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Part One - Darken the Scene in Photoshop (2:15 min)
As a start, I had to darken down the whole image a lot. In the end, my plan was to create an evening scene, so logically we can not have that much light in our image. To do this, I used simple curve adjustment layers which I used to reduce brightness. I made sure I only have the increased darkness in the areas I wanted using layer masks.
So, I created the curve adjustment, hit CMD+I on the keyboard to hide the effect from the image, after which I used a white brush on the black layer mask to bring the effect back into the image. I did a couple of times throughout the image.
Part Two - Create a Light Source in Photoshop (4:10 min)
To create a sunset in Photoshop, we do need a sun. Adding a sun into an image is quite easy once you know how to do it. For this, I hit CMD+Alt+Shift+E, which copies every adjustment we have made onto a new complete layer - this is called a stamp visible. Once I had this, I went to Filter-Render-Lighting Effects.
There, you can add a light source for your image - I chose a nice yellow one which I placed somewhere at the back and at the horizon. Once I was happy, I hit enter. Now, using a yellow light source turned the whole image into this yellow tone. I removed this from certain areas in the foreground using a layer mask on the layer with the light source.
Part Three - Add more Colors to the Sky (7:00 min)
Apart from the yellow, we do need more colors in the sky to create a convincing sunset. For this, I created a new layer by pressing CMD+Alt+Shift+N on the keyboard. If you are on a Windows PC, replace CMD with Ctrl. I set the blending mode if this layer to color and chose a nice red color. I then hit G on the keyboard to get my gradient tool (or Shift+G if this does not work) and dragged from the top down on the layer. I then selectively removed the color using a layer mask from the foreground.
I did this twice more, one time for yellow and one time for orange. In these cases, I created the layer, applied the color and inverted the layer mask using CMD+I. I then used a brush to bring the color out in some areas of the sky.
Part Four - Finish and Clean Up (14.00 min)
To finish the image, I darkened down some more areas (as explained before) and also placed some more attention on the bush on the left. For this, I created a stamp visible (CMD+Alt+Shift+E) and went to Filter-Camera Raw Filter and used the Clarity function. I then used a layer mask to bring the effect out only in the bush area.
Further, in the end, I realised that the image was altogether a little bit too red. To remove this red color cast, I created a curve adjustment layer and went into the red channel, where I dragged the curve down a little. I then applied this change only to the foreground to remove the red there - which actually made the image look so much better! And that was it, all there is to create a sunset in Photoshop!
Remember, shortcuts make your life easier and can speed up your processing a lot! Here is what I used in this image and most of my Photoshop tutorials:
CMD+Alt+Shift+E to create a stamp visible
B for the brush
X to change between background and foreground colors
CMD+I to invert anything
CMD+J to duplicate a layer or a selection
CMD+Alt+Shift+N to get a new layer
CMD+G to group things
G for the gradient tool
On a Windows PC, just replace the CMD with Ctrl.
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Don’t forget to get out there and take some pictures yourself - time for some landscape photography? I hope you enjoy my Photoshop tutorials and this landscape image in particular and I see you next time. Have fun when you edit landscape images in Photoshop.
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