Mystical Light Shaft

light-shaft Make your photos look magical with this beautiful light shaft Photoshop tutorial. This ultra realistic light effect is great for adding drama to those precious moments. Follow this Photoshop tutorial to find out how easy it is to add this beautiful effect.

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Light Shaft Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1

Open an image into Photoshop. This Photoshop effect doesn’t work with every photo, so you’ll need to pick a good photo to start with. A photo that is compatible with this Photoshop tutorial is one with a visible sky and that is partially covered with trees, clouds, etc versus a clear blue sky. Below is an example of a good image for this effect.

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Step 2

First, we’ll create a duplicate of the layer. Press Ctrl+J or go to Layer > Duplicate to create a duplicate layer. You should now have two layers in the layers palette.

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Step 3

Make sure that you have the top layer selected. Choose Image > Adjustment > Threshold. The Threshold tool creates a 100% black and white image (no grays). We’ll use this tool to help us separate the sky and the foreground.

In the Threshold tool, move the input slider all the way to the right. Then, move the input slider towards the left slowly until the sky appears. Once it appears, let go of the mouse button and click OK.

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Written by admin on February 21st, 2008 with 19 comments.
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#1. February 22nd, 2008, at 3:51 AM.

Looks good, keep it up.

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#2. February 22nd, 2008, at 7:38 AM.

Very Nice Tutorial Dude :)

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#3. February 22nd, 2008, at 9:43 AM.

I rather pay a couple bucks than to view your ads. My time that it takes to download those ads cost more than a few bucks.

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#4. February 22nd, 2008, at 9:21 PM.

Wow beautiful effect! I’m going to try this out.

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#5. February 22nd, 2008, at 9:28 PM.

Sorry for the double comment… but I just saw Julian’s comment after I posted and I want to reply.

Julian - What is wrong with you? First, if you had to pay to download, it would take a lot more time than the fraction of a second it takes for the ads to load. And I doubt with someone of your intelligence that your time is worth that much.

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#6. February 23rd, 2008, at 11:52 AM.

Wow beautiful effect! I’m going to try this out.

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#7. February 23rd, 2008, at 12:38 PM.

I thought it was a great tutorial, very informative and good quality finished product. As far as the site loading slowly due to ads, this site loaded as fast as any I visit during the day. No problems at all….

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#8. February 23rd, 2008, at 2:14 PM.

Julian, just 3 words for you. Firefox - “Adblock Plus”

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#9. February 27th, 2008, at 7:45 AM.

tutorial panjenengan sae sanget =>javanese language, but dont worry i will translate for U, here there are…
Nice tut dude..:)

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#10. March 5th, 2008, at 2:29 PM.

Great one…thanks

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#11. March 6th, 2008, at 5:08 AM.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.

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#12. March 10th, 2008, at 11:12 AM.

Easy and very effective, thank you.

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#13. March 16th, 2008, at 2:02 AM.

gret job :-) very impressed..!

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#14. March 17th, 2008, at 4:08 AM.

All I need to do is say - - Thanks.

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#15. March 24th, 2008, at 9:46 AM.

finally!bisa tau juga gmn bikinnya..tank u very much..great tut!!

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#16. April 7th, 2008, at 6:43 PM.

buen tutorial lo boy a intentar

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#17. April 18th, 2008, at 5:58 AM.

Hi there, you are providing me really good tutorial!
I have learned a lot from this website.
Thanks for you kind sharing!

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#18. May 31st, 2008, at 3:05 AM.

Thanks for sharing!

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#19. August 5th, 2008, at 10:34 AM.

XLNT efx! …can’t wait to try this! Thanks!

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