Creating a fantastic glowing deer in Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Part 1

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a fantastic glowing deer. When doing the lesson, you'll work with blending modes, adjustment layers to combine different stock photos into a single scene. You will also learn how to work with fire, create lighting effects and increase the depth of field.

As a result of the lesson, you will get this result.

Stage 1. Create a background

Step 1:

Create a new document 2000 x 1734 pix with the same settings as in the screenshot below:

Step 2:

Open image landscape 1. Use the Move Tool / Move [V] tool to move it to the main document with a white background and convert it to a Smart Object.

Step 3:

Go to the Filter menu> Filter> Blur / Blur> Gaussian Blur / Blur according to Gauss and set the blur radius of 8 pix.

Step 4:

Open image landscape 2 and also move it to the working document using the Move Tool / Move [V].

Click on the Add a mask icon at the bottom of the layers palette and use a standard black soft brush to wipe out areas of the landscape 2 layer, as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 5:

Go to the Filter menu> Filter> Blur / Blur> Gaussian Blur / Blur according to Gauss and set the blur radius of 8 pix.

Step 6:

Apply a Curves Adjustment Layer / Curves in Clipping Mask Mode - Clipping Mask / Clipping Mask to darken the landscape. To do this, go to Layer / Layers> New Adjustment Layer / New Adjustment Layer> Curves / Curves and reduce the brightness - see the screenshot below.

Step 7:

Then in the clipping mask mode, apply the Color Balance adjustment layer with the following settings.