Synthetic effects: The sunlight in the dark clouds

In this case, we use Photoshop to add a light to the dark clouds in the picture's sky. This method is relatively simple, the effect is not bad. In fact, as long as we calm down and analysis, we can become masters.

1. Open a picture of more sky and cloud in Photoshop (Figure 1), and create a new layer 1 above the background layer.

Figure 1 2. With the rectangular marquee tool, set the property to add to the selection, scribble a rectangle with varying width and spacing on layer 1 and fill it with white (Figure 2).

Figure 2

3. Execute menu-Filter-noise-add noise, number 100%, select Gaussian distribution, pick monochrome option, then execute menu-Filter-blur-motion blur, angle set to 90 degrees, distance 100 pixels (Figure 3, Figure 4).

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Figure 4 4. Execute menu-edit-free transform, hold down the CTRL key, drag the four-corner node to adjust the image shape to such as (Figure 5)