How To Create a Glowing Effect in Adobe Photoshop

In today's tutorial I'm going to share some useful techniques for creating a glowing effect in Photoshop to make objects appear as if they are illuminated. I'll be applying the effect to the antlers of a deer in this example to create a surreal fantasy image, but the same process can be used to add lighting effects to all kinds of objects within a scene.
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[@Blorckits]

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[@osasmiketones9421]

Great but really fast for beginners like us🙂

[@aminedjerroud1098]

Yep

[@bodhitrent192]

I just adjusted the playback speed on settings to make him sound funny, but then I can KIND OF keep up! Lol. You can also read the transcript underneath the video description, under "more..." 😊

[@wearecbf126]

You could also press pause, maybe rewind then pause, or pause then rewind. But yeah, I just listened one time through then went back to implement. Outstanding tutorial! #cbf4life

[@Notzthefam]

Quick,easy,simple and amazing results LOVE IT

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[@donnam9101]

I had a buck image that I took in daylight and with your help I transformed it and I absolutely love it! Thank you

[@youknowme850]

Your techniques are simple, smooth, precise and very easy to follow... Also heart felt thanks to your very awesome cool useful photoshop resources...

[@sopapilla83]

I have been wanting to learn how to shadow properly within photoshop for months and have struggled to find a useful tutorial. Started watching this after wanting to learn how to create a glow effect and just like that, the perfect tutorial on how to shadow fell in my lap too. Thank you for this. You put this in such simple terms and I'm excited to practice. Subscribed!

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[@Fancylooks]

Impressive, totally mastered!

[@thesouringgentleman]

These tutorials are absolutely expertly done. Perfect pacing. Thank you for putting these together.

[@tanhaopin1736]

Simple and WOW result Thank you!

[@joshrjp]

I'm finding your guides incredibly effective and useful and it's really igniting my passion for creating different designs. Thanks so much, and please keep them coming! Have a safe & happy 2022.

[@DreySantesson]

Bloody fantastic mate, subscribed !

[@jesswhited9895]

Well done, thank you!

[@theemsstudiohkgfx4319]

amaaaaaazing JUST UNBELIEVEABLE

[@Dgaming_gamer]

Really great video I think it's so cool with the effects

[@sadesign9575]

An amazing tutorial. thanks you

[@vamboo8918]

Dang , I learned eassy way of adding highlights ❤️😆

[@FA2training]

You make this so much easier than my brain can handle lol.

[@lildrill]

bro theres gotta be a easier way to do this

[@aminemino7443]

Amazing work WOW

[@danidelcura2367]

Amazing! thank you for this video!!

[@oniempire5849]

your a champ thanks mate really well done

[@Porsche911GT3_RS]

Best tutorial ever

[@mynkusakabe5323]

i was searching for that!;-; thx so much

[@KAHHHH8548]

Thankyou so much this was very interesting and useful

[@vfxaddiction007]

thank you so much ....... amazing tutorial.

[@paraggawade3231]

Beautiful

[@JarlHavi]

Very helpful!

[@Sparks3D]

Nice work!

[@joemaddogaming2831]

Thank man great video

[@user-vn3dg9lp2g]

thank you Cress you are professional designer ❤️ I love to learn from your tutorials 😘💚❤️

[@mohamed1724]

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[@sunso1991]

i feel so silly trying to paint layers to add glow now this is so much better!

[@alessandrodona4296]

Ok this is sick

[@m4hm745]

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[@SteveNatto]

thank you so much for this!

[@ToonNick]

Cool tutorial!

[@darshan2532]

Tq so much for this!

[@bluebeard5546]

Love the video learned alot from your video Thanks!

[@shadowxhl]

wow amazing 🤩

[@tastyfrosting2863]

well that was easy, thanks to you that is

[@ethanshook24]

Ya loast me right here 1:53 color adjustment layer? I get a whole drop down menu of items and none of witch are color adjustment

[@StarMusicTheProject]

I love this effect, thanks you Spoon Graphics 💕

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Thank you brotherrr

[@tspirit]

Nice one. Thanks

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So badass

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Wow, beautiful. Thanks!

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excellent!

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I liked it 👍🏻

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I downloaded everything works

[@jotunsman5621]

Very cool dude

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Amazing

[@yusufansori1582]

amazing tutorial, thank you from indonesia

[@polanipopalo6939]

Keep Gowing

[@saltythingz3750]

thank you so much I love it so much

[@mohamed1724]

I made all the adjustments but again in the end the layers I color come out in a square and it happened to me twice 😢 do you know the problem 👋

[@brendangoodenough173]

Nice one Chris..

[@mawais4961]

Amazing trick. I will always follow your method for glowing effect. Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@krab4813]

Amazing video! I learned a lot from just 6 minutes

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This video was so helpful, I'm shocked that you don't have a gold playbutton already!

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Awesome

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Went to go subscribe apparently I already am🙃 awesome work👏🏼👏🏼

[@mohamed1724]

I made all the adjustments but again in the end the layers I color come out in a square and it happened to me twice do you know what is the problem?😢😢

[@Beeveyspeed]

Thats cool

[@idzi756]

Wow

[@boros_]

You are very good nlg

[@mrraffo]

i need help! when i copy a selection and paste it, it make a copy of the image with a hole in the place i have selected, how i fix it?

[@bodhitrent192]

OMG, that was a bit overwhelming. But amazing nonetheless! Thank you!

[@franzcharbellsa]

GOAT

[@egomsc4292]

U are awesome

[@scarlettg3489]

Does the background have to be dark to use neow light effwct

[@DAVIE5179]

appreciate this bro, have being trying to do thid effect for a while & finally got it .

[@sayemn78]

is the color presents free to grab? if yes please link

[@jon.wilson]

Wow David Selbert has some amazing pictures

[@dabeereditz4197]

sir how to add presets.In my software there is no any moonlight 3d preset.

[@lorel747]

Where to get that preset from

[@parsafakhar]

the pacing was amazing

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

You are a god damn legend. I have ADHD and these are great

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Hey, I tried to get the grain textures on my windows laptop but it shows that it's not the right document ;)

[@guestaccount5673]

where is the group option in ps 2020 after adding saturation

[@jonathanellis5811]

Wait. Wait. I knew I recognized your voice. You're Chris Spooner Gaming! I used to watch your weapon guides for the Call of Duty games going all the way back to Modern Warfare 3!

[@VectorGFX]

❤😍

[@mohamed1724]

Can someone help me I made all the adjustments but again in the end the layers I color come out in a square and it happened to me twice Can someone help me👋👋👋

[@livelively_2.071]

i cant copy and paste it to another layer

[@Risky2k9]

Why when I copy and paste after selecting the horns the entire image gets duplicated and the selection disappears

[@sonofsparda657]

THERE ARE SO MANY ANTLERS!

[@brick3815]

am i allowed to use your texture and use this glow tutorial for an nft?

[@mohamed1724]

Can someone help me I made all the adjustments but again in the end the layers I color come out in a square and it happened to me twice Can you help me plz😢

[@omgitzyaboii4686]

Ofc u can lol

[@poopdekjones]

At 1:38 "Hold the command key and draw a selection around both paths". Pardon my ignorance, but I didn't understand what you meant there and missed a step. When I copied and pasted to make a new layer, all I got was a transparent layer without the selected portion.

[@Stransh]

Holding ctrl(cmd) key allows you to select the second path and then to convert both to a selection by right clicking and choosing the appropriate menu item. The pen tool should be still active. Instead of ctrl+c/ctrl+v you can press ctrl+j to copy the selection to a new layer. Cheers

[@Sherry-vt1uk]

i did the same you did but didnt work perfectly becuase my deer antlers were different : 9 maybe but ty

[@ThuqnificentLI]

I don’t get it. I select what I want to change and when I make selection, copy and paste it just makes a duplicate background picture and my selections are no longer there

[@imrancavas]

Try selecting and then doing command/control “j”

[@user-sb5ue8ok9s]

who can i get your photo

[@senthilmurugu2068]

Can't clip that why

[@GeorgeAdventures]

does not work for me. it only darkens the antlers even when i move the layers around .

[@dragonfire810]

How to Create a Forest Hippogriff in Photoshop

[@muneerkhan846]

sir please learn about blur options

[@chrisstedman-mj1tp]

I can't tell what you did at 1:41 . Your pointer went off-screen.

[@snailmessia]

This is more for advanced users. If you're completely new to PS, like I am, find another tutorial that will take it a bit more slow and explain what is happening along the way. If you have a temper like I do, make sure to insure your screen before you procede :P

[@Blorckits]

Yo

[@janethorpe7127]

I'm sorry but this goes far too quickly, assumes you know how to sample a colour, then goes off randomly to start adding a texture. Definitely not one for people who are not already fully conversant with Photoshop.

[@Ky_Ify]

Ikr where tf do I find flow