Light Effect in Photoshop 2021
Hello, this is Chris from Spoon Graphics, and I’m back with Light Effect episode for Adobe Photoshop 2021.
Today I’m going to show you how to create a vibrant visual Light Effect by adding Photo Color Correction.
This popular art style often incorporates simple shapes or text for the neon Light Effect, illuminated in bright colors.
First, I’ll show you how to use Photoshop to draw a custom shape and give it a v shape.
Then, we’ll use a clever technique to apply a colorful ambiance to the original photo.
Suppose the new Light Effect source is illuminating it as a finishing touch. We’ll also add smoke and particle effects to create a neat cyberpunk art piece with a futuristic vaporwave style.
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This style of artwork with almost any background imagery, but it helps to have a dark scene, so the luminance of the nail Light Effect is visible.
I’m using this free portrait photo by Harsh Kushwaha from pixels.com. The original composition is quite tall and narrow.
So use the crop tool to expand the canvas area slightly, hold the alt key to extend the sides by an equal amount, then add some extra space to the top too.
Photoshop can do a pretty good job of filling in this space itself. Next, use the marquee tool to draw a selection around the opening on one side, then hold shift and add the other areas to the appointment.
Go to edit and fill, then change the drop-down menu to content-aware.
Photoshop should automatically generate a completely new background, but it may make a couple of minor mistakes easily fixed with the patch tool.
Then drag to sample the area you want to use instead of activating the brush tool and edit the settings to maximum hardness.
Adjust the size to approximately the diameter you want your neon tube to be.
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Set the color to white and scribble a few tests to check the line thickness, then undo with command and z or ctrl and z on Windows.
Select the pen tool and click three individual points to draw a triangle.
Alternatively, you could experiment with other shapes, such as circles, custom line work, or even text with a mono-weight font.
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create a new layer, then right-click and choose the stroke path. Make sure the option is set on the brush tool.
The path will be outlined according to the brush settings and size we’ve already configured.
If necessary, use the command in the shortcut or transform to adjust the position, and double-click this layer to open the layer style options.
I’ll add a cocktail of effects to create a colorful neon glow.
First, add a color overlay.
Next, choose a hue for your nail Light Effect in Photoshop pinks, blues, greens, and yellows all works well.
Add the inner glow Light Effect next, configure the color to white, then set the source to center, reset the choke to zero, then zoom in and carefully adjust the size value to generate a bright hot spot in the center of the tube.
Change the contour profile to the half-round setting to make the color change more abrupt.
Next, add an outer glow. Finally, set the color to a similar hue to your neon tube, pink, and the blend mode to linear dodge.
which will help to generate a bright luminous glow Light Effect.
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Return the opacity to 100 for now, and adjust the size value to add a soft haze to the tube, removing the complex outline.
Sixty pixels work for the scale of my document reduce the opacity value to soften the glow slightly to around 50 percent.
It is impossible to layer up multiple outer glow effects. Still, we can instead reconfigure the drop shadow to produce the same Light Effect instead of black.
Set the shadow color to your neon color with the blend mode of linear dodge, reduce the distance values to zero, and adjust the size to a giant ambient glow.
If you’re working on a large image, chances are you’ll have to max out the slider to 250 pixels to add an even larger glow.
We’ll have to draw it manually. Then, select the brush tool and configure the brush with zero hardness and a much larger size of around 1000 pixels.
Set up the foreground color with your neon hue, then quickly trace the outline of the neon shape again with the pen tool.
Add a new layer, then right-click and choose the stroke path again.
This time, the sizeable soft brush will be used to set the blending mode of this layer to linear dodge to allow the color to interact with the background photo.
reduce the fill value to around 20 to create a more subtle glow shift, click both neon layers and use the command and g shortcut to create a group To make the neon appear.
If it’s in the scene, erase a small portion to make it look like it’s surrounding the subject. But, first, we need to select the topic, so activate the background layer.
Then go to select and subject, activate the group again, then apply a layer mask.
The mask is currently being applied the wrong way around, so use the command and I short.
Then, in the blend, if settings, hold the alt key and drag half of the triangle icon towards the center of the spectrum to remove the hue and saturation effect from the shadows, leaving only the highlights reflecting the pink light.
Add a new layer for a couple of finishing touches. Dab two small spots of color where the neon appears to go behind the subject.
Set the blending mode to linear dodge and reduce the fill value to turn these color spots into the subtle, luminous glow.
download and install the free smoke brushes I’ve linked to in the description, add a new layer above the background and use the smoke brushes to paint a fog around the artwork.
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apply a layer mask to this smoke layer and begin erasing the smoke by painting within the front with the same brush.
It helps to reduce the flow value, and don’t forget to make sure you’re painting with black to erase the areas from the mask.
You can fine-tune the result further by adjusting the opacity of the layer to generate just a subtle misting of smoke to help enhance the neon glow for the ultimate vaporware look.
You can also mix in some other vibrant colors. Add a new layer at the top of the stack and use a large soft brush to dab some spots of blue or any different contrasting color.
Set the blending mode to soft light and alter the opacity settings to add an interesting color cast. Download my free grain textures from my spoon graphics website and open up one of the png files.
These textures are made from sprinklings of British tea, English breakfast to be exact.
But they’re handy for adding grain or particle Light Effect to your artwork.
Press command and select all orders and c to copy command and w to close.
Then in the working document, press command, and v to paste. Finally, invert the texture to white using the power in eye shortcut.
Then scale and reposition the particles to fill the canvas using the command and t transform shortcut.
Set the blending mode of this layer to color dodge and reduce the filler value, so they’re barely visible.
Apply a quick Gaussian blur filter to take the sharp edge off the texture, then apply a layer mask and dab a few spots here and there to help the particles blend in.
The final result is a colorful neon light Light Effect that enhances the photo with an abstract futuristic cyberpunk looks.
Photoshop’s layer styles did a great job of replicating a bright nail lightly with a vibrant glow.
But what makes the real difference is the additional color layers to generate the colorful ambiance.
If you love creating neon Light Effects, you might want to check out the neon toolbox.
It’s packed full of resources to help you create custom neon signs complete with backgrounds and other elements such as bar grids and wall hooks.
Inside, there are 95 one-click layer styles in every color under the sun, as well as a plethora of ready-made assets to help you create a custom scene.
It is out by following the link in the description where you can pick it up with up to a 50 discount when you buy it along with other marketplace products if you enjoyed this tutorial or learn to hear new tips and tricks.
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