Beginning of a Journey Photoshop Tutorial

Blend mode change to Screen.

Step 17

In next step place Stars Go to File > Place and select Stars. Then place it to our work canvas and position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). Hold Alt + Shift and rasterize like the image below. In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to rasterize all sides together.

Create a layer mask and with Soft Round Brush delete some parts, Foreground color set to black.

Step 18

Now in this step open Helicopter photo. Use Lasso Tool(L) and select Helicopter. After the selection area has been created, simply copy (Ctrl / Cmd + C) and Paste (Ctrl / Cmd + V) it to our work canvas. Then position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to resterize.

Opacity of layer set to 90%.

Step 19

Add Adjustment Layer “Curves” and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert. Then use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint top part of Helicopter.

Step 20

Add Adjustment Layer “Curves” and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert. Then use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint bottom part of Helicopter.

Step 21

Add Adjustment Layer “Exposure”

Step 22

Add Adjustment Layer “Hue/Saturation” Blend mode change to “Hue”

Step 23

Now, go to File > Open and select Astronauts. Then use a Pen Tool(P) and start selecting. When we finish the selection press right-click on mouse and “Make Selection” then create layer mask. The simplest path you can draw with the standard Pen tool is a straight line, made by clicking the Pen tool to create two anchor points. By continuing to click, you create a path made of straight line segments connected by corner points.

Step 24

Add Adjustment Layer “Curves”

Step 25

Add Adjustment Layer “Color Balance”

Step 26

Add Adjustment Layer “Curves” and press Ctrl/Cmd + I to invert. Then use Brush Tool(B) Soft Round with foreground color white and paint right side of Astronauts (Highlights).

Step 27

Next we will open Butterfly. After you open the image, use Lasso Tool(L) and start selecting butterfly. After the selection area has been created, simply copy (Ctrl / Cmd + C) and Paste (Ctrl / Cmd + V) it to our work canvas. Then position the image with the transform tool (Ctrl / Cmd + T). Hold Alt + Shift and resterize like image below. In Photoshop CC only hold Alt to resterize al sides together.