Step 1
Applying lighting effects to model shots is a classic application of Photoshop, but through poor practice and overuse of the same tricks, its become something of a cliché. In this tutorial, Fabio Sasso shows you how to put a fresh, stylish spin on lighting effects.
The secret here is to keep it simple and tap a 1980s look without overdoing it. Youre aiming for a sophisticated feel, not retro pastiche. Of course, something that looks simple isnt necessarily easy to create, but here Fabio guides you step by step through the filters, gradients and blending modes that will bring a classy edge to your art.
Time to complete
3 hours
Software
Photoshop CS4 or later
Step 2
Open Photoshop and create a new A4 portrait document at 300dpi. Now import a photo that you will use for the tutorial onto a layer called Girl 1. The one Im using is courtesy of Shutterstock and is available here.
Step 3
Duplicate the layer, calling the new layer Girl 2. Select this layer and go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur. Use 10 pixels for the Radius and 15 for the Threshold.
Step 4
Were going to use this blurred layer to smooth the subjects skin without losing detail. With the Eraser tool (E), start hiding areas such as the eyes, mouth and hair, all of which contain important detail.
Step 5
Merge the two layers to create a new layer still called Girl 2, then duplicate to create a Girl 3 layer. Select it and go to Image > Adjustment > Desaturate. Set the blending mode to Hard Light and the opacity to 50%. Duplicate Girl 2 again to create a Girl 4 layer and place it at the top of the layer stack. Select Filter > Other > High Pass with a radius of 10 pixels. As before, set that layers blending mode to Hard Light and the opacity to 50%.
Step 6
With the Eraser tool, delete the areas of the Girl 4 layer that show skin. Now add a layer called Paint 1 on top and with the Brush tool (B), use a soft brush with black to hide the background and the shoulders. Leave just a part of the neck.
Step 7
Go to Layer > New Adjustments Layer > Gradient Map. Use Black and White for the gradient colour, then change the blending mode of this adjustment layer to Soft Light. Call this layer GMap.
Now go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. Reduce the Saturation to 60 and call this layer HueSat. Adjustment layers always have masks, so with the Brush tool (B), select a very soft brush and paint with black over the subjects mouth. This excludes that area from the Hue/Saturation effect.
Step 8
Duplicate the HueSat layer to create HueSat 2. Select the layer mask of this new layer and go to Image > Adjustment > Invert. Increase the Saturation to 55. That way you will apply the saturation to the mouth only, the idea being to make it really red.
Step 9
Close to the subjects left eye, lets add a bit of lens flare, taken from an image at Williams College's Solar Eclipse archive. Use Screen for the blending mode and go to Image > Adjustments > Levels, then increase the black input so you only get the lens flare.
Step 10
Now add a layer on top of the others called lights1 and fill it with black. Change its blending mode to Screen and then, with the Brush tool and a very soft brush, paint a big pink spot in the upper right of the image. Then select a dark orange and paint a very subtle orange spot at the top and bottom left.
Step 11
Add another layer on top of the others called lights2 and fill it with black, then change its blending mode to Color Dodge. Paint over the orange areas with the same orange to create a sort of light leak in that area.
Step 12
Time to import another image of a light effect. The one Im using, of pink and blue spotlights, is from Shutterstock and can be found here. Put this image on a layer called lights3 on top of the rest and change the blending mode to Soft Light.
Add yet another layer, called bokeh, fill it with black and then, with the Brush Tool (B), select a rounded brush and create a few circles of different sizes in white. The idea is to create a simple bokeh-style background blur effect. Set the blending mode of the layer to Color Dodge.
Step 13
Add another layer called Gradient1, then with the Gradient tool (G), click on the gradient sample to open the Gradient Editor. Change the Type to Noise, the Roughness to 100% and select Restrict Colors and Add Transparency.
Now choose the Angle Gradient style and create a ray of light effect coming from the mid/top right of the image. After that go to Image > Adjustments > Desaturate and then to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Use 15 pixels for the Radius.
Step 14
Change the blending mode of the Gradient layer to Color Dodge, duplicate this layer to Gradient2 and move it down a little bit. Put it behind the Gradient2 layer, then change its blending mode to Linear Burn and the opacity to 50%.
Step 15
Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter. Use Deep Yellow for the Filter with 50% Intensity. Call this layer Deep Yellow. After that, create a new layer with all the other layers merged into it (Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E).
Then use Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, with 15 pixels for the Radius. Change the blending mode of this layer to Screen and the opacity to 60%.
Step 16
For a little extra style, you can either add a paper texture on top or simply merge all the layers and go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise to add some noise to the image. The whole effect is now complete, though its up to you to keep experimenting with different combinations and colours.
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