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Friday, March 5, 2010

6 Tutorial: Rainbow Light Painting photoshop

sorry guys! haha~ finally i had finished my works to post up the tutorial to you guys. Anyway, this is my second PS tutorial. This tutorial contained 6 steps only, as well as last tutorial SIMPLE ans EASY. i don't think i will post those advance tutorial cause it's really takes time and long for you guys to follow up! So here we go! =D 6 steps to complete the whole tutorial!!ALLLL the best! =)

Step 1

Start off by opening any photo into Photoshop. This effect works best with isolated objects on black backgrounds such as the image below.

Syringes on baseball metaphor


Step 2

To begin, we'll desaturate the image. This step isn't necessary to get the effect, but it will be helpful when we're painting. In the Layers palette, click on the image button and choose Hue/Saturation.

Hue/Saturation menu item

In the Hue/Saturation tool, set the Saturation to -100 then click OK.

Hue/Saturation tool



Step 3

Now we'll create a new layer. This is the layer where we will be painting the colors on. Click on the image button in the Layers palette. This will create a new layer called "Layer 1".

New layer  button

Change the blending mode of Layer 1 to Color.

Color layer blending mode


Step 4

The primary colors that we'll be using are yellow, magenta, and cyan. Before we start painting, we'll use the Swatches palette so that we can quickly select those three colors. In the Swatches palette (Window > Swatches), click on the image icon then choose one of the PANTONE CMYK swatches.

PANETONE color

When it asks if you want to replace or append the swatch, choose replace. Your swatch palette will now have yellow, magenta, and cyan as the first three colors. Now you can select one of these three colors quickly.

Swatches palette with yellow, magenta, and cyan


Step 5

Select the image tool from the toolbar. Right mouse click on the image and the brush options will appear. Set the hardness setting to 0%. Don't worry about the master diameter setting yet.

Brush settings


Step 6

Begin by selecting either yellow, magenta, or cyan from the Swatches palette and painting anywhere in the image with a large brush size. You can adjust the brush size by pressing the [ or ] key on your keyboard.

First paint with yellow

Select a different color and paint the rest of the image.

Additional paints with  magenta and cyan


Final Result~TATA!

Now that you're done, you can delete the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

Rainbow light painting

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