Ultimate Collection of Glow and Light Effect Tutorials in Photoshop

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

I have observed that in recent time there is a trend going in articles to add light and glow in tutorials. So today I have tried to compile those effects for my readers. Glowing effects are getting used more and more now and they look awesome when done well so I’ve compiled a list of the best tutorials showing you how to achieve these effects. All these Photoshop tutorials give you great results and a good explanation of how to get there. Glow and Light effect is very popular now a day. You can see these effects sometimes on a posters or advertisements. Lighting effects in Adobe Photoshop are used to add flare and polish to images. They communicate feelings of creativity, technology, magic, and fantasy. Creating beams, glows, motion trails, rainbows, or an assortment of other lighting effects, give your images ambiance and depth. There are some tutorials on the web where you can achieve this kind of effects using Photoshop that’s why I collect the best tutorials for glow and light effect and showcase it in here.

 

1. Expressive lighting effects

Engulf photo subjects with glowing lights by following along this top-notch tutorial.

 

2. Adding Light Streaks to A Photo

Add light streaks to photos using Photoshop’s Pen Tool and some simple Layer styles.

 

3. Super Slick Dusky Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Enhance your photos with a surreal light effect via this excellent tutorial.

 

4. Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Enhance your photos by using the Liquify and Gaussian Blur Filters to lighting effects.

 

5. How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how introduce light streaks around your artwork’s subjects.

 

6. The Ocean Girl Photo Effect

Learn how to create a brilliant and dreamy scene in this excellent Photoshop tutorial.

 

7. Luminescent Lines

Create luminous light streaks by leveraging the power of Photoshop’s Brush Tool.

 

8. Add Another Dimension

You’ll be able to download supporting files involved in this stunning Photoshop tutorial.

 

9. A Cool Lighting Effect In Photoshop

A mix of simple Photoshop techniques will lead you to a beautiful lighting effect finish.

 

10. Create a Glowing Light Painting Effect

This Psdtuts+ tutorial shows you how to add a unique light effect to photos.

 

11. How to Create an Interplay of Abstract Light Streaks

Make abstract light streaks for use as a background and for other design elements.

 

12. Create a Glowing Effect Scene in Photoshop

Learn how to create a Glowing Effect Scene in Photoshop. This tutorial will teach you how to come up a cool glowing effects on your artworks.

 

13. Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will create this effect using very basic Photoshop tools and layering effects. This tutorial is simple enough for a beginner to understand.

 

14. Colorful Glowing Text Effect in Photoshop

This tutorial will teach you how to create a good looking Colorful Glowing Text Effect in Photoshop.

 

15. Create A Glowing Extreme Wallpaper in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will create a complex glowing wallpaper using Photoshop. You will be using custom brushes, several blending modes, lightning techniques, and blurs.

 

16. How to Make a Stylish Glowing Box in Photoshop

In this Adobe Photoshop graphic design tutorial, you are going to create a magical glow effect coming from a box in Photoshop. This is a pretty simple effect that looks great and can easily be adapted for use in other ways.

 

17. Outer Glow Tutorial

An extremely simple tutorial explaining the easy to use layer effect of outer glow. Included are references to other tutorials.

 

18. Neon Text

A simple technique that will allow you to create neon glowing text that resembles those ever-popular window fixtures. This effect is made purely with Photoshop’s Blending Options (a.k.a. Layer Effects in PS 5)

 

19. How to Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks which can be used in different ways to add motion and brightness to your designs.

 

20. Create a Simple Vibrant Light Effect in Photoshop

An Adobe Photoshop tutorial to manipulate the images with various tools and techniques to produce a vibrant design made up of intense light streams effect.

 

21. Create a Glowing Surreal Planet Design

This tutorial will show you how to create a glowing planet design. You’ll learn how to create a planet from a panoramic picture, use the Lens Correction Filter, create complex background patterns, and more.

 

22. Design a Coldplay/Apple Inspired Portrait in Photoshop

Recreate a stunning Coldplay-inspired portrait using Photoshop.

 

23. Electrifying Energy Beams

Add glowing light streaks around photo subjects using the Brush Tool and Layer styles.

 

24. Use lighting effects to make photos sparkle

This tutorial shows you some advanced lighting effect techniques in Photoshop.

 

25. Light Effect On A Model

Learn to embrace a model with a unique light streak by reading through this tutorial.

 

26. Fantasy light effects in Photoshop

Using Photoshop and Illustrator, This tutorial learns teach you how to create a fantasy scene using brushes and blur effects to their fullest.

 

27. Creating Energy Spheres in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an energy sphere in Photoshop using custom brush and some cool techniques.

 

28. Windows Vista Aurora Effect Photoshop Tutorialt

If you’re a Windows Vista user, you’re probably familiar the eye catching graphics shown off on the box, and in some of their wallpapers/screensavers. This tutorial will show you how to create that effect yourself.

 

29. Magic lighting effect in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a nice light and magic effect.

 

30. Fire Lines V2

This tutorial will teach you how to create a creative and stylish fire lines in 10 easy steps.

 

Photoshop has several filters and layer effects to help you accomplish that perfect glowing image. The outer glow is a layer effect that applies a stroke around the outer edge pixels in the layer to give the layer the effect of a glow coming from the image. You can adjust the size, color, and noise of the glow. The neon glow is an artistic filter that applies a neon glow with a specified color to the image.

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