Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Lighting Effects in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create different lighting effects using the render filter to get professional and beautiful effects on photographs.

Step 1 : Open a new file by clicking on File > Open. Create a new layer.
Step 2 : Open a image by clicking on File > Open. And select the image to your new file canvas.

Step 3 : Now to create different lighting effects go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects.


Step 4 : In the lighting effects let us use the style Flood Light. We can make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.

Step 5 : After giving the Flood Light effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

You can use the other lighting styles to achieve different lighting effects.
Blue OmniIn the lighting effects choose the style Blue Omni. Make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.

After giving the Blue Omni effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

Soft Spotlight
In the lighting effects choose the style Soft Spotlight. Make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.

After giving the Soft Spotlight effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

Flashlight
In the lighting effects choose the style Flashlight. Make the changes to the image as shown in the below window.

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After giving the Flashlight effect the image will look like this, as shown below.

Create Bubbles using Photoshop

Create Bubbles using Photoshop

Learn how to create bubbles using Photoshop. It's very easy. Make many bubbles as seen below.

1. Open a new file by clicking on File>Open.
2. Make a blue color background by choosing the a blue foreground color and filling the canvas using the Paint Bucket Tool.
3. Make a circle with Elliptical Marquee Tool. Press the shift key, so that the circle comes round.
   
   
4. Go to Dodge tool. Select Brush as 29 or more depending on your bubble and Range as Highlights and Exposure as 50%.
   
5. Then on the left corner of the bubble drag the dodge tool four times in the same place to give the highlight in the bubble.
   
   
   
6. Make gentle strokes around the bubble with the dodge tool to get the following effect.
   

Your Bubble is ready, just press ctrl+D to deselect the outline of the circle.

You can make as many bubbles as you want like that, even small and big, just repeat the process.

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Create a Smoke Effect in Photoshop CS

Create a Smoke Effect in Photoshop CS

 

Learn how to create a Smoke Effect in Photoshop CS with Filters and Tools such as Dodge Tool, Burn Tool, Wave Effect, Smudge Tool.

Step 1 :
Open a new file by clicking on File>Open. Give a dark background color because you can not see smoke in day light much. Here we gave Black color. Create a new layer. Draw the image of the smoke with Polygonal Lasso Tool. Give a lighter color gradient to the new shape. Make sure it' s a Linear gradient. Here we have given Purple to White gradient.

Step 2 :
Select DodgeTool and select Range as Highlights, Brush as 18px, Exposure as 50%. Brush all the corners.


Step 3:
Go to Filter>Distort>Wave.

Select Number of generators as 4, Wavelength min 10 max 250, Amplitude min 15 max 35
Scale 100% for horizontal and vertical. Click on Randomize as much as you think that the picture looks like a smoke. Click on OK.
Step 4: Go to Edit >Fade Wave. Select Opacity as 50%. Click on OK.
Step 5: Give Opacity as 50% in the layer style on right at the top.
Step 6: Go to Smudge Tool and make all the edges smooth by dragging the hand in the picture.

Select Brush as 25, Mode as Normal , Strength as 50%.

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