creating rays of sunlight

[dpw9272]

i would like to create rays of sunlight or a beam of sunlight on this pic. any suggestions? i'm have pse3 and ps7. i tried using the spotlight tut but i couldnt fine tune it.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/viewgallery.php?user=277

[skstarkiller]

There is a filter from Auto FX called Mystical lighting that could do it.

Here (http://amicoperry.altervista.org/luce/main.html) is a free one.

[Daviskw]

Hi there

I’m not sure what your vision is for the picture but I added the rays by;

1.) Opened a levels adjustment layer above the background… slide the center slider to the left to brighten the picture. This difference in brightness will make the beams… and a gradient in the mask will delineate them.

2.) Clicked on the levels mask

3.) Clicked on The gradient button then click the linear button then… Edit… then I selected the transparent stripes gradient. You can change the stops as necessary to make the rays uneven if you like. Pull out the white stops some if you want a lot of transparency in the edges

4.) Make sure the foreground was set to black and background to white

5.) Make sure the mask is active the pull a gradient across the picture from left to right.

6.) Then press Ctrl I to invert the mask and bring back the picture. This hides all of the brightness adjustment except where the stripes are on the mask.

7.) Now select the move tool and press Image>transform>Distort and grab corners and warp the gradient as you like. I moved the top handles close together and in the right upper corner… then I expanded the bottom to make the fan as I wanted.

8.) Finally I pressed Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and adjusted as needed.

Wendy I believe has a ray tutorial you can try as well. Click on the link below.

Good luck Butch


http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3641

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1swjWt2xk3fNG2COdmgzUYh7zQvD_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1swjWt2xk3fNG2COdmgzUYh7zQvD)

[karen donnybrook]

David,

Here is one that I have done - any way to improve it?

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Karen

[Shari]

When I want light on something I go to Filter>Render>lighting effects. There is a lot to fool around with in there. Here is a bit of a different approach without spending much time.
Shari
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1XxHsMJbj13Tt3b7WnGTNtmujA2luk_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1XxHsMJbj13Tt3b7WnGTNtmujA2luk)