Adobe Photoshop Tutorials - Photo Effects

Photoshop Effects: Focus With Light

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Step 2: Open The Lighting Effects Filter

With the copy of our Background layer selected, we're going to bring up Photoshop's Lighting Effects filter. To do that, go up to the Filter menu at the top of the screen, select Render, and then select Lighting Effects. This brings up the Lighting Effects dialog box:

Photoshop's Lighting Effects filter dialog box
Photoshop Effects: Photoshop's Lighting Effects filter dialog box.

If you've never used the Lighting Effects filter before, you may be looking at the dialog box above and thinking "Oh my god, there's no way I can do this". Don't worry, there's only a couple of things we're going to be doing here, and they're very simple. You can safely ignore most of what you're seeing.

Step 3: Select The "Flashlight" Lighting Style

The first option we're going to change is the one at the very top, the lighting Style. Click on the down-pointing arrow to bring up a list of available styles, and choose Flashlight from the list:

Select the Flashlight lighting style
Photoshop Effects: Select the "Flashlight" lighting style from the list.

As soon as you select the Flashlight style, the image in the preview window on the left of the Lighting Effects dialog box changes to reflect the new lighting:

The preview window of the Lighting Effects filter dialog box
Photoshop Effects: The preview window on the left changes to show how the Flashlight effect currently looks.

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