How to Create Realistic Light Rays with Levels in Photoshop

Learn how to create realistic light rays and sun rays in Photoshop using the Brush Tool, Levels, and Radial Blur!
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[@SunDev1]

Aaron nace big fan... You are best instructor for photoshop ❤️🔥

[@chriskimball5705]

Aaron... You were one of the first Photoshop gurus I started watching and learning from years ago. Thank you!!!!! Your knowledge is great! Your teaching method and personality... even greater!!!

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Thank you Aaron, thank you for all you give us here.

[@cameraboyraza]

Thanks for the video sir.

[@ronycon3100]

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[@TomWindeknecht]

This is a really impressive technique for light rays! Thank you!!

[@ChristiaanRoest79]

Great tutorial Aaron. Thanks! Love to be a Phlearn pro member

[@Sandeepkumarpnp]

Love u bro . Amazing . Thanks teacher

[@desertrose0601]

Wow. That’s kind of amazing. You sir, are a hero.

[@artsky261]

AWESOME!

[@emrahy.849]

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[@kibirangodouglas9167]

wow. it was helpful since I'm starting compositing

[@binarymatrix616]

Awesome 👌🏻

[@Pedrohramirez]

Really like this, will try soon. Thanks.

[@joseluisavilagonzalez9626]

Super clear teaching, easy to learn. Thank you Aaron!

[@ImZeFyr]

thanks thats dope !

[@gildho95]

Merci.

[@jalalradan]

perfect

[@sonnetxiii]

This is a great technique...thanks

[@vikingirk]

Thanks a lot! Another interesting method.

[@WanderFeetChronicles]

Thanks Aaron.

[@johnmoon822]

Masterful! Thank you

[@redsummerstorm3166]

this is a nice technique..

[@k2valera]

Saludos, excelente aporte, muchas gracias.

[@tanvi91tanvi91]

Hello Aaron, I am a big fan. I've watched all videos of your youtube channel. That's crazy haha. Recently my client asked me to remove the lens flare from his one family photo. I have checked each related video of youtube. Didn't find any video helpful. I look forward to hearing from the best photoshop instructor of this era. Can you make a video how to remove lens flare?

[@ImmortalMomentsArt]

Fantastic!

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love, love, l o v e!

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Awesome ❤️❤️❤️

[@jaysonfontela5761]

💖

[@Scrubbini]

Thank you very much. I do learn a lot from you, I really enjoy your tutorials. So you say, the light has to come from behind: but what if, let's say, the light would come from a window on the right, couldn't you apply the same technique on that?

[@andrewblock7118]

Awesome tutorial! I was curious why you used a white brush and not a color to match the sun first? Wouldn’t this remove a step with the color matching?

[@jdblick1002]

I'm only just starting out and I immediately thought this too. It seems like a lot of additional steps could be removed by just color picking with the eye dropper the sun ray from the start, and not just using default white. Maybe it was just for tutorial purposes

[@nikondon9]

Aaron a popular photographer said he uses only dodge and burn and dust and scratches to retouch his pictures are amazing! My question is how do you use dust and scratches to retouch?

[@rEYADPsGraphicDesign]

Great

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Hello ,
Please make 30 days of Adobe premiere Pro.

[@js37242]

Thanks Aaron. Can you use ruler lines so you don't have to guess where to place the radial filter?

[@fadetounforgiven]

I've been doing this to a couple of recent photos of mine, not the first time, and as far as I know, you are not achieving anything from that. I mean, you can use those ruler lines to have a measure of where to put the center of the radial blur but it will be an approximation, you will most likely have to do some fine adjustments anyway.
Also, it has three levels of finesse, try always the first one and once you know where to place it, you can go for full detail, as this will take photoshop a few seconds (depends on your machine but, anyway) to get it done.

[@jgraham4000]

How do you use the texture visible on the background? I don't want the girl to have Light Rays..

[@phlearn]

Hey there, if you send us an email to support with a screenshot of your PSD file and layers, our team will do their best to guide you!

[@izichannel9013]

3-й

[@tojotaco3822]

aye im early

[@RS265trophy]

the more he says it's not difficult.....

[@agm9525]

The problem is that photography becomes more fake and fake

[@desertgecko4549]

Or you could hop on over to Luminar and do this in two clicks. 😂

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“Congrats to everyone who is early and who found this comment”

[@laurank]

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[@matheusempixels]

Amazing!