 Jen Orbistondo |
Painting with Light Can anybody tell me what "Painting with Light" in Photoshop means? Thanks in advance!
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anonymous |
Hi Jen, Never heard of it in terms of Photoshop, but painting with light is usually done during a night shot, with a long shutter speed. Photographers set up, use a long shutter spead, and then the things they want highlighted in the image, they highlight with a torch, you just move the torch around in a circular motion to get an even highlighted area.
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Samuel Smith |
torch,flashlight,penlight,headlights, candle. just an additionl light source to illuminate. eh?
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sherry-adkins-photography.com - Sherry Karr Adkins Contact Sherry Karr Adkins Sherry Karr Adkins's Gallery |
Jennifer, what we did in school that was called 'Painting with Light' is using a layer mask. It is the icon at the bottom of your layers pallette that looks like a square with a circle inside. Duplicate your layer so that you have two identical layers on top of each other. The top one will be as close to the right exposure as possible. On this layer, click on the layer mask icon. The bottom layer you will lighten in levels. Make sure black and white are your default colors with black as the foreground color. Click on the layer mask icon in the top layer, and with the brush tool paint over the areas of the image you want to lighten. Use a soft edged brush. This will erase the top layer and bring out the bottom, lighter layer. If you don't like it, you can toggle the black and white colors and paint areas back in with the white. Also when using the layer mask, you can change the opacity of the paint brush to lighten as much or little as you want. When you like the image, flatten it. Hope this helps.
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
Torch is Australian for Flashlight. :-)
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Jane M |
Here's what I do for PS painting with light: Create a new empty layer above your image layer. Change blending mode to 'soft light'. Change opacity to 20% or so, can change to taste later. Now, using the paintbrush tool, paint with black to increase darkness of shadow areas etc paint with white to brighten. Usually pays to go with the existing highlights/shadows.
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Jen Orbistondo |
Thanks for your responses. I appreciate your time very much. Jane - Your gallery is amazing - Any tips on getting such great catchlights and lighting? You need to write a book on lighting! Triple thanks in advance!!!
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Samuel Smith |
thanks dennis,ya took the time,my thanks. sam
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
I'm bilingual sam, I lived in Australia for 5 years. :-)
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Jane M |
Thanks for the compliment Jen :) For catchlights get you subject facing a good source of light such as open sky or a window if indoors. Good light in general is more tricky, but practice without a camera placing a subject in different positions and just observe the light on your subject and how it varies in different positions and orientations. Outside open shade is a good bet, slightly looking up helps as well.
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Robyn Gwilt |
LOL, we also have 'torches' in SA (must be a down under thing!) but then again we put our groceries in the boot, our gloves in the cubby hole, a fanny is a female part of the anatomy, a butt is the end of a cigarette, we watch the robots change, not traffic lights, we take the lift, not the elevator .... LOL - Sherry thanks for the quick lesson - I've done painting with light with a torch and a kids sparkler, but will try out your PS tip. (PS, we drink Sherry here in the cold winter!) :)
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