How To Make Light Painting

05/26/2009 · 263 comments

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In this post, psd-tutorial.com offers instructions on making your own light painting. I use the glow brushes tool to make this light painting. Click here to download the brushes.

You may notice that there are glowing stars everywhere in the image. I made it with Adobe Photoshop after seeing  Kagaya’s artwork. It is perfect with any image hosting.

  • Open new canvas in adobe Photoshop by pressing Ctrl + N | fill the specification listed above. You may alter the canvas size, but make sure that the size is not far too large, because this tutorial is best for screen resolution.
  • Fill background layer with solid black. This is the simple way: Press D, then Alt + Delete on background layer.
  • Don’t forget to download glow brushes & install it in your Photoshop. If you don’t know how to install brushes, click on this link: how to install brushes in Adobe Photoshop

  • Make a new layer above the background layer with default specification.
  • Now, use some of glow brushes to make any composition of light as you like. If you haven’t used the glo brushes before, take some time to practice. Brush shortcut: B
  • You have to set your brushes at 100% opacity & solid white foreground.

step-3

  • Make a new layer & set the blend mode into overlay. You’ll colorize this layer, ok?
  • (optional) i usually give base color first into colorize layer before adding another color. I advise you to set the foreground color into any color (I’ve used aqua blue in this image) and press Alt + Delete.
  • Now use soft round brushes & set opacity into 10% -  20%. I usually use 100 – 300 pixel diameter.
  • Change foreground color into any color & start painting!

  • Do you notice some stars in this image? It’s optional, but adds visual interest to the image :D
  • I haven’t made tutorial about making this stars, so this time, just copy & paste it from the psd files, ok?
  • Open the psd file & drag the star into your artwork. You may resize it as you like.
  • Use Hue/Saturation to change its color by pressing Ctrl + U
  • You may add some text to make it more attractive like the title image.

download-psd-file-here

If you have question, just leave your comments & i’ll reply it as soon as possible. Good Luck!

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Haady Firmansyah May 26, 2009 at 8:28 AM

Great job, thx for sharing..

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indoneter May 26, 2009 at 10:57 AM

amazing..

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herry May 26, 2009 at 11:15 AM

god job….bray…
thanks for visiting my blog..and sharing this tutor…

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hendrie k_bejo May 26, 2009 at 11:25 AM

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Thanks again.

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natalia May 26, 2009 at 11:43 AM

LOVE IT….thank you for sharing

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Yanur May 26, 2009 at 11:54 AM

Thank for you,…..tutorial is very good…

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orange May 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Love is tutorial…..is very good

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Budi May 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM

Love is tutorial…..is very good

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ballwell May 26, 2009 at 11:58 AM
foNtiE May 26, 2009 at 12:00 PM

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nyophy May 26, 2009 at 12:36 PM

thank’s for your information…nice post

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cync May 26, 2009 at 12:43 PM

wow great… I will take it to put in my forum

thx

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kangtatang May 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM

Great job my friend, this tutorial make me a better blogger for sure :) thanks.

kangtatang

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gnu May 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM

nice post, thanks for share

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Muchlisin May 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM

Wow… amazing…

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alimul May 26, 2009 at 1:34 PM

i was download ur software . . thx

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sheyka May 26, 2009 at 1:38 PM

hello, thanks for your comment on my blog and thanks for this tutorial.

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Dana Telco May 26, 2009 at 2:27 PM

great my friend

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provezzor May 26, 2009 at 2:28 PM

Cool! btw the “light” brush has the static shape right? how about if i want the other shape?

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buwel May 26, 2009 at 2:35 PM

good tutorial bro…

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dafa May 26, 2009 at 2:40 PM

nice tutorial.. i’ll try it..

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andwi May 26, 2009 at 2:42 PM

great!!! tq 4 info

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hyperjadulz May 26, 2009 at 2:50 PM

this is a great tutorial. Looks like I will download the file and try it.Thanks 4 sharing…


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peluang bisnis internet May 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM

great job… thanks for sharing your file..

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eko May 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM

great…. nice blog

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PPC May 26, 2009 at 3:09 PM

wah, i don’t understand english….

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ebenk789 May 26, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Nice posting friend.. keep smile :D

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Abu Inayat May 26, 2009 at 3:23 PM

Hey this article is great. I Like it, I love it, I’ll Make it. Thank u…

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rizkyd May 26, 2009 at 3:42 PM

great…. I will try this tips…

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ang May 26, 2009 at 3:49 PM

nice post! I’ll try it…tq…for sharing

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haqie May 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM

thx for the instruction, i’ve download ur file, thxvery much

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antondoank May 26, 2009 at 4:18 PM

nice tutorial, keep blogging n keep drawing,,
he..he..

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Dewi May 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM

Really beautiful….but have no time to try for sure….coz my children will never let me stay in front of computer to try ur tutorial…

Anyway, what is in downloaded file? I couldn’t open it.. Is it the picture itself? so I use it as wallpaper or anything? or is it just the tutorial file?

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Albert Lie May 26, 2009 at 4:59 PM

it’s psd file. use winrar to extract it :D

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wali May 26, 2009 at 4:34 PM

i like this tutorial, i will try it. thanks

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madefunday May 26, 2009 at 4:44 PM

mau tak cubo, will try…

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Osman Saftari May 26, 2009 at 4:45 PM

wow! nice one! keep blogging and writing!
thx!

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adedosol May 26, 2009 at 4:56 PM
amri_firmansyah May 26, 2009 at 4:59 PM

nice info brow…^^

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BimaAria May 26, 2009 at 5:41 PM

nice tutor!

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Pasuruan May 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. Thank you for writing this article that I have enjoyed reading.
Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Regard

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wow…nice posting bro:)

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pandan May 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM

I must say it quite useful for me though..same as you,i used photoshop for my work..but maybe different ways to make it like this..a good tutorial!Show us more.. :)

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Mobile Tutorial Blog May 26, 2009 at 7:18 PM

Keren mas, biasanya kalo pake psd, kalo pas ngedit foto saja, tidak pernah yang kayak mas

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sketsa May 26, 2009 at 7:24 PM

woow…very2 good tutorial :)

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y-o-e-l May 26, 2009 at 7:27 PM

wow….

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wow…nice sharing..

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Arfar May 26, 2009 at 8:18 PM

Looks more alive, thanks for sharing :)

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Ameera May 26, 2009 at 8:23 PM

Very nice tutorial….like a magic…

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wow great tutorial thx for sharing :D

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ApihYayan May 26, 2009 at 8:53 PM

i like it my friend

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Wayoi May 26, 2009 at 8:59 PM

you have a great tutorial. Nice effort

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Nice article. Interesting.

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MOTERS May 26, 2009 at 9:07 PM

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Pojok Santai May 26, 2009 at 9:08 PM

Great design… love it.

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tr0ublemaker May 26, 2009 at 9:39 PM

Cool tutorial…
i will practic it…
thanks…

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yurie May 26, 2009 at 9:55 PM

matab gan….

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Lady Leaya May 26, 2009 at 10:37 PM

helpful!!=)

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ziegey May 26, 2009 at 10:46 PM

brush artwork huh?…cool
anyway…do u have any cool brush file like this one?… maybe u want to share it:D

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wow keren bro

amazing

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Hengky May 26, 2009 at 11:05 PM

nice tutorial, thanks for you visit..

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Abdillah May 26, 2009 at 11:19 PM

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Ches May 26, 2009 at 11:56 PM

Wow..cool and great job!

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amarboponk May 27, 2009 at 12:40 AM

good your blog…, good luck…. :)

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me May 27, 2009 at 12:47 AM

useful! believe ‘ll need it someday..

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Wisata SEO Sadau May 27, 2009 at 12:50 AM

nice tutorial friends
thanks for sharing

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kencus May 27, 2009 at 1:18 AM

nice tutorial for me…beautiful coloring

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ammadis May 27, 2009 at 1:22 AM

Cool men…

Is easy to make it…???

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lucy May 27, 2009 at 2:08 AM

Cool! I’m waiting for your new article :)
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mukhlis May 27, 2009 at 2:26 AM

Nice tutorial, alus pisan bro…

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sufian May 27, 2009 at 2:39 AM

nice tutorial..will visit this blog again!

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Trims atas kunjungannya..!!

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jasmani May 27, 2009 at 3:14 AM

very good….:P

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freebdtube May 27, 2009 at 3:42 AM

Great sharing. Very helpful. Thanks a lot.

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status Ym May 27, 2009 at 3:43 AM

nice post

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edylaw May 27, 2009 at 3:58 AM

Gud tutor :) im save this page

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shadow202031 May 27, 2009 at 4:32 AM

Nice Picture do you have!

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shijun May 27, 2009 at 5:13 AM

nice tutorial. and thanks for the trip to my blog :)

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Arriful May 27, 2009 at 5:24 AM

Beautiful

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fiddin Yusfida 'la May 27, 2009 at 5:36 AM

emang master kali yang bikin gambar – gambarnya…

very nice picture, i can’t make it…oh sory

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Fidda May 27, 2009 at 5:37 AM

nice info, Vb friend

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taufan May 27, 2009 at 5:46 AM

makasih… care n share tips…. ayo hiasi hidup dengan kreativitas.

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p3myh4sy1m May 27, 2009 at 5:55 AM

nice post sob,,,

btw ini bisa pake Photoshop CS2 tidak yah??

mhn balesannya,,thx,,,

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cekkeya May 27, 2009 at 6:00 AM

great…i love it…and for sure, i will try it…thanx for sharing, neway…

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tsmcreative May 27, 2009 at 6:00 AM

hey…nice tutorial….

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Bali For U May 27, 2009 at 6:01 AM

nice experiment… its cool, i have follow your tutorial and nice… i got nice pic… thanks for share

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