Photoshop Effects: Focus With Light
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Step 8: Fade Lighting Effect To Lower Intensity If Needed
I think I like how intense the lighting effect is with my image, but if you find you want to lower the intensity, before you click on anything else in Photoshop (you'll lose this option if you don't do this right away), go up to the Edit menu at the top of the screen and select Fade Lighting Effects. This will bring up the Fade dialog box. To lower the intensity of your lighting, simply reduce the opacity of the effect by dragging the Opacity slider towards the left:
Photoshop Effects: Lower the opacity of the effect with the Fade command to reduce the intensity of the lighting if needed.
As I said, I'm going to leave mine the way it is at full intensity, but the Fade option is there if you need it.
And that's it! The lighting effect is complete. Here's my original image once again for comparison:
Photoshop Effects: The original image once again.
And here is the completed "focus with light" effect:
Photoshop Effects: The final "focus with light" result.
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