Aug 12 2009

Creating Realistic Sun Rays in Photshop – Video Tutorial

Published by Yanik at 7:20 am under Photoshop Tutorials, TUTORIALS, Video Tutorials

ps logo Creating Realistic Sun Rays in Photshop Video TutorialIn this Photoshop video tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to make a sunbeam, or sun rays, passing through a window. No Lightroom today my fellow YPSers. ;) Can’t do that there… just yet.
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The technique consists of creating your lightbeam with the polygonal lasso tool, bluring it, making it transluscent and then fading it. It’s an easy 4-step process that will make your photo look heavenly.
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I would strongly recommend the book Light, Science & Magic if you don’t already have it. You’ll learn all you need to know about the principles of light and become a better photographer because of that.




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8 Responses to “Creating Realistic Sun Rays in Photshop – Video Tutorial”

  1. # Michelle Goodallon 13 Aug 2009 at 9:28 am

    Thank you so much for your tutorials! Altho I use Paint Shop Pro I find these incredibly useful!!

  2. # nooron 14 Aug 2009 at 4:58 pm

    thats was gud tutorial..once i was trying to create rays through big text..but i couldnt…now i can try again…now i have pretty gud idea…thanx.

  3. # Jacqueson 23 Aug 2009 at 3:12 am

    Nice tutorial, Yanik.
    Thanks.

  4. # Agustinon 31 Aug 2009 at 6:11 am

    This is really cool. Tried it out and I really like the effect! Thank you!

  5. # Cynthia McIntyreon 01 Sep 2009 at 10:45 pm

    I can hardly wait to try this with one of my High School Senior’s portraits! I have been wanting to play with the use of sun rays in the portraits I create and now I can do it with Photoshop. I happened across your website tonight as i was preparing a lecture. I wil come back again. I like your teaching style. Many Thanks!

  6. # devonshireon 07 Sep 2009 at 3:37 am

    This was sooooo cool! I love it! I also just found your site for the first time and I’m really liking it. Thanks for taking all that time to show us ppl what to do to get some great stuff done!

  7. # cihanon 12 Sep 2009 at 10:35 am

    This tutorial is really good. I want to try it but can’t find a good photo like you edited. If it is possible can you give the link of the image?

  8. # Toddon 25 Jan 2010 at 6:37 pm

    Hello Yanik,

    I just found your website and am loving it already, I am and probably always will be a “wanna be” photographer.

    You do a great job in explaining your steps in all of your tutorials and find it very easy to follow along.

    Thanks so much for all your effort you put into this.

    Regards,

    Todd

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