Lighthouse Lighting

• Lighthouse picture from 
• Sunset from FreeStockPhotos.com
   

1. Open the light house image. Duplicate the background and turn the eye off of the background.

2. Select the Polygon  Lasso tool. Use the polygon lasso to select the lighthouse and all the land and water by clicking from point to point and going full circle to enclose the area.

3. On the layers palette, click the icon on the bottom that says Add Layer Mask.

4. Click on the background layer. Open the Sunset. Using the move tool. Drag the sunset image onto the lighthouse canvas. Click Edit=>Transform=> Scale. Set the width to 65% and the Height to 65 % and apply.  Use the Move tool to Position it so that the bottom of the sunset is at the top of the water.

5. Duplicate your sunset picture. Drag the new layer1copy to the top of your layers pallet.

6. Click Edit=> transform=> flip Vertical. Select your move tool. Click Edit=> Transform=> Scale. Set the height to 250%. Use the move tool to move the top of this image to along the top of the rocks along the far waters edge. Set this layer mode to Overlay.

8. Select the Polygon  Lasso tool. Use the polygon lasso to select the lighthouse and buildings. Click Select=>Inverse.

9. Click the Add Layer Mask at the bottom of the layers palette.

10. Add a new layer. Set your default colors by hitting your D key. Then select your fill tool and fill the layer with black.

11. Click Filter=>Render=>Lens flare. Set the lens flare to 100%

• brightness=100
• 50-300 mm Zoom

12. Set the layer2 to Screen mode and use your move tool to place the flare over the lighthouse top.