All-4-One: January-Kuala Lumpur(Petronas Twin Tower)Making

This is the making of Calender.

January-Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur(Petronas Twin Tower)

Import the picture i had found it on the website.

Use the Marquee Tool to select the tower.

After Selected, Remove it and use clone tool and patch tool to cover the empty space.

After hiding the indicated areas with the Patch Tool, this is how the image looks.

As you see on the picture above, the smooth area must be fixed. We will make it rougher using brushes and a layer mask. Create a Layer mask for the layer. Use the rough brushes in this set on the layer mask using black to reveal parts of the ORIGINAL layer below.

Once I have the bottom part of the building ready, turn off the visibility of the to reveal the ORIGINAL layer. I using Lasso Tool to trace the contour of the top part of the building. When it done, copy it into a New Layer. I Name this layer as BUILDING-TOP. Select the new created layer and rotate it about 5 degrees.

Now I will start destroying the building. This operation has to be done manually with the Lasso Tool (L). Select the BUILDING-TOP layer and select small size parts of the building. After making a selection right-click and choose Layer Via Cut because you must have these small pieces of debris on a separate layer in order to rotate them. Cut multiple pieces as you see on the image below. I grouped all the layers containing the small pieces of debris.

Once I made the rough look using brushes on the layer mask I used a grunge concrete texture with Overlay Blend Mode to create more damage effect.

After apply the overlay mode.

I using this picture to create more debris effect.

I apply it into the photo, and adjust scale and position.

Now it’s time to make meteorite.

I create a new layer above the other layers and name it METEORITE. Select the Lasso Tool (L) and draw by hand a roundish shape. Go to Filter>Render>Clouds and then Difference Clouds.

After that go Filter>Sketch>Bas Relief. Set Detail to maximum, Smoothness to 2 or 3 and change the different light directions.

After that, Lets go to layer style, and adjust some effect.

After apply the Layer Style.

Select the Smudge Tool and smudge one end of the rock in order to create a motion effect.

Now I want to create the smoke trail, Open the brush preset editor, adjust the setting like below.

Use the brush tool to create the smoke trail.

I also create different size and different opacity smoke in different layer. It will make the smoke trail more reality. Change the color to orange and brush again at the start and the end of the building.

To create a explosion by using this picture.

Import it and put it nicely, Try to arrange the position and the scale. Change different blending mode and also using soft eraser to erase the photo border.