how to make such glow effect?

[themaxxer]

hello all

I saw a lot of renderings with a certain glow effect.
I have copied an image part out of a great image from candelero.



how do you talented guys out there make such an effect?
is it handmade in PS or is it made with AE?

thanks in advance.

[DanielBrew]

It looks like an effect called 'light wrap'. You should be able to do it in either photoshop or AE. Here's a tutorial for AE
http://www.trainingshell.com/view_tutorial.php?id=69
Dan

[Kyle_Grace]

I think it just looks like a PS effect, probably achieved to a similar way to the 'Light Wrap' but instead of using background pixels to help the image 'sit back' against the background, you would use a coloured layer on either an Add, Screen, Soft light etc layer. Unfortunately I don't have any time to try and re-create it, let me know how you get on!

[pskdude]

yes i also have wondered how people do this in PS. i am not that great with PS as well. I have looked around for tutorials but people dont say exactly how they create it.

[Da_elf]

usually i take the image. apply curves to single out the bright area. de-saturate it, add a gausian blur then change the color to tritone, then take all of that and put it ontop of the original shot and use screen

[jujubee]

You could just do it with a general dodge brush set to low values and soft edges to brighten specific areas. Then go over it on a separate layer with the color of your choice then experiment with the blending modes and opacity levels.

[themaxxer]

You could just do it with a general dodge brush set to low values and soft edges to brighten specific areas. Then go over it on a separate layer with the color of your choice then experiment with the blending modes and opacity levels.

thanks. I thinks this is the best way to do it and to control the effect.

best regards
themaxxer

[Neilg]

I use one of 3 blending modes - soft light, screen or overlay and draw over the top in a coloured brush, lowering the opacity to 10-20% for each layer.

[simmsimaging]

I use one of 3 blending modes - soft light, screen or overlay and draw over the top in a coloured brush, lowering the opacity to 10-20% for each layer.

I would add Linear Dodge to that list, and suggest you try lowering the opacity with the layer "fill" value, not "opacity". Not really sure why, but it works much better for this sort of thing (especially with Linear Dodge and Linear Light/Vivid Light layers).

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[PIXELBOX_SRO]

hmmm...looks like a KNOLL LIGHT FACTORY applied to a specific layer without other lens effects...just my 2 cents