Photoshop tutorial: Put a cutting edge spin on the lens flare effect

Get ready to become reacquainted with one of digital imaging software's strongest effects
  • (Digital Arts Magazine)
  • — 15 September, 2010 13:20

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Step 13Now we’re going to put a yellow filter effect over the whole thing. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter. Select Yellow for the Filter and 90% for the Density.

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Step 14 Select all layers and duplicate them, then merge all the duplicated layers into a single layer. You can also do this using a keyboard shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E). Next, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Move this layer so it will be beneath the Photo Filter layer, then change the blending mode to Screen with the Opacity set to 50%.

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Fabio Sasso

Digital Arts Magazine
Topics: graphics software, adobe, graphic design, photoshop
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