Manip Academy #9 : Adding realistic highlights by Rowye, journal
Manip Academy #9 : Adding realistic highlights
So you're looking to have a dramatic light effect in your work and aren't sure how to go about it... In Photoshop there are always many ways to reach your goal, today we're going to focus on adding highlights by using the Color Dodge layer mode.
This is a fairly easy effect to produce realistic light hitting a surface. This method works best when you're working on mid/low range levels and with elements that don't have extreme contrast. It does very well when you have a shaded element and want strong highlights but might not work in other circumstances.
If you want to practice with this same tent, feel free to download this PSD (tree stock a