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Classic Photoshop Tutorial: Master lighting effects

Tuesday 10 Nov 2009


Step 11
Using a similar aqua blue to the flowery bit of the dress, create another brush layer above the Color Balance Adjustment Layers and repeat as in Steps 05 and 06, gently spraying the left side of the arms, changing the layer mode to Hard Light. Repeat this with a bright orange brush layer and change it to Screen mode.


Step 12
Repeat Step 09 with a Hue/ Saturation Adjustment Layer, but change the settings to Hue 218 ,Saturation 83, Lightness 0, with the Colorize box ticked. With a medium-hard brush set to 30% opacity, mask out some areas as shown in the screenshot – remembering to invert the mask. Rename the layer ‘Hue/Saturation 2’.


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Step 13
Open diamond vector.psd and import it into the canvas. Add a very subtle Gaussian blur to it and reposition just below the eye of the duplicate model layer in the background. Add a layer mask to it and mask out the areas as shown here. To give it extra impact, add an Outer Glow layer mode with an aqua colour set to Screen, Opacity 75%, Noise 0%, Spread 1% and size 18 pixels. Finally set it to Overlay and rename it ‘Diamond Blur’.

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Who: Vince Fraser is a freelance digital illustrator and designer based in London, who has worked for clients including British Airways, PC World, BBC and T-mobile. He has ten years’ experience in the field of digital arts.
Contact: www.myspace.com/vincefraser
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Time to complete: 2-3 hours
Download: All files for this tutorial can be downloaded here or are available on the magazine's cover CD.