue by painting the clouds and the empty part of the picture.