12 Top Quality Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials

Below are a few Photoshop light effect tutorials that have caught my eye while looking over the tutorial sites, for me these produce the best results while using brushes, blurs and other media such as textures to create a top quality effect.

Create Awesome Abstract Nebula Circle Shape in Photoshop

Covers using filters with textures such as the twirl filter and warp filter with a Nebula star texture making for impressive results.

Create a Colorful Aged Poster With Special Lighting Effects

You’ll learn how to use texture and adjustment layers to create an aging effect on a colorful abstract poster design.

Create a Surreal Girl with a Raven Composition in Photoshop Tutorial

Loads of great tricks in this tutorial. If you want to take your creative composition skills to the next level, this Photoshop tutorial is perfect for you as it involves illustration, textures and Photoshop.

The Making of “Constant Slip”

This is more a process description of making this illustration, than a detailed step by step how to, but is very detailed and can lead to some very creative ways of achieving light effects.

Achieve Brilliant Lighting Effects in Photoshop

Using default brushes, blending options and a few stock images, you’ll learn step by step a variety of techniques that you can use in your own digital artworks to achieve professional results.

Add Brilliant Light Effects to Your Work with Photoshop

Several super easy techniques for incorporating remarkable light effects to your work using Photoshop. Including making your own set of abstract brushes and working with textures.

Create a Cosmic-Inspired Dreamy Scene in Photoshop

A demonstration of how to use stock photography, 3d elements, and various techniques to create a cosmic-inspired Photoshop master piece.

Create A Gorgeous Light Effect Using Photoshop

Using soft brushes and smoke textures allows you to create simple yet effective light effect all is explained.

Creating a Surreal Smoking Bird Composition in Photoshop

Making a monochromatic scene with the subject being a bird with smoke surrounding its body. Using a high contrast stock image combined with smoke brushes.

How to enhance your subjects with striking light effects in Photoshop

A simple technique that can be used to enhance any kind of subject with stunning light effects. Using a particular selection tools, gradients and brushes to achieve the result.

MSNBC New Background Design in Photoshop

Plenty and blur effects and colours to create a simple vibrant background.

Show me the light digital art tutorial

How to use stock images to make a beautiful digital artwork with nicely colored lights, All you need for this tutorial is the provided colors in Motion textures pack and a model.

Comments

Have any favourite Photoshop light effect tutorials let us know in the comments, also if there are any that aren’t on the list that are awesome let us know in the comments or on Twitter thanks.

Author of this post: Max Stanworth

Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard. See all posts by: Max Stanworth

47 Comments (Leave a Comment)

Ben

May 8, 2012

wow, pretty amazing designs, the one called “Surreal girl” is very powerful. I believe you have used a huge amount of layers to create that one!

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Harryponting

May 8, 2012

Great work i love read this.

quality website
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WebDesignMalta

May 1, 2012

Wow Wow Wow Max,

You are an absolute pro with Photoshop, I bet you worked with this software for many years.
I wish I could do this type of effects, especially the nebula one.
Image having the nebula with After Effects, it would be oversome!
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luke

April 9, 2012

Good works, Keep it up…
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Ollie

February 19, 2012

Nice list of tutorials. Jeez…wish I had photoshop skills like some of these…oh well back to the drawing board for me.
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Gustavs Jurisons

@thewebdesignbay January 7, 2012

These are just awesome. My favorite is “Show me the light”. I hope there will be more of these :)
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Allen

November 11, 2011

Awesome! Perfect art!
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Weerayut Teja

@kenessar November 10, 2011

Thank for these tutorial. I learn more technic with these article
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Eyeweardude

@framesdirect November 9, 2011

Wow, very cool tutorials. I typically use Photoshop for very standard photo retouching, but I’m definitely going to try my hand at some of these. Thanks!
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mehwish

November 1, 2011

i want 2 become a graphic designer and this helps me.this is awesome
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mandu zavala

October 16, 2011

great art work
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Arun Kumar

@none October 15, 2011

I like your Best Effect
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- Arun Kumar
  
  @none October 15, 2011
  
  I am a web designer & graphic designer. plz Suggest me for creation of these effects.
  Thanks
Mix Twist

October 13, 2011

I am learning from basics and landed here for searching photo shop tutorial will you refer and site or good book to learn professional designing in PS
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janna

October 13, 2011

hands down to you sir! ur awesome!
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Ricardus

October 10, 2011

It looks really good. Nice share
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Rozer Art

October 8, 2011

It is really useful. I will add something like this in some of my designs. Thanks!
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Rozer Art

October 8, 2011

This is really useful. I will add something from it in some of my works. Thanks!
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Lea

October 7, 2011

Wow! I didn’t know I could do that with Photoshop. The last effect is very nice in my opinion. Thanks for sharing.
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basekit

October 6, 2011

Thanks for the nice tutorial and sharing how to create some interesting effects.
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