Tuesday 10 Nov 2009
Creative lighting can make all the difference to your photos – this tutorial shows how to jazz up your artwork for an eyecatching effect.
Setting the overall mood of an image can be easy, thanks to simple, highly effective lighting effects in Photoshop. It can also add another dimension to a relatively bland photo – making it a powerful tool to have in your box of tricks as a designer or illustrator.
In this tutorial you’ll learn various techniques used by the professionals, including brushes, layer adjustments and layer modes – to name just a few.
The trick here is not to overpower the original source image – instead, you’re aiming to complement it with subtle elements. Once you have completed this tutorial you can experiment with your own findings to create unique and inspiring work.
Step 1
In Photoshop, open the file MODEL.jpg from (which can be downloaded on the right or found on the cover CD). This image was kindly donated by a photographer friend of mine called Rico Kinnard, based in New York. You can see more of his work at www.myspace.com/ricokinnard.
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