Digital Photography » Photo Retouch

Enhance The Rays Of Light In Your Photo

Step 1 - Open your photo and save it as a new image to preserve your original.

Astoria, Oregon
Before The Ray Of Light Effect

Step 2 - Open your new photo and click on Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and set amount to 25, select Zoom and set Quality to best. Move your mouse over the white Blur Center to set the direction of your blur. If you want a more dramatic effect, set your Radial Blur to 50 or something which looks best for your photo.

Step 3 - Next, go to your Layer and select Lighten and set your Opacity at 75. You can set Opacity at what level looks best for your photo.

Step 4 - Afterwards, select the Eraser Tool and erase the sections where you don't want the Ray Of Light effect on your photo. In my example below, I erased the upper right hand side.

Astoria, Oregon
After The Ray Of Light Effect 

Step 5 - Now you can save the image.

Last update: 2007-03-29 18:29
Author: Gary Logsdon
Revision: 1.0

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