daytime rendering to a night time one

[frank1331]

Anyone know of a method in photoshop to take a rendering done as a typical daylight rendering and transform it into what appears to be a night rendering?

[magnuscarta]

Hi

 

I've done this a few times when deadlines are tight and the client want both. Night light is not very different from day. The moon gives a fainter light than the sun and shadows are blurry. The light from the moon has a silver tint and the ambient light is very faint and dark - meaning colours tend to disapear or fade.

 

To fake this in PS:

Take the day render and make a duplicate layer.

Desaturate the duplicate layer a little (not completely) and play with the curves (Ctrl M on PC) to make it darker and give it a blueish tint.

 

This is now your basic night render without lighting. If you add a mask to the duplicate layer you can paint in parts where light would be. This will reveal the rendering underneath and give the illusion of these parts being lit.

 

Hope this helps

[BrianKitts]

videocopilot has a good video tutorial for AfterEffects that does exactly what you're looking for. With how close the filters and effects are between the AE and PS you can probably use a lot of the same techniques.

 

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials.html?id=1

[blowback]

Thanks Brian,

 

That tut has some good info.

[alias_marks]

video copilot rocks, I hope they keep up all the good work.