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hi there this is animation pixel-perfect
and today i'm going to show you how to
create beautiful sun rays or light rays
coming through an opening in Photoshop
whether this trees in the forest or a
simple window in a room the concept
remains the same all we need is a couple
blend modes and a filter that's it so
without any further ado let's get
started so here we are back in the
magical world of Photoshop and if you
are go ahead and download this for and
follow along you already know what it
will check the links in the description
to get started let me give you a clue
have a look at this image here we have a
forest and here we have some openings
some bright areas so we already have the
bright areas we already have the shape
of the openings what can we do with it
think about it now step number one would
be selecting the bright areas and there
are lots of ways of doing it but we're
gonna use color range and I might be
thinking how come color range it's about
brightness right let me show you so go
to select and then color range
now besides color color range also has
highlights shadows and mid-tones yes it
does so in the Select drop down menu
select highlights we want to select the
highlights first of all decrease the
fuzziness all the way to the left and
just focus on the range so white other
areas which are going to be selected so
you're just gonna select just those
areas you can also put a selection
preview and you can set that to black
matte so that everything that is
selected will show up in color and
everything that is not selected will be
black so as you can see some green areas
are being selected that's fine
no problem at all just increase the
range and you'll be good but if you
increase the range too much see the
bright areas are going black we don't
want that so you need to find the right
balance right there now let's increase
the fuzziness just a touch make the
transitions a little smoother not so
much now once it's okay once you're
satisfied just hit OK now we have a
selection of the bright areas now let's
put that on a new layer to do that with
the selection active just press ctrl or
command J now you have the highlights on
a new layer you can just name them
highlights this brings us to step number
two which is blurring the brow
areas to create the light rays we
already have the shape of the bright
areas
why don't we blur it to create the light
rays in a particular direction yes we
can do it but before we do anything
always convert the highlights into a
smart object so that we can change the
values later or make changes later so go
to filter and then convert for Smart
Filters and then hit okay all right now
this is a smart object whatever filter
we apply blurring or anything we can
change the values later go to filter and
then blur this is fun
choose radial blur now instead of radial
blur
we don't want spin we just want soom
right select zoom increase the amount
all the way 200 now the higher the
quality you choose the more time it's
gonna take the process so we have three
qualities draft which is the poorest
good means medium and best means the
highest quality so first let's set it to
draft and we're gonna position the Sun
so find out where the Sun is in this
case have a look at the shadow right
here
shadow is facing this direction so in
this case I think the Sun is right over
here somewhere so we need to add the
light rays from that point source so we
need to place it accordingly up and a
little bit to the left and just set it
to draft because we might have to edit
that later hit okay so at this point
it's okay it's not that great it needs
to go a little up double click on the
radial blur and let's move it a little
up and just hit OK let's see what
happens to the blur center so blur
Center is right now at this point at the
top a little bit down and a little bit
towards the right so bring it a little
down and a little bit towards the right
here okay yes right now it looks
perfectly fine in that area once you
have figured out the right position go
back to radial blur and set the quality
to best and make sure it's hundred hit
ok now the quality will be fine as you
can see it's taking a little more time
to process it there we go we have
beautiful light rays over here but the
intensity is too low so how do we double
up the intensity very easy just make a
couple copies of it with a highlight
selected press ctrl or command J a
couple times one two three
for probably let's go one more time ctrl
or command J once more this looks
absolutely amazing
right off the bat however have a look at
this this area is a little too sharp
right and sharpness towards the light
source is fine but this area has to be a
little blurry so we need to add some
blur to it to add some blur we have to
add some collective effects so of course
we can merge all of it but that would be
destructive we want to keep it as
non-destructive as possible so why don't
we group them all into a smart object
that's wonderful so select the first
highlight copy and then hold the shift
key and select the bottom most one right
all of them are now selected now
right-click on it and just select
convert to smart object
all of them group to one smart object
which is amazing now anytime you want to
edit any of this all you have to do you
have to just double click on the
thumbnail another document will open up
with all these layers
isn't that wonderful you can close it
for now now let's add some blur to it
let's name it just highlights just go to
filter blur gallery and then field blur
now field blur allows you to create
different points of blur so right here
we have this point we don't want any
blur right here in the middle so we'll
take this point in the middle and
decrease the blur to zero pixels here
I'm gonna create one more point and I'm
gonna increase the blur that's fine else
create one more here 15 is fine let's
create a couple around so as it gets
further from the light source it gets a
little blurry it looks more realistic
now hit OK and there we go you have to
blur right in place this looks amazing
now since these are light sources we
don't want it too dark in anything we
always want it to brighten stuff so what
is the blend mode which brightens stuff
screen right so change the blend mode of
the highlights from normal to screen
have a look at the instant difference
right you can now see the leaves
everything is brightening it's realistic
so this is the normal see it's darkening
stuff not looking right and let me set
that to screen wow that looks absolutely
wonderful now to make it more realistic
we don't want the highlights in all the
areas we want to just subtract it from
some areas in a
after fashion so let's create a mosque
so click on the mask button right there
take the brush make sure it's a big soft
brush with black as the foreground color
you can press X to toggle between the
foreground and the background and just
take it away from a couple of areas like
this you can also decrease the flow if
you want to be subtle about it so I'm
gonna decrease it to about 18% and just
paint on a couple of areas where you
don't want it so much just a little bit
here and there right that is pretty nice
now once we have done that if you want
to add some color to these light rays
you can do that as well let's create a
solid color adjustment layer click on
the adjustment layer icon and then
choose solid color whatever color you
want to choose you can so I'm gonna
choose a bright yellow we can always
change it later hit OK once you're
satisfied and then hold the alt or
option click on the line between these
two to create a clipping mask so the
yellow is now applied to it you can
change it any time double click on it
maybe you want to make it a little more
reddish or a little more yellowish
whatever you want to do you can so I'm
gonna keep it at that this one is fine
hit OK I love this color now after
applying this color there's something
missing something is missing and this
brings us to step number three and that
is creating the light spots on the
surface so the light is falling with
these light rays which is fine but there
are no light spots on the surface so who
we need to create that right without
them it just it's pointless so the light
is falling on the surface and there's no
light in the surface just doesn't make
sense
so only need to do we need to create
light spots for the same color you chose
here so create a new layer click on the
new layer button now you can name it
light spots there you go take the brush
make sure this color is selected so
double-click on the foreground color and
the color picker shows up so you can
drag from the image and just take it
here it picks up that color right so you
can even go outside of Photoshop that
color once it's picked maybe a I'm gonna
make it a little more saturated and just
hit OK and then start brushing with that
color you can change it later
keep in mind solid color adjustment
layer clipping mask and change it anyway
so let's paint on the areas you can
increase the flow back to 30
forty percent I'm gonna go 40 and paint
on a couple areas this area will be a
little too bright
don't worry about it it's gonna look a
little strange first but it's gonna look
okay later
now once we have done that change the
blend mode from normal to color dodge so
normal to color dodge there you go it's
still not looking right why it's because
it's also brightening the dark areas so
double-click on the right hand side of
the lane this opens up the layer Styles
dialog box we need to take it away from
the dark areas so in the blend if
section take the slider of the
underlying layer from left to right like
so now it's very harsh so hold the alt
or option click on the slider to break
it apart and just break it apart like
this until it looks pretty nice
so to my eyes this looks pretty good now
once you're happy with this hit OK and
control with the fill fill controls the
projection when you have selected one of
the special eight blend modes so color
dodge is one of those special eight
blend modes that when you changed the
fill the projection of the blend mode
changes so decrease the fill a little
bit seeds getting more and more
realistic gradually increase it to the
point it looks real
yes that's fine about let's go for sixty
percent so here's two before here's the
after I think I have to erase over here
maybe I should a little bit so take the
eraser and decrease the flow to ten
percent and let's just erase it over
here it's kind of too much but it's
wonderful you can take the brush and
again just additionally paint some areas
now if you want to add some more light
to it you can do this as well so create
a curves adjustment layer my favorite
all-time favorite click on the
adjustment layer and then choose curves
now let's take it up just like this now
it's yellow light so we need to go to
the blue Channel and take the highlights
down because blue is the opposite of
yellow and decreasing the blue makes
yellow appear so there you go and then
select the mask press ctrl or command I
and take the brush white as the
foreground color and then you can just
dab in a couple of areas just like that
that's it nothing much you can increase
the flow a little bit just creating some
atmosphere some lights here and there
maybe here
I just simple atmosphere and if you want
you can also do this you can
double-click on the right-hand side of
the lamp
take it away from the dark areas so hold
the alt or option click on the slider
and break it apart and just take it away
there you go and it's looking great
but something is missing the sense of
separation because the light rays are
too broad we need to shape it a little
bit and that's easy to do with the light
spot selected create a mask
take the brush make sure it's black as
the foreground color flow 800 and then
according to the light rays just start
separating them like this
arrays it now you can turn off the
curves for a moment then you can just
erase a couple areas maybe from the
middle see it's creating a separation we
need some separation here as well see
it's making it look very realistic
so without the mask with the mask you
are having some kind of some sort of
separation
see these separation is looking amazing
here stuff before here's the after now
it's looking more realistic you need to
create those separations here see before
after
so this line this area is not getting
light so it's getting some separation
so the more the separation you create
the better now if you want you can also
create some specular highlights yes
that's wonderful
so if you create one more new layer on
top of the light spots and you can name
this extreme highlights and then you
take the brush with yellow color
selected you just start making dots over
here just like this and then change the
blend mode again to color dodge and at
this point double click on the right
side of the lab this is fun and just
uncheck this transparency shapes there
have a look at this highlight amazing
isn't it so from the underlying layer
always take it away from the dark areas
just like so hit OK and have a look at
this highlight it's amazing so you can
create a couple more here as well
now you can also decrease the fill here
as well if you want to
but these really look good let's zoom
out and see how these look it's kind of
too much at this point maybe we should
also paint a couple other areas as well
now let's decrease the fill and
gradually increase it I kind of like
this but I don't like it in this area so
I'm gonna take an eraser and erase it
from here
flow hundred percent erase it from here
as well that's beautiful
let's zoom out this is wonderful now you
can just turn on the curves and see how
this looks
curves is kind of too much so I'll just
double click on the right hand side of
the lamp and then take it even more
further just limit it to the bright
areas and then just decrease the opacity
just a touch so here we have our image
finally ready with beautiful light rays
let me show you the before and after so
this is the before and this is the after
isn't that beautiful
let's do a quick little recap first of
all select the bright areas that's it so
that we have the shape ready second step
blow it out using your favorite method
in this example we chose radio blur and
third step is creating those light spots
light rays without light spot doesn't
make sense right so select the bright
areas blur it out add the light spots
that's what it is I hope this tutorial
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