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Create Beams Of Light From Nothing In Photoshop
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Creating Beams of Light
Here is some great insight on creating beams of light in photoshop. Check it out.
Working With Layers
The key to getting a beam of light to look realistic is using multiple layers while creating it. A beam of light will be most intense in the center of the beam, so by making three different curves layers that get smaller and smaller it gives the light a sense of depth. It’s also important to apply a gaussian blur to the layer masks so the light doesn’t look unreasonably hard edged.
Adding Fog
The second part to making the beam of light believable is adding fog to the image. The only way a beam of light can really be visible is if there are many small particles in the air for it to reflect off of. By using a combination of adjustment layers and Filter - Clouds, we can create a texture around the light that gives the illusion of a foggy day.
Photo by Vincent Tullo
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Nice tutorial, thank you =D
1:25 > (light beam from the spot light)
> layers panel: hit "create new layer"> "S": stamp tool> canvas: draw on the spot light to remove it
2:24 > layers panel: hit "create new layer"
(1st light beam)
(curves)
> "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon> note: look at the light and shadow in the ground to find a more realistic place to work on your light beam> create light beam in multiple layers, to make it look realistic (more depth), if you only work on single layer, it never looks good
4:10 > adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment
(blur)
4:35 > layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=160px (choose very large blur)> hit "OK"> note: now the light beam looks much more realistic> "alt+click": on layer mask, you can inspect the light beam
(2nd light beam)
5:06 > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon, but inside the previous light beam> note: now we create the core of our light beam> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment> layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=100px (choose less blur than previous and reasonably strong)> hit "OK"
(3rd light beam)
5:53 > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon, but inside the previous light beam> note: now we create the core of our light beam> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment> layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=75px (choose less blur than previous and reasonably strong)> hit "OK"
7:25 > (simulate some fog, which forms the environment of showing light beam)
(curves)
> layers panel: select the top layer> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the bottom-left edge of curve up to make darkness brighter> layers panel: select layer mask of the curve layer> "ctrl+I": invert it to black> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=white> canvas: draw around the character on the ground
8:12 > (render 1st clouds: around the light beam)
> layers panel: hit "create new layer"
> top panel: filter, render, clouds> note: the clouds are too small, so make them larger> "ctrl+T": resize it a bit larger> layers panel: hit "create layer mask"> select the layer mask> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black, flow=30%> canvas: draw around area far from the light beam to hide the fog which disturbing focus
9:02 > (render 2nd clouds: outside of the light beam)
> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> top panel: filter, render, clouds> properties panel: > RGB: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> B: lower down the curve, darken the blue color> R: drag up the curve, lighten the red> layers panel: select the layer mask of the curve layer> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black> canvas: draw around the beam to hide the red cloud/fog effect around the light beam area> opacity=85%
10:00 > (hide the stamped area with black blend if layer)> layers panel: hit "fx", blending options> layer styles window, blending options panel: blend if=gray, underlying layer bar: drag white box to left, to protect the highlights> "alt+click": on white box, drag the left side of white box to the most left side, to add feathering for transition>
10:53 > (warm the light beam: curves with layer mask)
11:28 > (group all curves adjustment layers, except curves for street lamp)> layers panel: select all curves, except for street lamp> "ctrl+G": group them
11:33 > (add gradient to beam light: top to bottom, strong to weak)> layers panel: select the group> "ctrl+J": duplicate the group> hold "alt", hit "create layer mask" icon> select the layer mask> "G": gradient tool> top bar: style=linear, type=white to transparent> canvas: drag from the extension line far away from the top-right corner of canvas, to half body of the light beam> note: it gets more visible on the top, and no completely white painted> select the original group layer> hit "create layer mask" icon> "G": gradient tool> top bar: style=linear, type=black to transparent> canvas: drag from the extension line far away from the bottom-left corner of canvas, to half body of the light beam> note: reduce the strength of the lower light beam> select the upper light beam group> opacity=70%
13:11> (render clouds on light beam: add more texture)> layers panel: select the 2 groups> "ctrl+G": group them> hit "create layer mask" icon> select the layer mask
> top panel: filter, render, clouds> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black> canvas: draw around the light beam, to hide the cloud/fog on the light beam
7 years on and this video is still relevant! Thank you! 🌻
THANK YOU! As an architecture student making an emblematic image from scratch, this helped me A LOT!
you made the top right corner of the beam brighter. but gravity pulls most of the fog down, so it should get dimmer the higher the light is and brighter towards the floor, as there are more particles near the floor to reflect the light. thanks for the tutorial.
This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. No bs, just a straight forward instruction. Already subscribed!
Wow, immediately subscribed! I'm not a native english speaker but I love how fast you speak and do your work. Otherwise I never would have watched the whole video. Good photoshop skills without unnecessary comments, really great job! :)
i never got so happy by watching the first 5 seconds of a tutorial!
I been following this account for a year now and you guys help me out so much! So easy and understanding and you are not boring! You actually speak like you want to be doing this.
Thank you!
The beam of light should not illuminate the trees in the background considering the distance of the trees to the subject.
I have the same question : )
Stevan Lohja both are you are wrong if your looking from that point of view the beam of light should not stop it should look like there is a beam on the back tree im 16 and i know this lol
Stevan Lohja
I agree. What actually should make the beam look like a beam are not the objects in the background but rather particles of dust being hit by the light beam. I suppose this could be done by working with more layers.
@Justin
That's wrong. Objects that are not being hit by the light beam should obviously not reflect that light. Next time you're outside during nighttime check out car lights. That's probably the best proof for that. You can only see stuff that's being hit by the light, nothing else.
Stefan Witzel Absolutely, I think it's a good amateur tutorial and can be built on. My Photoshop master used to put his nose up to the screen and inspect pixels of my work lol.
Stevan Lohja What would be a more realistic depiction of the beam?
Finally, someone who can teach quickly and effectively on here! Definitely a subscriber now and look forward to learning more from your channel!!
Apparently if you use curves then there is nothing around it, or as far as I have tried, but the same effect is achieved by creating a new layer, creating a selection using the polygonal lasso tool and filling the layer with a gradient from white to transparent, and then finally creating a blur.
Thumbs up for solution.
Been watch a lot of your videos before I go into college to major for this type of stuff. Just to make my life easier. Thanks to you dude.
Really liked the "layers" suggestion, and use of Gaussian Blur on the mask.
Simple...Effective...
this is by far the easiest and most effective tutorial i have seen
Great video Aaron, your Pro Tutorials are awesome as well.
+Phlearn Photoshop and Photography Tutorials Hello! Nice video btw! Uhm I have an issue and I hope you could answer me when you get a chance, anyway. The issue is I keep on getting horizontal lines from top to bottom of the screen after I apply a lighting effect... Do you know why this is happening? All I simply do is filter- render-lighting effects- style default, light type spotlight... Thank you in advance!
Anyone else think the effect was negated by the ultra-unrealistic "fog" addition? Also, deviant art has some nice fog brush sets. Perhaps that would have given you a better effect?
*You are one of the best photoshop expert*
Real nice. Now that I've been staring at it for this 10+ minutes though, one thing bothers me: The beam shouldn't be lighting the trees up like that on the top right section of the image, the trees should be underexposed and the rays of light should be illuminating just the fog that it's going through.
Hi Phlearn, I am in no way a Photographer. I am wanting to learn how to photoshop family photos to improve or enhance them. I have viewed a few of your tutorials but struggle with them. The reason being is because you seem to have real basic photos that you use as an example. For instance clone stamping.... making unwanted items disappear off a photo, you have a real basic easy photo to work with but you don't show how to do it with a more detailed photo. I have noticed that you do this with a few of your tutorials including the one above.
This is just my feedback and in no way any criticism.
On a positive note, you have a great teaching voice and I love how you explain things step by step as you go and the reasons for doing them.
+Sally Rickard I have also noticed this and it doesn't help me learn when that is the case, because detailed work is a whole other thing. Agree.
+Sally Rickard - Clone stamping out an item can be tricky when, in fact, the real issue is to insert or extend the background into the area of the removed object. I run into this all the time in "family photos".
Point is that the real lesson is about how to ADD/MERGE/EXTEND the background, and that is a whole lesson or set of lessons in itself. In short, I duplicate the layer (so I can add back). Then I look for any symmetry in the background that can be extended into the "erased" area (tiling, or similar objects for example). I realize this would be clearer with examples - just saying that artful use of the clone tool can be a whole group of lessons.
Great video! I love that you work non-destructively and utilize masks and adjustment layers. So few tutorials do.
Thank you for the tutorial. I have a scene that I have to introduce a light beam into and this will prove very helpful. "I'll be back!" Thanks again.
Love love love it.. this video/tut is everything ❤️u explained it so beautifully. Step by step.. u r a great teacher..
thank you so much Sir... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The idea/technique of free-transform the could-render filter is great, actually I never thought it, so this is a new cool tip!!
I am learning so much from your videos! Not even just about PS, but of art and how to make really good art. These are so amazing. Thank you for producing such fantastic products!
Always great to have a new way to go about lighting a photo. I am having a great time with all the great tutorials . BUCK DUDE!!!!
Although on first look the beam appears real, you have to realize that a beam like that wouldn't light up the trees in the background the way they do. The beam would light up the haze between the source and the target, and it'd would appear to be a light grey. It would actually block the background, not light it up.
correct
Concur, nice vid. But if you are going to get crazy prefect, the trees should be slightly darker as they are farther away.
I'm impressed with the techniques in this tutorial but I can't help feel like others on this thread that the 'spotlight' you're painting in wouldn't illuminate trees out of its direct path and so I think this would look amazing if the beam of light actually receded in intensity closer to the source.
LOL I am Italian and I am Phlearning pretty much thanks to you. And I have been impressed hearing you say CIAO ARRIVEDERCI. You are the best teacher ever!!!! I have to say bye bye, I gotta go to see your next tutorial :D
What a fantastic trick to make a light beam..very cool. Thank you!!!
Recommend, helpful for beginners
Fantastic tutorial. I was pulling my hair out trying to solve this on my own for a thumbnail. Thank you buddy.
Thanks a lot for the tutorial regarding the creation of Beams of light !
It is like when I was a kid watching Bob Ross. Ha A.N. is Bob Ross of Photoshop. "Now here is a happy little tree." Keep up the great work Mr. N.
Another great tutorial....You make photoshop techniques so easy to follow.
Thank you!
You introduced me to these effects of lighting and fog and I really wanted to learn them. 😌
Great tutorial Aaron, very easy to follow and please don't be put off with negative comments. Some people forget that they think they know it all.....
Fantastic tutorial! Straight to the point, descriptive, and educational! You sir, just earned a subscriber!
very helpful. A little long winded, but really helpful. The BEST part was two seconds after the send-off! Hillarious!
Love that smile at the beginning of every tutorial. Kinda of wondering how you do it :) The video is very helpful as usual. Thank you.
+Jackie Price That's just how Aaron is all the time. :)
It is awesome. That lighht beam very realistic
Thankyou ...i am thorougly benefitted...exactly the same thing i wanted to put in my project and i have seen many youtube videos and find yours is specific and the best onewithout any addins.Thankyou so much
That's awesome Aaron, thanks for the tut, really instructive and helpful.
Pretty good tutorial....again.learned about 3 things in one tutorial alone.thank you so much.will definitely look into your pro tutorials once this week of work is finished.
Aaron, you are my favourite photoshop teacher!
For Blurring makes you can use the properties panel and use feather :P
Đó là kênh thư vị nhất mà tôi cập nhật mới đây!....
Thanks man you are the best photoshoping chanel on youtube.Did you work in microsoft or something ?
Very nice apartment you have there. Exposed brick, no clutter. You got a big A!
I'm not trying to blow your minds with the clone stamp. ahahahaha. I don't know why I laughed so hard at that
great explanation, i've been using ps for years and it's always good to see how someone else implements the same affects using a different technique =) keep up the good work
This is a excellent tutorial, great video to get the core concept down. Thanks dude
You are one the of the best aaron
This was so much fun to watch!
You are the man with the plan!
I have never learned more and watched a better tutorial than this one! Keep it up :) Subscribed ;)
I really enjoy Phlearn tutorials !!!
Hi i have 2 questions:
1. When i created a new layer at the beginning, i couldn't clone stamp, i had to make a copy of the original image on work on that one instead. Why is this?
2. At the end when adding cloud effect to the light beam (Group 2), why are only certain areas affected by the brush and not the whole image?
...yeah just tried it, definitely a white/coloured beam, with an adjusted opacity, so as not to affect the background exposure which happens with curve adjustment.
Very cool guide. Thanks!
I need help making silhouettes of characters not stand out so much on a possible book cover. I can't seem to find the right video. Any suggestions?
I can't find curves adjustment in PSE13 so is this technique for other Photoshop platforms?
Hi! How do I save the polygon I created? Curves cant be selected
When you are adding the light you are also changing the shadows behind the subject, ie his shadows are getting lighter, should you not put all the layers at the end in a folder and mask out the areas where the light would not reach, like behind things?
i know photoshop has an option for it thats like a circle and you can turn it into an oval i just cant remember the name or where it is. or is it in lightroom?
im confused is it paint black or paint white on the curves 4 -- fog
the exact explanation i expected . Thank
Instead of using curves, you can create a hue/saturation layer, increase the lightness and then give a high feather. Just seems easier this way
You can give me a link with the image? I search it on google but i didn`t find it..
Your video so simple to follow. Thanks so much!
nice effect, but how would you avoid affecting the background objects? Makes the whole effect look less realistic, because parts of the image are now overexposed. Looks like there is a beam of light shining on the bushes and trees in the background.
+d Howard
There's a function in Photoshop that makes the adjustments affect only the layer right below them. Just enable that and the adjustments won't affect the background.
Very nice & effective tutorial............. tnx bro........ ur my 1st choice for this sub...
Excellent as always!!
for some reason, when i do the curves adjustment layer, i don't have the graph to adjust the levels and i can't figure out what--could someone help me?
Ty so much its so easy to create beams.I played around with my photo and got good results thanks.
Cool! I love the way you teach, it's easy to follow!
almost a million people have watched your video!!! wow!!!!! Keep it up :)
Cool effect, but with one omission. If the light beam is falling from the sky and if it has so narrow beam, the tree in the background couldn't be lighted, because light beam isn't coming from the viewers side of the picture, so the tree couldn't be so bright. It must be in the dark like the tree trunk. If we want to evoke an effect of real lights, of course. But anyway the idea is very nice!
I love your tutorials so much!!!
Sorry Aaron, one big mistake is that, that light beam really can't lighten up the those trees in the background. Maybe as you said, the picture should be in two different exposures. thx 4 the tut :)
Hi Aaron,
I have an issue cleaning up a jewellery image, I am confused on making gold color consistent on all over the jewellery and can you please help me figure out how to make look the jewellery as a clean product.
The only thing i would suggest on your channel is to include a link to the photograph that you are using. Makes it a billion times easier to follow along than if i have to find my own photo.
this is a really clear and helpful tutorial. thanks!
Thank you for sharing some cool techniques. Really appreciate!
love how you laughed at yourself about your clone stamping when you had to go back and fix the light ray XD
Watching this in 2021 and still so helpful! Thanks Aaron!
Thank you so much, clear and practical video. 🙏🏻!!!
Just subscribed
Great tutorial, thank you so much!!!
Thanks a lot for amazing and easy tutorial plus your way of teaching is superb! I'm glad to find and subscribe your channel...
why didn't you use a lighting effects filter? , my question is what's the difference between lighting effects filter and curves?
Thank you. Really easy to learn. Straight to the points.
Really nice work.
While I'm sure you could do most anything you wanted here, I am curious as to why you chose not to darken the upper trees in background a bit more. My notion is that I would not expect a real [fairly narrow] light source to illuminate the background. While the air/mist would capture some light, I wouldn't expect the trees to have direct illumination. In fact, the more I would see the beam in the air/mist, the less I would expect to see the trees behind (at least in my mind's eye).
Your thoughts?
Pino Domenico that was bugging me too, that distant tree in the middle of the light been, yea? You could layer mask and darken that no problem. He didn't even bother with the light stand or lens flare for a nice succinct tutorial.
excellent tutorial useful for so many different things, thanks
Wow! This is cool. You spoke a bit fast, but I'll rewind. Thank you for sharing.
Nice! Photoshop has been a tad over my head but learning. Thanks!
recently found you channel and i'm learning soo much right now... any tuts on manipulating fire?... thanks and keep with the great videos
Maaaaaaaaan you're a magician!!!!!!!!
God bless.
pls phlearn am from nigeria, i have gone from nothing to a regular photoshop guy thanx to all your tutorials. i do have a problem when printing, my design loses quality. what should i do?
OMG This helped me a lot ! I didn't know that there was a tool like this :D Thank you so much!!
What is the difference between image composite and image manipulation
cant believe that this guy works only with his tablet! Waiting for the day when i will work with the tablet like i am holding a mouse in my hand.
+gabrielwhite I think it's a Wacom. It takes time to get used to. If you are good with a mouse, no big advantage using a Wacom.
i have a wacom too! But a regular bamboo pe and touch. No pro stuff! It bothers me, that the stick of the pen moves in and out aboit a millimeter. It is anoying if you try to navigate in menus and try to tip and select.