How to turn a daytime photo into a nighttime photo with Photoshop

Its features make it quite intuitive; even the less experienced can create works of art with this practical Adobe cash editor. Take a photo in which the sun shines. What if we wanted to admire the same landscape in a night mode? Well, with Photoshop, it is possible to do this magic.

So let’s see how to turn a daytime photo into a night photo with Photoshop. The procedure is far from difficult, so let’s not lose heart. The important thing is to carefully follow all the suggestions contained in the following guide.

Download and install Photoshop to the latest version

Having the latest version of Photoshop is essential to take advantage of all its features. Go to the site adobe.com and download the software in Photoshop CC trial mode. It is a trial version, valid for 30 days. We can also purchase complete software if we wish.

Once you have downloaded our editor, install it by double-clicking on the Setup file. After following the wizard, we start the program by clicking on the appropriate icon. A home screen will open, thanks to which we will be able to work on our photo retouching. Let’s see how to proceed.

Start the program and create a new project

Now that we have successfully started Photoshop, we will have to open a new project. We click on ” File, ” and we choose the voice ” New. ” For convenience, we will choose the size of our photograph. We then set a standard size of 10×15 centimeters. In the image resolution box, we set ” 300 dpi “, the default parameter for files intended for printing.

At this point, we have a worksheet on which we can transform a daytime photo into a night one with Photoshop. We load two images by choosing the path ” File > Open. ” The first photo will be the one we will work on. The second, instead, in a night mode, we will need to have the starry sky on our image.

Eliminate the daytime photo sky

Here we are now at the actual modification of our image. Let’s start with the first method. As we can see, the two photos we uploaded will have one level each. Let’s start with the daytime photo. By clicking on the corresponding level, we will eliminate the sky and the sun. To do this, click on the ” Eraser ” tool.

We pass the pointer over the whole area occupied by the sky, and we will only have the landscape in our image. Before continuing, we check that there are no residues of the sky. If there were traces of color, we pass the rubber over the photograph again.

To make sure we’ve erased the whole sky, let’s try inserting a white background below our snapshot. It will help us identify pixels that have remained untouched by the passage of the eraser.

Move the night photo below the daytime photo and adjust the tonal values

Now let’s go to the night photo level. In this phase, we will have to adapt the latter to obtain a credible photomontage. We place the level of the night image below that of the daytime photo. In this way, the night sky will seem part of the first photograph.

At this point, we will intervene in the brightness and contrast parameters. Let’s go back for a moment to the level of the daytime photo. So let’s go to ” Image > Adjustments > Tonal values “. We move the markers relating to shadows, halftones, and lights to avoid the peaks within the histogram. This step must also be performed on the night photo to create tonal consistency with the daytime photo.

Change the curves of the red, green, and blue channels

To completely transform a daytime photo into a night photo with Photoshop, we need to complete some small color changes. At this point, we need to work on adjusting the curves. We are going to click on the channels of the red, green, and blue curves. Let’s modify them individually to bring the points at the top to a percentage of 60%.

Based on the parameters that we are going to adjust, we will obtain different types of colors. For example, if we lowered the point of the red channel and raised the point of the green channel, we would have a colder light. On the contrary, by raising the point of the red channel, we will obtain a decidedly warmer light.

Launch the colors and temperature and save the project

To balance the colors precisely, we can use a filter. So let’s go to ” Filter > Convert for advanced filters. ” For an impressive night look, we set a color temperature of -55. We adapt the daytime image, resulting in exposure of -3.00. Finally, click on ” OK ” to confirm the improvements in the photo.

At this point, we just have to save our project by clicking on ” File > Save As. ” We can decide which format to assign to our photo by choosing between, jpeg and. Raw. The latter will give us a heavier image in terms of megabytes, but the quality will not be affected at all.