Soft Glow Effects
July 20th, 2007 in Photo Edit, Tutorials by kailoon
This will be a short and simple tutorial for photo edit. I try this during my lunch time yesterday and find it is quite interesting. So, I wish to share with you guys too. This is best for those who like photo with glow effect or a little fantasy effects. Well, check this out.
Step 1
Open the image, if you wish to use mine then download here. CTRL + J to duplicate the image and rename as glow.
Step 2
Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 3px. Press “D” to reset the color mode to default (black foreground and white background). Go to Filter > Distort > Diffuse Glow and set the Glow and Clear amount to 18. Graininess to 0. Set the layer opacity to 60%.
Step 3
CTRL + E to merge both layers. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask. Set as below. Repeat 2-3 times to get the best effect by pressing CTRL + F.
Step 4
Create a new layer and rename as light. Grab the Polygonal Lasso Tool and make a selection as below. With Radial Gradient set foreground color to white. Drag it from top to bottom as shown. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur > 60.
Step 5
Reduce the layer opacity to 50%. Well, it is done! Hope you enjoy this.
Here is another example:
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I really like what you achieved. But…..I cannot get from the polygonal with the whitened gradient in Step 4 to the subtle glow of Step 5. And I really want to. I feel like I am missing something. Can anyone help?
Nice tutorial, very nice effect. Thank you.
how do you even work this thing? ;;
Step 2
Press “D†to reset the color mode to default (black foreground and white background).
what is “D†?
im new to photoshop..
hi, i agree with Mi, what is “D†?
i search in photoshop in the menus i found control + d its for deselect or alt control + D its feather or which option its for reset the color mode?
and Kailoon thanks a lot for you time and patience i really think ur great for share this knowledge with the world, thanks again…
Sorry about the confusion
Just press “D” will do.
Umm, it’s a GIF picture, how can i duplicate it?
Select all ( Ctrl + A ), Copy, and Paste.
Nice and easy tut to follow.
这个效果ä¸é”™~
wow ! ur gr8
Great tutorial. I know a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows – Magic Enhancer Pro. You can use it to make your photos better and it works both with commercial software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel (Jasc) Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Digital Image Suite and free like software IrfanView, XnView.
More info:
http://sharewarecheap.com/Magic-Enhancer-Pro_software_1386.html
HOLAZ
lol…that’s what I’m thinking when i do this
interesting, but I think for the second example, the glow effect comes in a little too strong already, haha and the first pic the spotlighty kind of glow reminds me of Mr. Bean.
Nice effect though.
@> Calvyn: WOW! Really happy to hear that
thanks!
@> cometh: Ben, thanks for your suggestion but i still duno how to make it so i use this method, for now
@> Dave: yup, I did mention that in step 1
Good tutorial, but you do need to mention that when you open up original image, you need to duplicate this layer before you merge down.
Yeah, with the before and after picture can see the difference and enhance the tutorial… Ganbatte
another good tutorial…i going to make u as my graphic design idol…