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Photoshop Tutorial: Use lighting effects to make photos sparkle

Wednesday 09 Jul 2008

Step 5
Click on some of the layers you just created, then select Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to around 5 pixels, and arrange these on the canvas. Place some over the model, and make others seem like they’re shooting out from behind her.

Step 6
Import another splatter image into Photoshop. Click on Select > Colour Range, click on the splatter colour and set the Fuzziness to 40. Drag the selection onto the main canvas, give it a black colour overlay and arrange it on the canvas. Repeat this process a few times and erase some areas with a soft brush.

Step 7
Repeat Step 06, but instead of using black for the colour overlay, use white. In Layer Options tick Outer Glow and choose a pink colour, set the spread to around 30 pixels. Repeat this process using other colours and also white outer glows; place these around the canvas above the saturation layer you made in Step 01.

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Tip

Don’t forget that when transforming elements or areas, you don’t have to just scale. Select Edit > Transform and select some of the ways to transform like perspective, distort or skew. These can create some variation for your light effects.