How to create artificial ray of light with Adobe Photoshop

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I am new for this forum; however, I would like to share my Photoshop tip about creating artificial ray of light. Using “Radial Blur” filer, layer mask and layer adjustment are the main Photoshop functions used to create this effect. It’s easy to do.

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I use this photo for this example.

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1. Hold and drag “Background Layer” over the new layer icon in order to duplicate the “Background Layer”. After duplicating, you will see “Background Layer Copy” on top of “Background Layer”

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2. Select Radial Blur (Filter>Blur>Radial Blur)

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3. Input 100 for amount

Blur Method is zoom.

Quality is Good.

Moreover, you need to move the Blur Center to where your light origin is. For this example, I move the blur center to NW a little bit. Then click OK.

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4. You will see your photo after applying the radial blur filter. If you think that the radial blur is not enough for you, you can apply this filter until you are happy with the result.

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5. Go to a layer pallet and change a layer style from Normal to Lighten and adjust layer opacity to 90%.

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6. Click a layer mask icon to create a new layer mask

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7. Select brush from a tool pallet and ensure that you select black as foreground color.

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8. Change brush size according to your area in a photo.