sla453 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Hi Damien, I have a particular image I took of Byron Bay lighthouse at night.. I managed to capture the 'light rays' from the lighthouse, but I cannot for the life of me, work out how to accentuate them.. I could go down the fake route, but would like to use what I shot.. Any ideas?? (Completely unedited JPG attached - but I shoot RAW). Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Well ... I assume you'd have to double-process the raw file. Once as normal Once for the sky only, with REALLY aggressive contrast, so the beam stands out. Then combine them as layers in PS. But the trouble is, such aggressive contrast would almost certainly bring out some pretty nasty noise. A dark blue sky will usually harbour noise, and the risk of exaggerating it would be great. So try it, but you might find that the "faking it" route is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Thanks - I'll give it a go.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Can't wait to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Couldn't resist a play with fake beams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Go on then - how did you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 How did you go with the real one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Download PSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Thanks for that - I didn't get chance to have a play with it last night (working ) ... but will see if I can apply your PSD edit to my RAW file... Will let you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 How did you go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Pulling my hair out with it.. At first I had the idea of perhaps (somehow) copying the adjustments layers from your jpg copy, over to my raw file - googled if it was possible - apparently it is but no joy in that department..!! Studied your adjustment layers one by one to attempt to replicate them - spent hours and lost interest due to frustration ..!! LOL What I would like to ask - the lines of the light rays that blur out towards the ends - are they all seperate lines or have you managed to radiate them out from a central point from the light on the lighthouse? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 They're five separate lines, on five separate layers, which I then merged into the Smart Object you see in the PSD. You should have sung out before now!!!! I wanted to share the PSD to make it faster for you, not to bog you down for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Ahha - its ok mate, I appreciate your help in the first place. I'll have another play later after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 The Smart Object was necessary - vital, in fact - in order to be able to apply the blur as a smart filter. Smart filters can be re-adjusted later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 OK - my latest attempt... created the light beams with the polygonal lasso tool.. Filled them with a gradient and added a Gaussian blur.. Does it work???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 I'd like to get the beams to fade out a bit more towards the extremes, but cant seem to get it to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Just mask 'em like I did. Did you take a look at my mask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sla453 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Yeah I see the mask, but not sure how to get the look with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 With a very large brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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