How to Composite a Destroyed City Scene and Retouch Characters in Photoshop

Mar 8, 2025

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Step 26 – Sun rays

In a new layer add some sun rays, to the image. Paint them with a soft brush. Use the layer in normal mode with 50% of opacity

add a layer mask and paint over the edges to make them softer. Try to make the sunrays strongest in the top and really soft in the bottom.

Also paint the reflexion of the light in the water. With a soft round brush in a yellow tone, use the layer in overlay mode and the opacity of the brush 20%

Step 27 – Sunset

Place the image of the sunset like this:

Then use the layer in overlay with 80% of opacity and add a layer mask.

Paint all over the image, over the edges until the image is blend with the rest. As you can see in the image above the visible parts where the light is strongest.

Step 28 – lighting

To make the lighting more dramatic in a new layer paint with a darker cool brown and and orage tone, paint the model and the worl, remember to use the layer in soft light mode.

Step 29- light

In a new layer paint with with warm tones, use the brush with 30% of opacity size 400

Now change the layer to soft light

Step 30 – dark

In a new layer paint around the edges of the image to make a sort of frame use a soft round black brush with 30% of opacity size 400px

Step 31 – the final touch

Go the menu layer – new adjustmente layer – color lookup.

Choose the option filmstock_50.3 and reduce the opacity to 80% and the fill to 30%

Final Results

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Tutorial by Andrea Garcia

Thank you so much for reading this tutorial, I hope this is helpful for you all. If you want to check more of my art go to www.andygarcia666.deviantart.com! Also you can find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/andygarcia666

– Andrea García

22 responses to “How to Composite a Destroyed City Scene and Retouch Characters in Photoshop”

MD Rakib Ahmed

July 27, 2019

It was vary use full and nice. I need to this tutorial at this time. Thank you for help me and any help if you want & needed to me please contract me.thanks for everything.

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iwanna

June 12, 2017

where can i find the steps?

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Yasmen Ahmad

June 7, 2017

Thank you

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Optical Overlays

June 6, 2017

Great

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Optical Overlays

June 6, 2017

Beautiful!

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MahMuda

November 9, 2014

Great composition.

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Maidul Islam

October 17, 2014

This is really fantastic. The unlimited access makes it even better 

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Budie Deathlust

July 14, 2014

thanks for a tutorial…
already follow your DA and FB

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Mustafa

June 27, 2014

Thank You, Wonderful tutorial thank’s again

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夏末的向日葵

April 7, 2014

嗯，很棒。。。

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Nexus

March 25, 2014

The Tutorial is great but poor explanation for newbie.

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Alya

March 17, 2014

oh my good ,,,this is awesome
I love this step by step tutorial <<
Thank you very very much :*

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Andy

February 27, 2014

Thank you very much for the step by step tutorial…. very easy to understand and follow.

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Anonymous

February 26, 2014

emerica

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Joser

February 25, 2014

Interesting stuff. Very helpful.

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Mel

February 19, 2014

Beautiful thank you :)

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Fred

February 12, 2014

How do you create the smokey effect in step 2? Yes, i am new to photoshop(more or less)

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ashwani rajput

February 12, 2014

Andrea good work yar…awsome tutorials…plz do some more…

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mahmoed

February 10, 2014

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Minny

February 8, 2014

oh… wwoww!

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la’fave

February 8, 2014

Goodness! Ur tutorial is Amazing! Way 2 go!

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jennifer

February 3, 2014

i friggen love direwolves and I friggen love your tutorial <3

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