Photoshop adds fantastic lighting effects to robots

This tutorial mainly uses Photoshop to add the illusion of brilliant light effect to the technology portrait, this effect can give the picture to increase the sense of technology and speed. Interested friends to study together.

Effect chart

The specific production steps are as follows:

First step

First, open the Illus.psd file, which consists of "linework", "ground", and "figure" layers to hide the "ground" layer.

Second Step

Create a new layer and press SHIFT+F5 to fill the entire canvas with black, then move the black background layer to the other layer. The effect is shown in the following illustration.

Third Step

To paint the figure layer's superhero, follow the layer > new adjustment layer > Gradient map, set the gradient color to black to red, and then press Ctrl+alt+g to add the clipping mask (the Layers panel right-click to choose to create a clipping mask is also possible). The effect figure is shown in the figure below.

Fourth Step

The following is to add lines to the superhero costume to enhance the character's sense of movement. Select "Linework" Layer, right-click to select blending options, tick color overlay and outer glow effect, overlay color and outer glow to choose yellow. Here does not give specific settings parameters, can be adjusted according to their own feelings. The effect should be shown in the following figure.

Fifth Step

Select the Linework layer, add a layer mask, adjust the foreground and background color of the swatches to black and white, and then select the Brush tool to hide some of the lines. Hidden effects can be controlled by adjusting the opacity and flow of the brush. The effect is shown in the following illustration.

Sixth step

Press Ctrl+j to copy the Linework layer 4 to 5 times, repeat the previous step, add color overlay and outer glow, and then adjust the colors that appear in the screen with the layer mask and brush. This process is a bit complicated, need to master layer mask and brush operation method, the effect is very dazzling!

Seventh Step

After the adjustment of the garment lines, some parts of the characters should be strengthened to make the screen look more textured. You can add a layer style to the "figure" layer, or use the airbrush brush, where you need to combine the mask, so that the light has strong and weak points, so that the texture of the picture. The effect is shown in the following illustration.

Eighth step

Add a level adjustment layer on the figure layer, create a clipping mask to the "figure" layer (press Ctrl+alt+g), and then set the white output to 150, and then use the eraser to fade some of the color adjustment effect, making the character's light and dark contrast more obvious. The effect is shown in the following illustration.

Classification:

• PS Image Processing