{"id":286,"date":"2012-10-01T19:59:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T19:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=286"},"modified":"2019-04-13T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:08:45","slug":"high-key-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/","title":{"rendered":"High Key Glow Effect With Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside><style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 30px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo effects top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-2\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2740208297\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/aside>\n<section>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this <strong>Photoshop tutorial<\/strong>, we'll learn how to create a <strong>high key glow effect<\/strong>, which is a fancy way of saying we'll be applying a glow only to the highlights in an image. This effect works especially well with wedding portraits since it's great for adding a romantic, magical look to your photos, and wedding portraits usually contain lots of bright white areas to work with.<\/p>\n<p>We'll see how to easily select just the highlights in an image using Photoshop's <strong>Color Range<\/strong> command, then we'll copy the highlights to their own layer and create the glow effect  using a blur filter and one of Photoshop's layer <strong>blend modes<\/strong> designed for lightening images. Finally, we'll combine layers into a <strong>layer group<\/strong> and use a <strong>layer mask<\/strong> to limit the areas where the glow effect is visibile. It may sound like a lot of work, but once you know how to do it, the entire effect can be completed in just a few minutes! I'm using <strong>Photoshop CS4<\/strong> here, but any recent version of Photoshop will work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Here's the image I'll be using for this tutorial:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/bridal-kisses.jpg\" alt=\"The original image. Image licensed from iStockphoto by Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original image.<\/div>\n<p>Here's how it will look after adding our high key glow effect:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-high-key-glow-effect.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop high key glow effect.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after applying the glow effect to the highlights.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside> <style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/aside>\n<aside>\n<p>This tutorial is from our <a href=\"\/photo-effects\/\" title=\"Learn Photoshop effects\">Photo Effects<\/a> series. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<section>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How To Create A High Key Glow Effect In Photoshop<\/h2>\n<h3><span>Step 1:<\/span> Select The Highlights With The Color Range Command<\/h3>\n<p>With our image newly opened in Photoshop, our first step is to select only the highlights (the brightest areas) in the image. Photoshop gives us an easy way to select the highlights  using  the <strong>Color Range<\/strong> command, which, like the Magic Wand tool, allows us to select a range of colors or brightness values in an image, although the Color Range command is much more powerful. Go up to the <strong>Select<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar at the top of the screen and choose <strong>Color Range<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/select-color-range.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Color Range command in Photoshop.\" width=\"220\" height=\"159\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Select &gt; Color Range.<\/div>\n<p>When the Color Range dialog box appears, simply select <strong>Highlights<\/strong> from the <strong>Select<\/strong> drop-down list at the top of the dialog box:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-color-range.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the highlights with the Color Range command in Photoshop.\" width=\"424\" height=\"403\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose &quot;Highlights&quot; for the Select option at the top of the Color Range dialog box.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to exit out of the dialog box, and if we look at the image in the document window, we can now see selection outlines appearing around all the highlight areas:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/image-highlights-selected.jpg\" alt=\"The highlights in the image are now selected.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting the highlights in an image is easy with the Color Range command.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Copy The Highlights To A New Layer<\/h3>\n<p>With the highlights selected, go up to the <strong>Layer<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar, choose <strong>New<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>Layer via Copy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/layer-new-layer-via-copy.gif\" alt=\"The New Layer via Copy command in Photoshop.\" width=\"472\" height=\"170\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Layer &gt; New &gt; Layer via Copy.<\/div>\n<p>You can also  press the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac) which is a much faster way to copy a layer. Normally, this would create a copy of the entire layer, but any time we have something on the layer selected, only the area inside the selection is copied. In this case, we have the highlights selected, so only the highlights are copied to the new layer.<\/p>\n<p> It won't look like anything has happened yet in the document window, but if we look in the Layers panel (panels are called &quot;palettes&quot; in earlier versions of Photoshop), we can see that we now have a new layer named &quot;Layer 1&quot; sitting above the Background layer, which is the layer that contains our original image. And if we look in the <strong>preview thumbnail<\/strong> to the left of the layer's name, we can see that the layer contains only the highlights from the image. The gray and white checkerboard pattern that fills up the rest of the thumbnail indicates transparency, which means that those areas on the layer are blank:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-new-layer.gif\" alt=\"The image highlights have been copied to a new layer.\" width=\"294\" height=\"244\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The new layer (\"Layer 1\") contains only the highlights from the photo.<\/div>\n<p>If you want a better view of exactly what's on \"Layer 1\", click on the <strong>Layer Visibility<\/strong> icon (the eyeball) on the left of the Background layer in the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/layer-visibility-icon.gif\" alt=\"The Layer Visibility icon in the Layers panel in Photoshop.\" width=\"306\" height=\"244\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Use the Layer Visibility icons to temporarily turn layers on and off in the document window.<\/div>\n<p>This will temporarily hide the original image on the Background layer from view, allowing us to see only the highlights on \"Layer 1\", along with the checkerboard pattern showing us the areas on the layer that are blank:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/view-layer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Viewing the contents of Layer 1 in Photoshop.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Viewing the contents of \"Layer 1\".<\/div>\n<p>Click once again on the Layer Visibility icon for the Background layer to turn it back on. We'll now use the highlights to create our glow effect!<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Change The Blend Mode Of \"Layer 1\" To Screen<\/h3>\n<p>You should now be seeing the entire image once again in the document window. Make sure \"Layer 1\" is selected in the Layers panel. The currently selected layer is always highlighted in blue, so if \"Layer 1\" is not highlighted in blue, click on it in the Layers panel to select it. We're going to make the highlights appear much brighter in the image, and we'll do that by changing the <strong><a href=\"..\/..\/photo-editing\/layer-blend-modes\/\">layer's blend mode<\/a><\/strong>. You'll find the blend mode options at the top of the Layers panel. By default, layers are set to the Normal blend mode, which basically means &quot;boring&quot;. Click on the word &quot;Normal&quot;, then select <strong>Screen<\/strong> from the list of blend modes that appears:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/screen-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Screen layer blend mode in Photoshop.\" width=\"311\" height=\"244\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Changing a layer's blend mode affects how the layer blends in with the layer(s) below it.<\/div>\n<p>The Screen blend mode is one of a group of blend modes in Photoshop that lighten the image, and we can see in the document window that the highlight areas now appear much brighter, although they also appear  rather harsh and blotchy at the moment, but we'll fix that in the next step:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/image-screen-blend-mode.jpg\" alt=\"The image after setting the highlights to the Screen blend mode.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The highlights appear brighter after setting them to the Screen blend mode.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Apply The Gaussian Blur Filter<\/h3>\n<p>To create the glow effect, we need to soften the highlights, and we'll do that by applying a small amount of blurring to them. Go up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar, choose <strong>Blur<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>Gaussian Blur<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/select-gaussian-blur.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Gaussian Blur filter in Photoshop.\" width=\"374\" height=\"168\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Filter &gt; Blur &gt; Gaussian Blur.<\/div>\n<p>This brings up Photoshop's Gaussian Blur dialog box. Adjust the amount of blurring that's applied to the highlights by clicking and dragging the <strong>Radius slider<\/strong> at the bottom of the dialog box. Drag the slider towards the right to apply more blurring, or towards the left to reduce the blur amount. You'll want to keep an eye on your image in the document window as you drag the slider since the amount you choose will depend both on your own personal taste and on the size of your image, but  keep the amount fairly low, otherwise you'll wash out the highlights completely. I'm going to set my Radius value to around 8 pixels:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-gaussian-blur.gif\" alt=\"The Gaussian Blur filter in Photoshop.\" width=\"341\" height=\"341\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Adjust the amount of blurring with the Radius slider.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK when you're done to exit out of the dialog box, at which point Photoshop applies the blurring to the layer. The highlights now appear much softer:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/image-gaussian-blur.jpg\" alt=\"The highlights now appear softer.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The harsh edges of the highlights have now been softened into a glow effect.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 5: Duplicate \"Layer 1\"<\/h3>\n<p>To make the glow effect even more intense, let's duplicate \"Layer 1\". Once again either go up to the <strong>Layer<\/strong> menu, choose <strong>New<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>Layer via Copy<\/strong>, or simply press the keyboard shortcut <strong>Ctrl+J<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+J<\/strong> (Mac). We can see in the Layers panel that we now have a copy of &quot;Layer 1, which Photoshop has creatively named &quot;Layer 1 copy&quot;, sitting directly above the original. Notice that the new layer's blend mode has also been copied and is already set to Screen for us:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/layer-1-copy.gif\" alt=\"Duplicating a layer in Photoshop.\" width=\"294\" height=\"309\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Since no selection was active this time, the entire layer was copied.<\/div>\n<p>And if we look in the document window, we can see that the glow now appears even brighter, although in my case at least, it's becoming too bright in some areas:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/image-brighter-glow.jpg\" alt=\"The glow effect is now more intense.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The glow effect may now be a little too intense in some areas.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 6: Combine The Two Highlights Layers Into A Layer Group<\/h3>\n<p>To control exactly which parts of the image are affected by the glow effect, as well as the intensity of the  effect in different areas, we can use a <strong><a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/layer-masks\/\">layer mask<\/a><\/strong>. Since my document contains two separate  layers for the highlights (&quot;Layer 1&quot; and &quot;Layer 1 copy&quot;), I'm going to control both of them at once by combining the two layers into a <strong>layer group<\/strong> and then adding a layer mask directly to the  group.<\/p>\n<p>First, we need to select the layers that we want to group together. At the moment, I have the top layer, &quot;Layer 1 copy&quot;, selected. To select &quot;Layer 1&quot; below it as well, I'll hold down my <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and click on &quot;Layer 1&quot; in the Layers panel. This will select both layers at once. We can see in the Layers panel that both layers are now highlighted in blue, which means they're both selected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/select-both-layers.gif\" alt=\"Selecting multiple layers at once in Photoshop CS4. Image &copy; 2008 Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"294\" height=\"309\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The ability to select multiple layers at once was first introduced in Photoshop CS2.<\/div>\n<p>To group them together, go up to the <strong>Layer<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar and choose <strong>Group Layers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-group-layers.gif\" alt=\"Grouping layers in Photoshop CS4.\" width=\"250\" height=\"140\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Layer &gt; Group Layers.<\/div>\n<p>You can also use the faster keyboard shortcut for grouping layers, <strong>Ctrl+G<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+G<\/strong> (Mac). Either way tells Photoshop to combine the two layers into a layer group, and we can see in the Layers panel that a layer group named \"Group 1\" appears. Both highlights layers are now inside the group:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-layer-group.gif\" alt=\"A layer group in Photoshop CS4.\" width=\"294\" height=\"222\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the triangle icon to twirl a layer group open or closed, revealing or hiding the layers inside it.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 7: Add A Layer Mask To The Layer Group<\/h3>\n<p>Now that both layers are inside the layer group, let's add a layer mask to the group by clicking on the <strong>Layer Mask<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. You'll see a white-filled <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> appear to the left of the group's name:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-layer-mask.gif\" alt=\"Adding a layer mask to a layer group in Photoshop CS4.\" width=\"294\" height=\"247\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Adding a mask to a layer group allows us to mask all of the layers inside the group at once.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 8: Select The Brush Tool<\/h3>\n<p>We're going to paint with black on the layer mask to hide the glow effect from certain areas of the image, which means we'll need Photoshop's <strong>Brush Tool<\/strong> to paint with. Select the Brush Tool from the Tools panel, or press the letter <strong>B<\/strong> on your keyboard to select it with the shortcut:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-brush-tool.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Brush Tool in Photoshop.\" width=\"73\" height=\"130\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Adding a mask to a layer group allows us to mask all of the layers inside the group at once.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 9: Set Your Foreground Color To Black<\/h3>\n<p>Photoshop paints using whichever color you currently have selected as your Foreground color. You can see what your current Foreground color is by looking at the <strong>Foreground color swatch<\/strong> near the bottom of the Tools panel. We want to paint with black, so if your color swatch is set to anything other than black, press the letter <strong>D<\/strong> on your keyboard, which will set your Foreground color to white (the default Foreground color whenever a layer mask is selected), then press the letter <strong>X<\/strong> to switch it to black:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-foreground-color.gif\" alt=\"Setting the Foreground color to black in Photoshop.\" width=\"74\" height=\"141\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The default Foreground (black) and Background (white) colors are reversed when a layer mask is selected.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 10: Paint Over Areas To Hide The Glow Effect<\/h3>\n<p>With the Brush Tool selected and black set as your Foreground color, paint over any areas in the image where you want to hide the glow effect. Since we're painting on the layer mask, not the image itself, you won't see any black appearing as you paint. Instead, you'll see the glow effect disappearing from view in those areas. <\/p>\n<p>You can control the size of the brush as you paint using handy keyboard shortcuts. Press the <strong>left bracket key ( [ )<\/strong> to make the brush smaller, or the <strong>right bracket key ( ] )<\/strong> to make it larger. You'll want to use a soft edge brush as you paint, and you can control the hardness of the brush edges by adding the <strong>Shift<\/strong> key to the shortcuts I just mentioned. Press <strong>Shift+left bracket ( [ )<\/strong> to make the brush edges softer, or <strong>Shift+right bracket ( ] )<\/strong> to make them harder.<\/p>\n<p>I'm going to paint along the top and sides of my image to hide the glow effect from those areas and bring back the detail in the background:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/paint-black-100.jpg\" alt=\"Painting away the glow effect with a layer mask in Photoshop.\" width=\"612\" height=\"355\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Painting with black on a layer mask hides the content of the layer(s) in those areas.<\/div>\n<p>If we look at the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers panel, we can see exactly where we've painted with black:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/layer-mask-black-100.gif\" alt=\"The layer mask thumbnail shows where we've painted on the image.\" width=\"294\" height=\"244\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The layer mask thumbnail shows us which areas of the image we've painted over.<\/div>\n<p>For areas where you simply want to reduce the intensity of the glow, not remove it completely, paint with your brush set to a lower opacity. You'll find the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> option in the Options Bar at the top of the screen. I'm going to lower my brush opacity down to 50%:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/brush-opacity-50.gif\" alt=\"The brush opacity option in the Options Bar in Photoshop. Image &copy; 2008 Photoshop Essentials.com.\" width=\"680\" height=\"60\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Options Bar shows options for whichever tool is currently selected. Here, it displays options for the Brush Tool.<\/div>\n<p>I want to bring back a subtle amount of detail in the bride's dress along the bottom of the photo, so I'll paint over it with my brush set to 50% opacity. This blends the effect in with the original image rather than removing it entirely:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/paint-black-50.jpg\" alt=\"Painting on the layer mask with a lower opacity brush.\" width=\"612\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Use a lower opacity brush in areas where you want to reduce the intensity of the effect.<\/div>\n<p>I also want to reduce the glow effect in the straps of the bride's dress, and I think her teeth are starting to look too much like a toothpaste commercial, so I'll paint over those areas with my 50% opacity brush as well. If you want a better view of exactly where you've painted on the layer mask, hold down your <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) key and click directly on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> in the Layers panel. This will allow you to view the layer mask itself in the document window. Here, we can see the areas along the top of the photo where I painted with black. The lighter gray areas are where I painted with my brush opacity set to 50%:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-layer-mask-visible.jpg\" alt=\"Viewing the layer mask in the document window.\" width=\"613\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Hold down Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and click on the layer mask thumbnail to view the mask inside the document window.<\/div>\n<p>Switch back to the normal document view mode by once again holding down <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) and clicking on the <strong>layer mask thumbnail<\/strong> in the Layers panel. And with that, we're done! Here is my final \"high key glow effect\" result:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/high-key-glow\/photoshop-high-key-glow-effect.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop high key glow effect.\" width=\"613\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final high key glow effect.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<aside>\n<p>And there we have it! 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