Create Beams Of Light From Nothing In Photoshop

[@ray_liu]

Nice tutorial, thank you =D 1:25 > (light beam from the spot light) > layers panel: hit "create new layer"> "S": stamp tool> canvas: draw on the spot light to remove it 2:24 > layers panel: hit "create new layer" (1st light beam) (curves) > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon> note: look at the light and shadow in the ground to find a more realistic place to work on your light beam> create light beam in multiple layers, to make it look realistic (more depth), if you only work on single layer, it never looks good 4:10 > adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment (blur) 4:35 > layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=160px (choose very large blur)> hit "OK"> note: now the light beam looks much more realistic> "alt+click": on layer mask, you can inspect the light beam (2nd light beam) 5:06 > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon, but inside the previous light beam> note: now we create the core of our light beam> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment> layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=100px (choose less blur than previous and reasonably strong)> hit "OK" (3rd light beam) 5:53 > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon, but inside the previous light beam> note: now we create the core of our light beam> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment> layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=75px (choose less blur than previous and reasonably strong)> hit "OK" 7:25 > (simulate some fog, which forms the environment of showing light beam) (curves) > layers panel: select the top layer> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the bottom-left edge of curve up to make darkness brighter> layers panel: select layer mask of the curve layer> "ctrl+I": invert it to black> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=white> canvas: draw around the character on the ground 8:12 > (render 1st clouds: around the light beam) > layers panel: hit "create new layer" > top panel: filter, render, clouds> note: the clouds are too small, so make them larger> "ctrl+T": resize it a bit larger> layers panel: hit "create layer mask"> select the layer mask> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black, flow=30%> canvas: draw around area far from the light beam to hide the fog which disturbing focus 9:02 > (render 2nd clouds: outside of the light beam) > adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> top panel: filter, render, clouds> properties panel: > RGB: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> B: lower down the curve, darken the blue color> R: drag up the curve, lighten the red> layers panel: select the layer mask of the curve layer> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black> canvas: draw around the beam to hide the red cloud/fog effect around the light beam area> opacity=85% 10:00 > (hide the stamped area with black blend if layer)> layers panel: hit "fx", blending options> layer styles window, blending options panel: blend if=gray, underlying layer bar: drag white box to left, to protect the highlights> "alt+click": on white box, drag the left side of white box to the most left side, to add feathering for transition> 10:53 > (warm the light beam: curves with layer mask) 11:28 > (group all curves adjustment layers, except curves for street lamp)> layers panel: select all curves, except for street lamp> "ctrl+G": group them 11:33 > (add gradient to beam light: top to bottom, strong to weak)> layers panel: select the group> "ctrl+J": duplicate the group> hold "alt", hit "create layer mask" icon> select the layer mask> "G": gradient tool> top bar: style=linear, type=white to transparent> canvas: drag from the extension line far away from the top-right corner of canvas, to half body of the light beam> note: it gets more visible on the top, and no completely white painted> select the original group layer> hit "create layer mask" icon> "G": gradient tool> top bar: style=linear, type=black to transparent> canvas: drag from the extension line far away from the bottom-left corner of canvas, to half body of the light beam> note: reduce the strength of the lower light beam> select the upper light beam group> opacity=70% 13:11> (render clouds on light beam: add more texture)> layers panel: select the 2 groups> "ctrl+G": group them> hit "create layer mask" icon> select the layer mask > top panel: filter, render, clouds> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black> canvas: draw around the light beam, to hide the cloud/fog on the light beam

[@AyushDj]

7 years on and this video is still relevant! Thank you! 🌻

[@joelsamuel1808]

THANK YOU! As an architecture student making an emblematic image from scratch, this helped me A LOT!

[@billyd530111]

This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. No bs, just a straight forward instruction. Already subscribed!

[@FearInThaFace]

Wow, immediately subscribed! I'm not a native english speaker but I love how fast you speak and do your work. Otherwise I never would have watched the whole video. Good photoshop skills without unnecessary comments, really great job! :)

[@JohnsyOmniscient]

Apparently if you use curves then there is nothing around it, or as far as I have tried, but the same effect is achieved by creating a new layer, creating a selection using the polygonal lasso tool and filling the layer with a gradient from white to transparent, and then finally creating a blur. Thumbs up for solution.

[@toodamlazy408]

Been watch a lot of your videos before I go into college to major for this type of stuff. Just to make my life easier. Thanks to you dude.

[@engelinag.verheul7059]

i never got so happy by watching the first 5 seconds of a tutorial!

[@FairyTrash]

I been following this account for a year now and you guys help me out so much! So easy and understanding and you are not boring! You actually speak like you want to be doing this. Thank you!

[@1066donald]

Great tutorial Aaron, very easy to follow and please don't be put off with negative comments. Some people forget that they think they know it all.....

[@pinodomenico5520]

Really liked the "layers" suggestion, and use of Gaussian Blur on the mask. Simple...Effective...

[@tashirshad6996]

this is by far the easiest and most effective tutorial i have seen

[@cutepsycho7640]

Love love love it.. this video/tut is everything ❤️u explained it so beautifully. Step by step.. u r a great teacher.. thank you so much Sir... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@thenegativefilmcritic]

you made the top right corner of the beam brighter. but gravity pulls most of the fog down, so it should get dimmer the higher the light is and brighter towards the floor, as there are more particles near the floor to reflect the light. thanks for the tutorial.

[@wtfgebeurdmij2991]

@@thenegativefilmcritic exactly, this guy is good with programs but almost every video makes me cringe ( when he decides its time to ignore physics again. )

[@LittleLikeness]

Finally, someone who can teach quickly and effectively on here! Definitely a subscriber now and look forward to learning more from your channel!!

[@matteosimoncini1365]

The idea/technique of free-transform the could-render filter is great, actually I never thought it, so this is a new cool tip!!

[@sallyrickard5691]

Hi Phlearn, I am in no way a Photographer. I am wanting to learn how to photoshop family photos to improve or enhance them. I have viewed a few of your tutorials but struggle with them. The reason being is because you seem to have real basic photos that you use as an example. For instance clone stamping.... making unwanted items disappear off a photo, you have a real basic easy photo to work with but you don't show how to do it with a more detailed photo. I have noticed that you do this with a few of your tutorials including the one above. This is just my feedback and in no way any criticism. On a positive note, you have a great teaching voice and I love how you explain things step by step as you go and the reasons for doing them.

[@seattlejade3983]

+Sally Rickard I have also noticed this and it doesn't help me learn when that is the case, because detailed work is a whole other thing. Agree.

[@pinodomenico5520]

+Sally Rickard - Clone stamping out an item can be tricky when, in fact, the real issue is to insert or extend the background into the area of the removed object. I run into this all the time in "family photos". Point is that the real lesson is about how to ADD/MERGE/EXTEND the background, and that is a whole lesson or set of lessons in itself. In short, I duplicate the layer (so I can add back). Then I look for any symmetry in the background that can be extended into the "erased" area (tiling, or similar objects for example). I realize this would be clearer with examples - just saying that artful use of the clone tool can be a whole group of lessons.

[@erik1836]

Thank you for the tutorial. I have a scene that I have to introduce a light beam into and this will prove very helpful. "I'll be back!" Thanks again.

[@cbphotovideotips]

Great video Aaron, your Pro Tutorials are awesome as well.

[@BGLoscar]

+Phlearn Photoshop and Photography Tutorials Hello! Nice video btw! Uhm I have an issue and I hope you could answer me when you get a chance, anyway. The issue is I keep on getting horizontal lines from top to bottom of the screen after I apply a lighting effect... Do you know why this is happening? All I simply do is filter- render-lighting effects- style default, light type spotlight... Thank you in advance!

[@vedikapatil2427]

*You are one of the best photoshop expert*

[@yomnaseddiq7845]

Maaaaaaaaan you're a magician!!!!!!!! God bless.

[@ghenne73]

LOL I am Italian and I am Phlearning pretty much thanks to you. And I have been impressed hearing you say CIAO ARRIVEDERCI. You are the best teacher ever!!!! I have to say bye bye, I gotta go to see your next tutorial :D

[@jaybdigitalx]

It is like when I was a kid watching Bob Ross. Ha A.N. is Bob Ross of Photoshop. "Now here is a happy little tree." Keep up the great work Mr. N.

[@matthewmeserve73]

What a fantastic trick to make a light beam..very cool. Thank you!!!

[@kkasnktaflow223]

Thanks man you are the best photoshoping chanel on youtube.Did you work in microsoft or something ?

[@jashimuddin1527]

Very nice & effective tutorial............. tnx bro........ ur my 1st choice for this sub...

[@lisamaier9984]

Always great to have a new way to go about lighting a photo. I am having a great time with all the great tutorials . BUCK DUDE!!!!

[@synndssssdnnys9867]

You are one the of the best aaron

[@aruchun]

Thankyou ...i am thorougly benefitted...exactly the same thing i wanted to put in my project and i have seen many youtube videos and find yours is specific and the best onewithout any addins.Thankyou so much

[@JPGrant]

I am learning so much from your videos! Not even just about PS, but of art and how to make really good art. These are so amazing. Thank you for producing such fantastic products!

[@gkhrakovsky1]

Recommend, helpful for beginners

[@EcubedProds]

Another great tutorial....You make photoshop techniques so easy to follow.

[@tubeinfoful]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial regarding the creation of Beams of light !

[@Hashimhamza007]

It is awesome. That lighht beam very realistic

[@tingeytribe]

very helpful. A little long winded, but really helpful. The BEST part was two seconds after the send-off! Hillarious!

[@chopperduke]

Great video! I love that you work non-destructively and utilize masks and adjustment layers. So few tutorials do.

[@RayGrau]

This was so much fun to watch!

[@DemeExtreme]

Ty so much its so easy to create beams.I played around with my photo and got good results thanks.

[@claudioser4658]

Davvero concettualmente molto semplice e molto interessante. Grazie.

[@fox65094]

Great tutorial, thank you so much!!!

[@leafyorphan]

Very cool guide. Thanks!

[@k.r.murphy4301]

Excellent as always!!

[@SherifEmad]

Thank you! You introduced me to these effects of lighting and fog and I really wanted to learn them. 😌

[@snapshopped]

Aaron, you are my favourite photoshop teacher!

[@arnoldojuarezEPA]

Exelent Teaching.....Tank you very much

[@danielleonard1014]

excellent tutorial useful for so many different things, thanks

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

gracias por tus videos aun q me cueste entenderlo por el idioma me resultan útiles :)

[@praygon]

Fantastic tutorial. I was pulling my hair out trying to solve this on my own for a thumbnail. Thank you buddy.

[@animal625]

Brilliant. thanks for sharing your tips

[@harveyplays9193]

Fantastic tutorial! Straight to the point, descriptive, and educational! You sir, just earned a subscriber!

[@philhunt2031]

Fantastic tutorial

[@Crypt0lamb]

Pretty good tutorial....again.learned about 3 things in one tutorial alone.thank you so much.will definitely look into your pro tutorials once this week of work is finished.

[@noteshade]

So creative and awesome.

[@Bett3r]

Your video so simple to follow. Thanks so much!

[@JoannaJensenPhotography]

almost a million people have watched your video!!! wow!!!!! Keep it up :)

[@SGOVisions]

You are the man with the plan!

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[@curtjn]

Nicely done! Great training!

[@MrEggrocker]

I love your tutorial, easy and understanding

[@ClaudioDesideriFilms]

Watching this in 2021 and still so helpful! Thanks Aaron!

[@lanh6984]

Love your tutorials AN

[@MrMichaelNetwork]

I really enjoy Phlearn tutorials !!!

[@angelm2755]

This is a excellent tutorial, great video to get the core concept down. Thanks dude

[@0pticalc0ncepts]

Subscribed! Awesome tutorial. Thanks

[@yogeshgovekar4646]

thanks for sharing.. it's very very useful..

[@pictures_on_silence]

the exact explanation i expected . Thank

[@Jackieprice26]

Love that smile at the beginning of every tutorial. Kinda of wondering how you do it :) The video is very helpful as usual. Thank you.

[@phlearn]

+Jackie Price That's just how Aaron is all the time. :)

[@Dkny2001]

Wow!! So valuable! Thank you

[@earthcrawler4152]

Cool effect!

[@Josh-qo1dl]

Great video :) it was really useful.

[@ForensicCats]

thanks for the share. Wish you the best.

[@WhosYaVans]

I have never learned more and watched a better tutorial than this one! Keep it up :) Subscribed ;)

[@kwonny1041]

OMG This helped me a lot ! I didn't know that there was a tool like this :D Thank you so much!!

[@vohiep2138]

A great share!

[@jimdarracott1938]

Very interesting. Keep it going.

[@ashokan134]

Thanks. Nicely presented.

[@alexshotz9659]

This is the best touturial eer

[@MihaelaStipic]

you are a good teacher, aaron! thanks :)

[@cjnjames1]

Very cool ad informative, great job!

[@mosumartdesign]

Nice sharing dude..!

[@firozalmamun739]

simple but awesome

[@memeguaia]

Great tutorial! Thank you!!

[@DeckerFI]

Real nice. Now that I've been staring at it for this 10+ minutes though, one thing bothers me: The beam shouldn't be lighting the trees up like that on the top right section of the image, the trees should be underexposed and the rays of light should be illuminating just the fog that it's going through.

[@raykeilman]

this is a really clear and helpful tutorial. thanks!

[@clairegrou5085]

Thanks ! This effect is really cool !

[@SyedZahiddesigner]

Thanks a lot for amazing and easy tutorial plus your way of teaching is superb! I'm glad to find and subscribe your channel...

[@shutterbug2061]

Thanks!!! Great tutorial and easy to understand!

[@daliodada5]

Great video! Thank you!

[@sebastienkeaton7855]

That's awesome Aaron, thanks for the tut, really instructive and helpful.

[@catchytunes4000]

Very Creative !

[@sohailraisi126]

very helpful man thankx a lot

[@letstry3029]

U r teaching in easy way good

[@fahmib8943]

great tutorial!...thanks

[@dajeejay]

Very nice Thanks Aaron

[@jfrockon]

Sweet tut...Thanks

[@da121vid]

Hey i was just wonder what you recommend for someones first DSLR camera? Also great work on your videos I really learn a lot! Thank You

[@stephaniemunguia7933]

Cool! I love the way you teach, it's easy to follow!

[@timothyassam8098]

It is very cool and fantastic...

[@ChadForemanCreative]

Sweet Tut! I Phlearned a lot of good things phrom it!

[@alvarorubiano3881]

Very creative. thanks