Step 1: Open a photo which contains a sky.

(This photo is Copyright 1999 by Eric A. White)

Step 2a: To create an early sunset effect, select the Sunshine plugin, switch to the Sunset effect and press the Reset button. To position the effect correctly right click on the preview.

Step 2b: A late sunset effect is achieved by additionally activating the Invert check box and reducing the value of the Intensity slider.

Step 2c: For an after twilight effect reduce the value of the Brightness slider and place some twinkling stars with the Star plugin.

Variation 1: To create less colorful sunset effects, you can use the Sunshine effect of the Sunshine plugin. Use the Brightness slider to adjust the effect.

Variation 2: By activating the Invert check box and adjusting the effect with the Size slider, you can dim the whole photo and leave only a small lighten area.

Variation 3: You can also use the Coolorize plugin to create interesting sunset effects. For this example the Twilight effect was used.

Variation 4: At first the Fade effect of the Coolorize plugin was applied, then the Sunset effect of the Sunshine plugin was used to add the sun.