Create Dynamic Lighting Effect Using Custom Brushes in Photoshop CS5
September 28th, 2012 by admin Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Designing, Photo Editing
Set the Blending mode for this layer to Difference.
Create a new layer and use here the earlier mentioned Soft Round brush.
Use this brush to paint the model on the indicated positions as shown. The brush’s color is #E0FF4C (brush Opacity – 40%).
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click between layers in the Layers panel to create a clipping mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Set Fill to 50% for this layer click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Vivid Light.
Create new layer and use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill it with #8177A1 color.
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click between layers in the Layers panel to create a clipping mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Set Fill to 12% for this layer click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Hard Mix.
Create a new layer and select for it the Soft Round brush mentioned earlier of black color to represent shadows on the model. Apply a different Opacity value.
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click between layers in the Layers panel to create a clipping mask.
We’ve got the next result:
Set Fill to 87% for this layer click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Soft Light.
Create a new layer and paint with the Soft Round brush the indicated positions on the model’s body.
The brush is of white color and yellow one with different brush Opacity value.
Set Fill to 45% for this layer click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Soft Light.
Create again a new layer, using here the same Soft Round brush for representing many dots of different diameters.
The brush is of #849C3E color.
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CathL
03/10/2012
Awesome! thank you!
kursus
04/10/2012
wow..lighting effect tutorial. i like your design art. thank you for sharing.
jamesbolo
05/10/2012
Great techniques! Cheers
Sandro
07/10/2012
great tutorial, keep it up!
Michel
12/10/2012
Awesome effect. Nice way to make an image look like its in motion
Samira
13/10/2012
It was awesome,I enjoyed,I am going to practice it.
Alj
13/03/2013
I’m stuck in this part. “Paint in the mask using this brush to clean up the top part of the canvas as shown. The brush’s color is black.”
kaustubh
19/04/2013
Its great..Can any one please guide me for – Paint in the mask using this brush to clean up the top part of the canvas as shown. The brush’s color is black.” If i use 100 then its showing patches.