Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop
To complete this tutorial, you will need to the following stock:
Step 1
Create a new document sized 1440*900px, fill the background with black colour. Load the Sky image into Photoshop and select a portion as shown below:
Copy and paste the selection onto our document, resize it to fit the width of the canvas:
![1 paste sky 1 paste sky 500x318 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/1-paste-sky-500x318.jpg)
Add the following image adjustment layers as clipping mask to this sky layer:
Black and White
![1 bw 1 bw Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/1-bw.jpg)
Channel Mixer
![1 ch mix 1 ch mix Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/1-ch-mix.jpg)
Curves
![1 curves 1 curves Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/1-curves.jpg)
Levels
![1 lv 1 lv Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/1-lv.jpg)
Erase the upper portion of the sky, and you will have the following effect:
Step 2
Load the city photo into Photoshop, cut out the city portion of the image as shown below: (use quick selection tool here)
Paste the city onto our document, resize it to fit the width of the canvas:
![2 paste 2 paste 500x305 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-paste-500x305.jpg)
Add the following image adjustment layers to the city layer as clipping mask:
Black and white
![2 bw 2 bw Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-bw.jpg)
Channel Mixer
![2 ch mix 2 ch mix Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-ch-mix.jpg)
Levels
![2 lv 2 lv Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-lv.jpg)
Mask on Levels adjustment layer:
![2 lv mask 2 lv mask 500x312 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-lv-mask-500x312.jpg)
Use a small size soft eraser, erase some portions of the highest buildings, as shown below: (We do this in order to prepare for the burning effect later on)
High-rise 1
![2 erase 2 erase Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-erase.jpg)
High-rise 2 and High-rise 3
and here is the effect so far:
![2 effect 2 effect 500x296 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/2-effect-500x296.jpg)
Step 3
I decided to use the sky image again to fill the empty space on the upper side of our document. So let’s copy and paste the sky photo onto our document again:
Reduce the layer opacity of this new sky layer to around 50%:
![3 reduce opa 3 reduce opa 500x302 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/3-reduce-opa-500x302.jpg)
Black and White
![3 bw 3 bw Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/3-bw.jpg)
Channel Mixer
![3 ch mix 3 ch mix Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/3-ch-mix.jpg)
Curves
![3 curves 3 curves Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/3-curves.jpg)
and here is th effect so far:
Step 4
Load the rock image into Photoshop, select one rock from the image – we will use it for the meteor effect:
Paste the selection on to our document, sharpen it a little bit with the sharpen filter:
![4 paste 4 paste 500x372 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/4-paste-500x372.jpg)
Erase the edges of the rock with a soft eraser:
![4 erase 4 erase 499x352 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/4-erase-499x352.jpg)
For your reference, this is the layer mask I added on the rock layer – by mixing soft eraser and grungy brushset:
![4 mask on rock 4 mask on rock 500x272 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/4-mask-on-rock-500x272.jpg)
Apply the following layer blending options to this rock:
Outer Glow
![4 outer glow 4 outer glow 500x350 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/4-outer-glow-500x350.jpg)
Inner Glow
![4 inner glow 4 inner glow 500x350 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/4-inner-glow-500x350.jpg)
and here is the effect so far:
Step 5
We’re almost done. Now we can fine-tune the image a a bit by adding some cloud around the meteor. Make sure you warp/distort them to form a trailing effect: (Hint: if you’re having trouble with cloud warping, take a look at this tutorial)
![5 paint cloud 5 paint cloud 500x300 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-paint-cloud-500x300.jpg)
Optionally, you can add a few more rocks to the image, use the same step described before:
![5 dup 5 dup 500x299 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-dup-500x299.jpg)
Now you can either render some cloud with the cloud filter, or use some cloud brushes (reduce their sizes) to paint some cloud/smoke BEHIND the high-rises:
![5 paint flow 5 paint flow 500x113 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-paint-flow-500x113.jpg)
Paint some particles with the dirt brush you downloaded:
![5 paint part 5 paint part Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-paint-part.jpg)
Also add some cloud overlay to the high-rises on the far distance:
![5 cloud over 5 cloud over 500x155 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-cloud-over-500x155.jpg)
Add a colour balance adjustment layer on top of all layers:
![5 sha 5 sha Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-sha.jpg)
![5 hig 5 hig Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-hig.jpg)
Add a layer mask on this colour balance layer for some variation and increase depth of the image: (we don’t want to the whole image to be red!)
![5 col bal mask 5 col bal mask 500x296 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-col-bal-mask-500x296.jpg)
After adding this colour balance layer, you will see those smokes and cloud we added before will transform into flame/burning effect:
![5 effect 1 5 effect 1 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-effect-1.jpg)
Plus the meteor is now red-hot as well:
![5 effect 2 5 effect 2 500x502 Create Dramatic Meteor and Burning City Effect in Photoshop](http://img.psdvault.com/2011/01/5-effect-2-500x502.jpg)
And here is the overall final effect: (click to enlarge)
That’s it! I hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it useful! Till next time, have a great day!
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