Sunday, April 26

CoffeeShop "Magic Light Overlay Creator" Photoshop/PSE Action!


I love adding light to images post-camera and today I wanted share a nifty little action called "Magic Light Overlay Creator"that automatically creates three light overlays that you can use on any of your own images.

This week I will post the three light overlays for download if you would rather not use an action to create them and a step-by-step tutorial on how to create your own.  I will also have a companion action called "Blissful Light" that allows you to use these overlays and adds a beautiful warm light and boost of contrast.


This is the beautiful "before" image I found here. I ran one of my favorite B&W actions (Gossamer Wings) on it and then decided to add some light coming from the top right of the image.


I ran the "Magic Light Overlay Creator" and grabbed the Top Right Light overlay created by the action and placed it on top of the image and free transformed (Ctrl-T) it to fit.  Then I put it in screen blending mode at 81% opacity.  I love this soft hazy version.

Download the  CoffeeShop "Magic Light Overlay Creator" Photoshop/PSE action. You can also download it here.

Do you want to download my favorite CoffeeShop PSE/Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets or Design Elements in one convenient zipped file AND help support this blog? Just click here for my action pack or here for a download of some of my most popular design elements, storyboards, and textures.

For complete info on installing all of my actions, click here.

2 comments:

  1. hey there, I can't find the instructions on how to use this but it looks so neat I want to try! Can you point me in the right direction? thank you so much for your awesome blog

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