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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Glow Effect


Glow Effect

Step 1
Open the image, if you wish to use mine then CTRL + J to duplicate the image and rename as glow.
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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%.
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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.
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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.
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Step 5
Reduce the layer opacity to 50%. Well, it is done! Hope you enjoy this.
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