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:
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:
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: