Adding a Moon to your Landscape using Photoshop Blending Options

In this tutorial you'll learn how to add a moon to your image, and use luminance blending to realisticly blend the object into your image. We'll even move the clouds in front of the moon! This is a great real world example of using the "This Layer" and "Underlying Layer" sliders.

[@veenabs4807]

I discovered this video more than 7 years ago and I'm so happy its still here!! Thank you!!

[@claudiapatrick2261]

Thanks for your tutorial. I have it bookmarked, and I just used it for the hundredth time!

[@tonycip6844]

Thanks Bob, I like the fact that you took the time to show how its done, not just zip through it, like most PS tutorials do, easier for us noobs to keep up. subscribed! keep them coming.

[@dmarque]

Robert Thomas/ "Adding a Moon": I want to thank you for your very articulate explanation of this complicated procedure. I hope you will do many more videos as your stop by step description is one of the very best I have seen. Thank you!!!

[@juanarto]

Wow! This is great! I had the darndest time trying to find good straightforward instructions that weren't wasting my time with a bunch of preamble or trying to seel me something. THANK YOU!! I am now subscribed.

[@Galaxiiee02]

I love how you explain it with both windows and mac , most people only say the mac keys or only do mac tutorials and i do not know the keys on windows

[@tranboelsterli]

Hi Robert, I hope you are well. This is one of the most informative and clear tutorials. I have subscribed. Thank you so much!

[@DeanMurphyCDM]

Still useful almost nine years later :)

[@pcarnahan45]

I don't know why that was so easy to follow but it certainly was easy. Great job at the tempo and explanations:)

[@anthonymrbs]

What a great tutorial. I like how you explained what was happening with the blending. I always wondered how you got the moon to be behind objects.

[@davirosa]

NICE! I Recently I saw a video tutorial about the Luminance Blending and with the informations on your blog and your video, my doubts had gone completely!!
THANKS A LOT!

[@Getstonia]

Excellent tutorial

[@milowska_agata]

I love your tutorials, the most comprehensive and informational I came across! :)

[@carolfoote9267]

Wonderful technique!! Your tutorial was so clear, concise and easy to follow. Thanks for sharing!

[@ajspin1]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks so much.

[@lisamaier9984]

Thank you so much for helping me to learn a whole new way to put the moon in my photos. Thank you for your time.

[@leniehulse1621]

Wonderful tutorial! Slow, easy to follow and well explained!! Thank you so much!

[@pimaerts]

Great video, exactly what I was looking for! Thnx

[@modaxlive9211]

I Read your blending options article. It is very helpful . thank you very much

[@FPVowl]

Thanks for tutorial ! Easy and well explained!!!! Make my day man , thanks :)

[@arohila]

Thanks for posting this tutorial. This was very helpful.

[@ThePetraji]

Thank you so very much - I had "battled" with this for a long time

[@yorgosr]

Excellent Tutorial !! Thank you very much for sharing !

[@kaze6729]

Very helpful - thanks

[@dabikedude1]

Nice and easy to follow....thank you very much.

[@aa-kb7ey]

Good Tutorial
appriatad that you shared and made it
have a nice day

[@ZacharyDoehler]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@reginakn1550]

Thank you! Great tutorial!

[@mightymuffinful]

thanks for sharing this helpful tutorial

[@rodney96]

great tutorial thanks for sharing.. was hoping you might put a moon reflection in the water tho lol ohwell next time :)

[@slowlife417]

Very well explained :)

[@jakeMFbacon]

Whats the difference between using screen mode or the blend if option in the first step?

[@EDDIEGARAGE]

thanks so much Bob

[@SandyHansenPhotography]

Very Helpful!

[@TrevorMcGrathPhotography]

What is the music played at the beginning and end?

[@Murthyams]

fantastic !!! Thx

[@paulholliday8172]

thank you

[@takisliveris2751]

ty Robert that was amazing :D

[@devanois]

Thanks Thomas.

[@edm8581]

Can you do that in Affinity Photo?

[@jessicaash5828]

I have 2018 elements when I go to dbl click to the right on moon layer nothing pops up?

[@MrCarletto007]

I did the same with a Death Star xD It's AMAZING! Thanks for Your video!!!! :D I did subscribe!

[@odkeky]

hey there, i'm using a , more vague moon. so this trick doesn't work. what else can i do?

[@imshahid15]

Thank you so much

[@steventopping106]

thank you!

[@TerryBarkes]

Great job: Will this also work in CS5 as well?

[@persephoneluv]

excellent

[@alexhu5696]

Thank you ！！！

[@josediazh3890]

Gracias por compartir.

[@conquistador1968]

GANZ TOLLES TUT. great

[@angeloradice9958]

bravo bravo

[@kayoteblaze]

Wow!!!

[@rodneytopor1846]

But the thumbnail picture has the clouds behind the moon, which is impossible. Don't you want your images to look realistic?

[@cleverpete1]

Nothing worse than adding a moon to a landscape, nothing.

[@cleverpete1]

@@justyourtypicalhamster5046 🤦‍♂️ because Saturn is much more beautiful

[@cleverpete1]

@@justyourtypicalhamster5046 no no, just the moon 🌚