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1. Intro: Hello, everyone, and welcome. My name is ijsing, and I will be your guide as
we explore the techniques and tools need to add a glow
effect to your projects. Whether you are a big nurse looking to enhance
your skills or an experienced
designer aiming to add a new dimension
to your work. This will provide you with a comprehensive understanding
of glow effect. We will start with basics, covering the essential tools
and settings in photoshop. Then we will dive into
various techniques from simple glow to more
complex. Layered effects. Throughout this, I will
be sharing tips and tricks to help you achieve
professional looking results. By the end of this,
you will have the knowledge and
confidence to create your own glow effect and apply them to a variety
of design projects. So let's get started and light up your design with some amazing glow effect
in Photoshop.
2. Selecting the model image: So first of all,
what do we need? We need an image in which we
will add the Glow effect. Choosing the perfect image for our project is also an art, and every graphic designer
needs to master it. So let's find the right
image for our project. For this, we will
open the browser and here we will search
for Pia Perfect. After that, we will
open the Pixab website. Now we will search for girl because we need an
image of a gir model, holding something in
her hand like flower. So there are many images here. Let's find one from
this. Perfect. This image looks exactly right for our
project requirement. So we will click on this
image and from here, we will download this image.
3. Setting Up Your First Photoshop Project: First, we will open
protocol. Again. Usually, it takes a
bit of time to open. If you want to run
Photoshop very smoothly. So you should have
at least eight GB of m. It can run with
less than that, but you won't get a
smooth experience. Perfect. So our
Photoshop is now open. Now we will click on
new file Air. Great. Now we will select a dimension. I think 1920 by ten
AP will be good. Perfect. After this, we will
click on Create Perfect. So O sinny blank page
in Potosop is now open.
4. Selection and Masking in Photoshop: First, let's get to
know some basic things. On the left side. You can see many icons. This is called tool sections, which is very important because we mostly get our
tools from here. The second important section is the layers panel at
the bottom right. This is also very important. So let's start creating. First, we will bring the image of the model that we downloaded. Perfect. We will place
it here like this. After this, we will select
the quick selection tool from the tool section because we need to select
our model first. We will start from the wooden part that
we can see at the top. We will also increase
the brush size a bit. Perfect. Now we will slowly select the hand
and face as well. This needs to be
done very carefully to ensure everything is
selected nicely from all sides. So we will carefully
select the model, including the hands, and
everything else properly. As you can see, our model
is now fully selected, and it's looked quite good. The selection is very
precise and looks great. Now we will click on
the select and mask at the top because we need to refine the edges of
our model a bit. Now we will select on
white from here, perfect. Then we will select the brush tool and choose
the plus icon at the top. And slowly, we will
go over the corners where it seems like the
selection is not perfect. By holding all to we can
remove any unwanted parts. Let's carefully check and adjust the other
areas as needed. Just like this. We will also carefully refine the airs because it looks
a bit messy air. This is our last chance to fix any mistakes made
during the selection. So we can solve them easily. Let's also work on the
back side of the hair, where it seems not good
and make it look better. Now let's check where
else there might be so. It seems like there are some extra parts around
the hand that we need too. We will press and carefully
remove these areas, especially between the fingers. We have refined the
hand very well now. So now we need to check if there's anything
else we can fix. It's looked like there are
some issues with the s too. Let's carefully refine them. It's not again. We have adjusted
one hill properly. So now we will
work on other one. Perfect. Both hills are seized, and it's look much better now. Next, let's also refine
the hair in this area. It needs some
adjustment as well. We need to select the hair very carefully and make sure the
background is not selected. Now let's review
everything to see if any other
corrections are needed. Well, go to the view, click on layers and
refine this hair that we see. Perfect. Our model looks very
well selected now. After this, we will
check the box at the bottom and choose the new
layer with the layer mask. Finally, we will
click on. Perfect.
5. Targeted Object Selection and Masking: Now we will go to
the layers panel and make the background
layer visible. Now we need to make this
wooden hat selected. To do this, we will choose the quick selection tool
from the tool section. We will do this carefully, especially around the fingers. We need to be extra precise. Grey. We have selected it.
6. Adding a Glow Effect to Objects: Now we will go to
the layer section and press control plus
J to duplicate it. Perfect, we have
made a copy of this. Now we want the background
to be a bit darker. So I look like night. That way the glow effect
will really stand out. To do this, we will select
the background layer. Right click it and
choose color look. Great. Then from the absence, we will select a moonlight. This looks really nice,
just like nighttime. Next, we will right click again. And this time we will
select black and white. After that, we will adjust
the opacity to around 30%. Perfect. After that, we
will select this layer and we will press
Control G to group it. We will I think target. Target will be the
good name for it. After that, we will
right click on this layer and choose
convert to a smart object. Great. Then we will make
a copy of this layer. Perfect. Next, we will select the blend mode of this
copied layer to lighten. Nice. Finally, we
will click on Filter, then Blur and choose Gacian Bl. We will set the blur to five. Again. That looks great. Now we will make another
copy of this layer. For the layer below
that we set to lighten, We considered changing
it to screen. But it became too bright, so we will keep it as lightened. Great. Then we will
open the Gaussian blur for the top layer and
increase it to 50. Perfect. Next, we will make
another copy of this layer. We will open the
Gaussian blur for this new layer and
set it to one fit. Then click Ok to
apply the changes. After that, we will make one
more copy of this layer. We will open the Gaussian
bar for this layer and set it to around 300, and then click Ok
to apply changes. Finally, we will make one
more copy of this layer. We will open the Gaussian er for this layer and set
it to around 500. And click to apply the changes. Great. You can see that we
have a nice glow effect now. However, there is still
more work to be done on it. Next, we will select this group and right click and
choose saturation. Then we will check to colorize. You can see that everything
has turned green. Since we only want it to affect the wooden heat,
we will click here. Great. Now only the
wooden head is green. We will select the
color from here. You can choose any
color you like. But now I will choose
green and adjust it a bit. A
7. Glow Effect Reflections on Models: Now, we will select this layer, and we will right click
here and choose curbs. We will darken it a bit. But whole image is getting dark. We only want the
model to be dark. So we will click Hair perfect. Now we will darken
the model a bit more. Perfect. This looks pretty good. Now we will select
this curve layer from the layer section. After that, we will choose the breast tool
from the tool section. Then we will select
the black color. We will set its opacity 200. The flow to around 27
and the smoothing 212. Next, we will make
the brush sight small and start brushing
gently on the face. And we need to do the
breast very carefully. We have to use the breast only where there is possibility
of light falling. In simple language, we
are simulating the light. O Perfect. So we have done the breast work. Now we will go to
the layer section, make another copy of this layer and move it and place
it below the group. After that, we will click on this icon so that it effect is only on
the layer below it. After that, we will
click on this layer and invert it by
pressing control plus. After that, we will choose
the white color from here, then we will choose the breast. Now the opacity will be 69, flow will be 27, and smoothing will be 12. After that, we will use
the brush carefully. Remember, we need
to use the brush only where there is a
possibility of light falling. We are simulating
light as I'm doing. I that again, T. I said again. O. O I said again, T. G. We have completed the breast. It took quite some time.
8. Adding Shadows and Ground Reflections: Next, we will create the
reflection of this green light. For this, we will create a new layer above the
background layer. And we will name it
ground reflection. After that, we will
select the brush, increase its opacity a bit
and adjust to the brush. Again. Then we will start brushing on the
ground as I'm doing. D. So our reflection
work is done. Now we will create the
shadow for the model. To do this, we will go
to the layer section, create another layer, and
we will name it shadow. Perfect. Then we will choose the brush and select
the black color. After that, we will set
its opacity to 100%. And we will draw the shadow. You need to do this very
carefully just like I'm doing. We will also adjust to
the obesity in between. Perfect. The shadow
work is now completed.
9. Finalizing Your Photoshop Project: Now we will bring a
new image of stars. We will set this
image to screen mode. After that, we will
adjust this image around the wooden heat
and increase its size. And then we will mask it. Finally, we will press
control plus I to invert it. After that, we will choose the brush and select
the white color, then we will adjust the
opacity and smoothing. And also tweak the flow. After that, we will use
the brush the entire heat. Great. We have completed the
breast work around the head. Now we will open the levels
and adjust them a bit. Perfect. It looks
much better now. After that, we will also adjust to the
brightness and contrast. It looks good now. By the way, let me tell you that creativity
is a very big thing. With creativity, you
can create many things. For example, today, you have learned how to use the
glow effect in Photoshop. You can apply this effect in various ways and create
something unique. Let me show you some examples
like this elephant image. I applied the glow effect
to the elephant's teeth, and here in the deer image, I applied the glow
effect to its horns. This is how you should
showcase your creativity. Okay. Now we will open the color lookup and choose
a good effect from here. This light blue effect is
also looks quite nice. You can choose any
effect you like. This image is now complete, so we will export it. I hope you have
learned a lot from it.
VIJAY SINGH, GRAPHIC DESIGNER
