Lighting effect photoshop

Car headlights, streetlamps, beams of light from the sky for an alien abduction – there are all kinds of reasons why we might want to add light to images in Photoshop.

Hey there! I’m Cara and I adore playing with images in Photoshop to create something completely new. 

As with many techniques, there is more than one way to add light in Photoshop.

Today let’s walk through a simple technique that will work for most images when you want to add light.

Step 1: Prepare Your Image

Today, I’m going to demonstrate using this image.

In order to see lights, the image needs to have been taken at night, or when it is at least partially dark.

You can make daytime images look like nighttime images quite easily. 

Head to the Adjustment Layers icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.

How to change light direction in photoshop

It looks like a half-filled circle. Choose Color Lookup from the menu that opens. 

Click on the Load 3D LUT box to open the options. Choose NightFromDay.

This will do a pretty good job with most photos.

If you want to further adjust, you can use a le

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