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Place more

planets

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Press Cmd/Ctrl+T

and resize the

Earth image. Now, add

more planets and repeat

steps 14 and 16 to add the

layer styles and the

shadows/highlights.

Reduce the planets’ size

and distribute around the

image. You can try

experimenting with

different blend modes for

the shadows/highlights

or reduce the opacity.

Create the visor’s reflection

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Create a snapshot; press Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+Opt/Alt+E.

Create a selection around the helmet visor, then create a

layer mask. Unlink the mask (click the link icon between the

thumbnail and the mask). Resize the image, placing the sun

inside the mask. Change the blending mode to Lighten.

Smart Object

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Create a new snapshot, press Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+Opt/Alt+E

and name it Final. Now, transform the image into a

Smart Object. Go to Layer>Smart Objects>Convert to Smart

Object. Let’s make some adjustments to enhance the colours

using the Camera RAW filter.

C amera R AW

filter

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Go to

Filter>Camera

RAW filter. Keep the

Exposure at 0, set the

Contrast to 10, Highlights:

0, Shadows: 20, Whites:

20, Blacks: 0, Clarity: 20,

Vibrance: 30 and

Saturation: 0. Open the

Lens Correction panel,

set the Vignetting to -60

and then click OK.

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Expert tip

When using Free Transform

(Cmd/Ctrl+T) to resize a layer

that has a layer style applied

to it, Photoshop will not scale

the style, so you have to

tweak the settings again. To

solve this problem, rasterize

the layer style by going to

Layer>Rasterize>Layer

Style and then use the Free

Transform Tool. After placing

the planets and adding the

shadow and highlights layer,

remember to link the layers

before you start scaling down

the images.

Scaling layer

styles