Manipulate a Photo into a Beautiful Fiery Sunset Landscape

Here are the results.

Step 11

To add warm tone to the scene I added a Photo Filter adjustment layer to the scene. Set the setting as shown in the below.

Here are the results.

Step 12

To light up the entire scene I added a Gradient Map adjustment layer then choose the color #030b13 for shadows and for highlight choose the color #56361e. As always you can see the setting as shown in the image below.

Now, I changed the blend mode of Gradient Map adjustment layer to color dodge. Here are the results.

Step 13

To create a sun I created a new layer by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N on keyboard. Pick the brush tool then change your foreground color to #612828 and paint a big dot as shown in the image below. Name this layer sun.

Step 14

Change the blend mode of sun layer to Linear Dodge then reduce opacity to 55%. Here are the results.

Step 15

From this step we’ll add three new adjustment layer to the entire scene. So, add a Curves adjustment layer then set the setting as shown in the image below.

Step 16

Add Gradient Map adjustment layer to the scene and set the setting as shown in the image below.

Change the blend mode of Gradient Map adjustment layer to soft light then reduce the opacity to 20%.

Step 17

Add a Color Balance adjustment layer and set the setting as shown in the image below.

Here are the results.

Step 18

I created a new layer then load the birds brush and choose the 2500 size pixels brush to paint some birds.

Step 19

Now, press the Ctrl+Shif+Alt+E key to stamp all the layer into one layer then right click on it and choose convert to smart objects. Then Goto Filter > Render > Lighting Effect and set the hotspot as shown in the image below.

Step 20

Here the values for the Lighting Effect filter.

Here are the results.

Final Results

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Tutorial by Bunty Pundir

Thanks for following the tutorial.Hope, you enjoyed it and it’s not difficult for you. I am an artist from New Delhi, India. If you want to see my other artwork then you can visit myDeviantart profile page. Have a great Photoshopping day.

– Bunny

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