We will create something like this, click on the image to see full preview: Step 1: Document Creation And Sky Create a new document, I wanted this image to use later as wallpaper, so I used 1920×1200 resolution, 72 dpi. Fill background with radial gradient (press G to activate gradient menu) with colors #1773e3 and #0b3972: Step 2: Star Creation Although we will create night effect, we need again to create some stars. Now create new layer ( CTRL+SHIFT+N), right above the background, fill it with black ( choose black and ALT+DELETE to fill). Go to Filter–>Add Noise and add settings like on picture below (amount 20-30): To get lesser amount of white noise, go to Image–>Adjustments–>Brightness/Contrast: Change Blending style to Color Dodge: Step 3 : Ground creation Press CTRL+SHIFT+N to create new layer ( look at screenshot at my layers palette so it’s the same like mine). Then select rectangular marque tool (press M) and do selection like this: Let’s use line