Wednesday 09 Jul 2008
From fashion shots to portraits, here’s how to add a touch of magic with lighting effects.
Turning a run-of-the-mill photo into a dazzling one is simple – when you know the right tricks. In this tutorial, Photoshop maestro Aeiko shows how to create a variety of light effects that can be applied to photography or illustration with equal impact.
From sparkles, pixie dust effects, coloured light spots and light beams, to using splatter effects as a form of lighting, it’s all here. Some of the tricks you’ll learn are created through cunning use of stock photography, while others make use of Photoshop’s built-in tools.
Step 1
In Photoshop, open the file model.jpg (which can be downloaded on the right or found on the magazine's cover CD). Open a new adjustment layer and select Hue/ Saturation. Drag the Saturation slider down to -100 to turn the image into black and white using the Hue slider. We’ll use our own colours in this tutorial, so we don’t need any colour in the photo at this point.
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