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Beautiful Sunrise in the dark

303Sunrise80x80In this tutorial we will make the Sun rises in the dark, nothing is impossible!

 

Step 1: For this tutorial, we will need an evening image, you can download one here (click "Download" to get the original picture but you need a free account) or use the picture below

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If you use the original image, you should resize it to 600 pixels width by going to Image > Image Size and type 600 in the first textbox
Step 2: Press D, X to reset your foreground and background colors. Create a new layer and fill it with black by pressing Ctrl-Backspace. In fact, you can fill it with any color you like because we just need a solid layer to do the next step. Your Layers tab now looks like this:

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Step 3: Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and use these settings:

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Step 4: We should reduce the opacity of this layer to see our Background layer, adjust the slide bar under the Opacity property in the Layers tab a bit

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Step 5: Go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur, and use these settings:

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The center of these "beams" should lie at the horizon so if you don't blur it right, just undo and repeat this step again. Press Ctrl-F twice to make our beams smoother

Step 6
: Change the Blend Mode of the current layer to Screen

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After this step we have:

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Step 7: Set the Opacity of the current layer to 100% again, we don't need to make it opaque any more. Now we will make the Sun ^_^ by going to Filter > Render > Lens Flare, adjust its settings to place the Sun on the horizon

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If you do it right, our image will look like this:

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Step 8: Use the Eraser Tool (E) with a soft brush to erase the beams lie on the land

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Step 9: To make the remaining beams look more real, we should add a vector mask to it, so click on the Add vector mask icon

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Step 10: Use the Gradient Tool (G) with Foreground to Background (white to black) and Radial Gradient options

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Hold down your mouse at the Sun and drag outward like this

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Now our sunlight looks more real. If you want it brighter, simply press Ctrl-J to duplicate the current layer.
You can use the Brush Tool (B) and pick a nice star shape to decorate your photo. Here is the final result:

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You can also apply a vector mask to these stars to make them look more real, have fun with it!



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Comments
Esteban 06-01-2008
Nice easy to follow tutorial, just can't seem to make the step 8 part look realistic. For the remaining part. Nice job!
darkblue 06-05-2008
so nice.. winx
Gecko 06-13-2008
Nice tut and very easy to follow, thx :0)
LuckyCharmzz 06-17-2008
Cute tut, thanks!
Muliana 08-10-2008
Beautyful,easy and simply
degie 12-31-2008
GREAT
Mamun 12-24-2009
Great works, really its helpful to learn. thk.
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