03
BURN THE SKY
Grab the Burn tool
and set Exposure to 50%.
Paint over the top of the
clouds to darken them
so that the sky fades to
near-black at the top. If you
like, go back to the clouds
image, then select areas of
cloud with the Lasso tool,
copy them in and set the
blending mode to Screen in
the Layers panel to build up
the burning skyline effect.
02
ADD THE CLOUDS
Open clouds.jpg.
Press Cmd/Ctrl+L and drag
the left point inwards to
darken the clouds. Press
Cmd/Ctrl+A, Cmd/Ctrl+C,
then go to the main image
and press Cmd/Ctrl+V. Put
the cloud layer below the
skyline in the Layers panel.
Press Cmd/Ctrl+T, then
position and resize the
clouds so the light parts sit
behind the buildings.01
SELECT THE SKYLINE
Open skyline.jpg or
your own skyline image.
Grab the Magic Wand,
check Contiguous in the
tool options, and click the
sky to select it. Hold down
Shift and click to add to
the selected area until the
entire sky is covered. Next
go to Select>Inverse to
select the buildings instead.
Press Cmd/Ctrl+J to copy
the selection to a new layer.