09
COPY THE METEOR
From here its simply
a case of building up the
effect using the same skills.
Cmd/Ctrl-click the layers
that make up the meteor.
Press Cmd/Ctrl+G to group
them. Press Cmd/Ctrl+J to
duplicate the group. Press
Cmd/Ctrl+T, position the
second meteor elsewhere
in the scene, then stretch,
warp and mask it to make it
look different from the first.
08
MAKE A TRAIL
Position the cloud
roughly behind the meteor,
then press Cmd/Ctrl+T.
Right click and choose
Warp, then drag the grid
outwards to warp the
clouds into a smooth,
flowing shape. Press Enter
to apply. Tidy up the edges
by adding a layer mask and
painting black. Add more
clouds in the same way to
build up the effect.07
BLEND IN
THE CLOUDS
Go back to the clouds
image, grab the Lasso tool
and make a rough selection
of a bright spot surrounded
by darker areas. Copy and
paste this in, then go to the
Layers panel and change
the blending mode to
Screen. Press Cmd/Ctrl+L
for Levels, then drag the
black point slider inwards
until the edges fade.