Right click the newly pasted layer and choose Convert To Smart Object.

Go back to our document and press Ctrl + V to paste. Open the file Palm Tree and press Ctrl + A to select all and Ctrl + C to copy. Step 31Ī city in the desert wouldn’t be a city without some palm trees. Using a 3-4px size brush at 10% Opacity squiggle a few lines here and there. Create a new layer and name it Extra Detail. Now let’s add some random detail to break the monotony. If you don’t feel anything take a look at how I did it below. Choose a light yellow color and with a round soft brush at 2-3px draw some dots where you feel that windows or doors should be. Create a new layer and name it Window Lights. There are probably people still active in the city even at night (unless it is a deserted city) so let’s show that by creating some window lights. Place this layer above the City Outlines group.

Create a new layer, name it Smoke and paint a more pronounced smoke effect than we did at step 26. Group all the city layers we created until now and name the new group City Outlines.

Palm tree photoshop