Corey shows you how to get realistic lighting effects on 2D images using 3D lights in Photoshop CS5 Extended.
Posted by Corey Barker
Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.
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This could be useful in multiple ways also couldn’t it Corey. Say you wanted to take a party scene and make multiple little lights around the scene of different colors. Make it pop a bit more. If there was already lights in the photo.
Nice tip and effect either way. Thanks Corey.
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Great lesson here, though it leaves me wondering (as I have since CS4) whether light positions and other parameters can be animated in CS5? For example, what if you wanted those spotlights to wave around, changing angle over time. Can changes to 3D mesh-y stuff be “keyframed” in Photoshop?
I recall trying to figure out, say, how to animate an illuminated lamp swinging above a table top, so that cast shadows moved as the lamp moved through space. To my amazement, and Adobe confirmed this at the time, it could NOT be done in CS4.
Have things improved on that front? I hope what I’m asking makes sense, and if anyone can make it happen, it’s YOU. Thanks!
Hi Corey,
Thank you so much for your work. You have taught me so many things that are practical in an every day scenario. Keep up the amazing work
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Thanks Corey, great as always.
you always rock Corey!
You can extend this same idea by tweaking the cameras and a little post-processing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuJqjNKgQNc
From the Photoshop YouTube page.
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how do you have that blue wall paper inn the background?
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I like this one !!
AMAZING !!
this is really helpful for learning.
than you every one who made this