In this tutorial, you will learn how to create ruined planet effect in Photoshop. We will combine a planet stock photo with several city ruin stock photos to form this effect. Have a try!
You will practice the following Photoshop techniques:
- Layer blending
- Image adjustments
- Basic object selections
- Custom brush painting
The difficulty of this Photoshop tutorial is intermediate. The PSD file of this tutorial is available via the PSD Vault VIP members area.
Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (click to enlarge)
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Stock Image Required
To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stocks:
- Planet by bloknayrb
- Ruin 1 by indigodeep
- Ruin 2 by indigodeep
- Satellite
- Fire Sparks by Static-ghost
- Nebula by Static-ghost
Step 1
Create a new document sized 1440px * 900px with black background. Use a smoke Photoshop brush or cloud filter, add some smoke effect onto the background:
Load the planet stock into Photoshop, add the planet to our document as shown below:
The planet contain several layers – since we have no need to edit its individual layers in this tutorial, we can simple merge all its layers into one. Then, change the layer blend mode to “screen”:
Use a soft eraser, remove parts of the planet as shown below:
Step 2
Apply the following image adjustments on the planet:
Black and White
Levels
Load the “Ruin 1” stock image into Photoshop and select the following portion:
Copy and paste the selection onto our document, cover the planet as shown below:
Change the layer blend mode of the ruin layer to “Hard Light”:
and here is the effect so far:
Step 3
Load “Ruin 2” stock image into Photoshop, select the following portion:
Attached the selection to our planet as shown below:
Apply the following levels adjustment to the new ruin layer:
and here is the effect so far:
Repeat the above process, add more building ruins to the planet:
Step 4
We can add some extra ruined building effect to the planet:
Make sure you use “Darker Color” layer blend mode for these additional ruined building layers:
Load the satellite image into Photoshop, use it to add a few satellites around the planet, make sure you adjust the size of each satellite for more depth. Use “multiple” layer blend mode for the satellites:
Step 5
Load the fire spark image into Photoshop, select the following portion:
Paste the selection to the planet, use “screen” layer blend mode:
Load the nebula stock into Photoshop, paste it onto our document. Use “Linear Dodge” layer blend mode:
I further applied some blue colour around the planet and sharpened the image slightly, this is my final result: (click to enlarge)
That’s it for this tutorial! Leave me a comment below if you have any questions and I will try my best to answer it.
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