Learn how to create fairy winter photo manipulation with the crescent above the clouds, shiny icicles and glow effects. You may get .psd* file of "Magic Christmas". Photoshop tutorial by making a payment. Put the tutorial title in "Add special instructions to seller" line of PayPal and it will be sent to you shortly.
- Create a new layer and draw dark blue textured connections with the small Clone Stamp Tool. Set the sampling point by positioning the pointer in moon texture area and Alt-click to take a texture sample.
- You may use the similar way to create top icicles as previously. But I placed small fragments of icicles to create the whole top icicles arch. I've copied pieces of the ice from the original icicle layer and placed them to the top edge of the moon.
- In order to create more shiny and transparent effect for the top icicles, apply Screen Blending Mode.
- Add Inner Shadow effect to the icicles layers.
- Here is the next portion of icicles with the inner shadow settings, you may correct the shape of icicles with the Eraser Tool.
- Correct levels for this layer of icicles:
- More icicles with the similar settings:
- Add one large icicle to the top of the Moon, add Inner shadow effect as well.
- Correct levels of this layer:
- Add Inner shadow effect to the layer:
- And correct the Color Balance:
- Correct Color Balance of this layer.
- Duplicate the second cloud layer, apply Fill = 0%.
- Apply Inner shadow effect to the duplicated layer.
- Insert 3-rd cloud.
- Correct levels for this cloud:
- Load selection for the Moon shape and all icicles. Use Ctrl + Shift combination by clicking layers thumbnails.
