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Group - City Skyline

This group is above Butterfly and contains basically 2 layers. The upper Skyline & below it Skyline Glow. Just extract the skyline from the image onto the canvas and place it in that group. Make Create a new layer above it. Ctrl+Click on thumbnail of skyline to get its shape. Now with the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) set to "Intersect with selection" select about 3/4 of the skyline from the right and paint it black. Apply the following settings

• Blend Mode: Soft Light
• Opacity: 70%

Select the skyline layer with the current layer then merge by pressing Ctrl+E.

Now change the Blend Mode of this merged skyline to Soft Light. Now make a layer BELOW skyline and name it skyline glow. If you notice the glow is very uneven. More in some places and very less in others. Before we start with the glow we need to make the brush. Again like the with the Sparkle brush, select a soft 3px brush. Go to Windows > Brushes (F5) then apply the properties shown below.

The brush is now ready. Select the glow layer. Next Ctrl+Click on thumbnail of skyline layer. You've now got marching ants (yeah! that's what it's called) in the shape of the skyline. Select the Polygonal Lasso Tool (L) or any other selection tool and right click near the marching ants. Select > Make work Path > Tolerance : 2px.

This makes the selection into a path. Select the Pen Tool(P) and right click near the created path and select Stroke Path --> Brush Do Not select Stimulate pressure. Click ok. Right click over the path and select Delete Path.

Now we have a dotted line over the skyline. Right click on the layer and select Blending Options. Select Outer Glow and apply the options as given in the picture.

There you go - the glowing skyline.

The trick here is that parts where the dots are packed together (around changing of buildings) will produce a comparatively greater glow.

Check all the layers.

Group - TAG

This group stays below Sparkle and contains 2 layers ; one copy of the other. This is probably the oldest (and my favorite) trick in the book. Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool(M) make a selection above the belly of the girl. Fill it with Purple : #a52d5c I've added another color within it (#831734) but you can stick to one for simplicity.

Ctrl+Click on thumbnail to select the rectangle the then press (Q) for Quick Selection Mode. Go to Filter --> Pixelate --> Color Halftone Fill the options as given in the picture and select OK.

Now press Q again to exit the Quick Selection Mode. Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection and press delete.

You'll see a pattern at the edge. Now to bend it on both side, and push inside the middle portion using Warp. Goto Edit --> Transform --> Warp Selecting the ends of the rectangle gently pull down the sides and push in the middle, also raise the top a bit to give it a proper bend look.

After you are satisfied, hit enter to complete the transformation. Now we have to fade the sides. For doing this add a layer mask. Take the Gradient Tool(G) with Black and White as colors. Give a tilted gradient on both sides as shown. Reduce the Opacity to 35% and duplicate the layer to make the colour deeper.

Check your layers.

Done with this group~!

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