Invert the selection by pressing Ctrl+Shift+I on your keyboard or go to Select>Inverse.
Now add new adjustment layer Levels on the top of all layers and set the Adjustment Levels on 0; 0,80; 255.
Thanks to active mask only edges of the photo manipulations are darker.
On the following picture you can see how you photo manipulation should look like.
Step 18 – Sharpening
Only one last step remains – sharpening. It helps to add couple more details to the image.
Press Ctrl+A on your keyboard to select the whole picture. Go to Edit>Copy Merged or press Ctrl+Shift+C on your keyboard to copy merged image (=not only the active layer but all the layers you’re working with). Then go to Edit>Paste or press Ctrl+V to paste merged image. Place this new layer on the top of all layers and name it SHARPENING.
Go to Filter>Other>High Pass and set the value Radius on 0,5 pixels.
After pressing OK you should see grey image where only gentle edges of the picture are visible.
Note: High Pass is great tool for sharpening but be aware of oversharpening your images. You should always see only very thin, almost invisible edges to get the best, most realistic results!
To blend the layer properly with the rest of the image change its Blending Mode from Normal to Overlay.
Congratulations! You’ve just finished your photo manipulation. On the following photo you can see the final result!
Final Results
![image002[1]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/image00211.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&webp=82&avif=82&w=1920&ssl=1 "image002[1]")
About the Author
Thank you very much for reading this tutorial. Hope it was useful for you and you’ve learnt something new or found some inspiration for your next photo manipulation! If you want to read more tutorial from me visit my blog and follow me on Facebook!
– Jarka Hrnčárková
16 responses to “How to Turn an Ordinary Landscape into a Dramatic Moonscape”
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Las imagenes para poder seguir el tutorial son muy pequeñas
The images to follow the tutorial are very small
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Excellent site you have here.. It’s hard to find good quality writing like yours these days.
I honestly appreciate people like you! Take care!!
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really nice and interesting…
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Amazing. . Very nice, this information most important for me.
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Gracias… muy bueno el tutorial,resultado muy bueno.
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Sorry but original image was more effective. But I liked the technique. Its useful in many ways!
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Thank you!
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It was fun creating it!
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please i need more of your tutorial to be sent to my email please am need of it i beg you in the name of god
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Very good! The technique is applicable to many arraignments I have and will be very useful! I believe this to be an art onto itself. For some very, very, strange reason, there are people, (like my sister-in-law), who believe this is “cheating”. I reply with “Cheating what?!”
I am always left dumbfounded as to what people are thinking when they say something like that. I have asked them if they would own/hang the art if the place in question did exist and was photographed in one shutter release?
They actually say they would!! So what part of “art” don’t they understand? Lol It’s very frustrating to argue such an obvious point but trust me when I say that there are people out there that are very confused when it comes to this kind of work.
Thanks for the tip!
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sorry if I appear stupid, ..how do I download the images ,.. ? anyone ! please, thanks
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right click on and save image as
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Pekná práca Jarka. Dakujem za tento tutorial a inspiraciu.
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Kind of dull tbh
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what image size are you using?
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