To make beautiful and realistic patches of light in the Adobe Photoshop program extremely simply, this effect allows to achieve impressive results. The patch of light in the photo is an excellent ornament which can create mood and draw attention of the viewer to those moments which are necessary to the photographer.
It is required to you
- Tools: Adobe Photoshop CS2 or above
Instruction
1. Open the initial image in the editor. Pass into the File menu to "to Open" and find the image through the conductor.
2. Patches of light in Photoshop, it is convenient to create by means of the special filter. Come into the Filter menu, then open the Rendering submenu and choose "Patch of light". The window allowing to adjust its type, brightness and arrangement will open. There are four available types of patches of light which closely are connected with type of a lens of the virtual camera (to see, than they differ from each other, in advance experiment on other photo). Brightness of a patch of light is set as a percentage, at the same time the standard patch of light by default undertakes 100%. The arrangement of a patch of light can be defined in a preview window – just press a mouse to that place where it is supposed to place a patch of light. Configure the above settings and press "OK". Right after it cancel application of a patch of light. In the Editing menu press on "To cancel a patch of light".
3. Create a new layer. On a palette of layers press the button noted by a blue circle or in the Layers menu choose "New", and then "Layer". Then choose on a palette of the Filling tools – the tool which icon reminds a bucket with paint. Choose black color and click within the image. After that the image will become completely black.
4. Return to the Filter menu. This time it is enough to you to press "Patch of light" – the topmost line in the menu as the program remembered all settings of the last used filter. At first the patch of light will appear on a black background. Then on a palette of layers put imposing type for a layer "Overlapping". Black color will disappear, and on the image to appear the beautiful realistic patch of light. If you need to place not one in the photo, and several patches of light, repeat steps No. No. 2-4 for each of them.
5. If necessary adjust parameters of patches of light, such as size, brightness, color tone, saturation, etc. To get access to all these settings, open the Editing menu and choose "Correction". You can also move each of patches of light to spozitsionirovat them more precisely. For this purpose choose the necessary layer and use the Movement tool which can be found in the top part of a palette of tools.