Nice tutorial, thank you =D 1:25 > (light beam from the spot light) > layers panel: hit "create new layer"> "S": stamp tool> canvas: draw on the spot light to remove it 2:24 > layers panel: hit "create new layer" (1st light beam) (curves) > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon> note: look at the light and shadow in the ground to find a more realistic place to work on your light beam> create light beam in multiple layers, to make it look realistic (more depth), if you only work on single layer, it never looks good 4:10 > adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment (blur) 4:35 > layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=160px (choose very large blur)> hit "OK"> note: now the light beam looks much more realistic> "alt+click": on layer mask, you can inspect the light beam (2nd light beam) 5:06 > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon, but inside the previous light beam> note: now we create the core of our light beam> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment> layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=100px (choose less blur than previous and reasonably strong)> hit "OK" (3rd light beam) 5:53 > "L": polygonal lasso tool> canvas: mark the light beam in a polygon, but inside the previous light beam> note: now we create the core of our light beam> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> note: it looks fake at this moment> layers panel: select the layer mask of curves layer> top panel: filter, blur, gaussian blur> gaussian blur window: range=75px (choose less blur than previous and reasonably strong)> hit "OK" 7:25 > (simulate some fog, which forms the environment of showing light beam) (curves) > layers panel: select the top layer> adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> properties panel: drag the bottom-left edge of curve up to make darkness brighter> layers panel: select layer mask of the curve layer> "ctrl+I": invert it to black> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=white> canvas: draw around the character on the ground 8:12 > (render 1st clouds: around the light beam) > layers panel: hit "create new layer" > top panel: filter, render, clouds> note: the clouds are too small, so make them larger> "ctrl+T": resize it a bit larger> layers panel: hit "create layer mask"> select the layer mask> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black, flow=30%> canvas: draw around area far from the light beam to hide the fog which disturbing focus 9:02 > (render 2nd clouds: outside of the light beam) > adjustment layer panel: hit "curves" icon> top panel: filter, render, clouds> properties panel: > RGB: drag the curve up to make the selection area much brighter> B: lower down the curve, darken the blue color> R: drag up the curve, lighten the red> layers panel: select the layer mask of the curve layer> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black> canvas: draw around the beam to hide the red cloud/fog effect around the light beam area> opacity=85% 10:00 > (hide the stamped area with black blend if layer)> layers panel: hit "fx", blending options> layer styles window, blending options panel: blend if=gray, underlying layer bar: drag white box to left, to protect the highlights> "alt+click": on white box, drag the left side of white box to the most left side, to add feathering for transition> 10:53 > (warm the light beam: curves with layer mask) 11:28 > (group all curves adjustment layers, except curves for street lamp)> layers panel: select all curves, except for street lamp> "ctrl+G": group them 11:33 > (add gradient to beam light: top to bottom, strong to weak)> layers panel: select the group> "ctrl+J": duplicate the group> hold "alt", hit "create layer mask" icon> select the layer mask> "G": gradient tool> top bar: style=linear, type=white to transparent> canvas: drag from the extension line far away from the top-right corner of canvas, to half body of the light beam> note: it gets more visible on the top, and no completely white painted> select the original group layer> hit "create layer mask" icon> "G": gradient tool> top bar: style=linear, type=black to transparent> canvas: drag from the extension line far away from the bottom-left corner of canvas, to half body of the light beam> note: reduce the strength of the lower light beam> select the upper light beam group> opacity=70% 13:11> (render clouds on light beam: add more texture)> layers panel: select the 2 groups> "ctrl+G": group them> hit "create layer mask" icon> select the layer mask > top panel: filter, render, clouds> "B": brush tool> top bar: style=soft rounded, fill=black> canvas: draw around the light beam, to hide the cloud/fog on the light beam

7 years on and this video is still relevant! Thank you! 🌻

THANK YOU! As an architecture student making an emblematic image from scratch, this helped me A LOT!

you made the top right corner of the beam brighter. but gravity pulls most of the fog down, so it should get dimmer the higher the light is and brighter towards the floor, as there are more particles near the floor to reflect the light. thanks for the tutorial.

This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. No bs, just a straight forward instruction. Already subscribed!

Wow, immediately subscribed! I'm not a native english speaker but I love how fast you speak and do your work. Otherwise I never would have watched the whole video. Good photoshop skills without unnecessary comments, really great job! :)

i never got so happy by watching the first 5 seconds of a tutorial!

Hi Phlearn, I am in no way a Photographer. I am wanting to learn how to photoshop family photos to improve or enhance them. I have viewed a few of your tutorials but struggle with them. The reason being is because you seem to have real basic photos that you use as an example. For instance clone stamping.... making unwanted items disappear off a photo, you have a real basic easy photo to work with but you don't show how to do it with a more detailed photo. I have noticed that you do this with a few of your tutorials including the one above. This is just my feedback and in no way any criticism. On a positive note, you have a great teaching voice and I love how you explain things step by step as you go and the reasons for doing them.

I been following this account for a year now and you guys help me out so much! So easy and understanding and you are not boring! You actually speak like you want to be doing this. Thank you!

Real nice. Now that I've been staring at it for this 10+ minutes though, one thing bothers me: The beam shouldn't be lighting the trees up like that on the top right section of the image, the trees should be underexposed and the rays of light should be illuminating just the fog that it's going through.

this is by far the easiest and most effective tutorial i have seen

Really liked the "layers" suggestion, and use of Gaussian Blur on the mask. Simple...Effective...

*You are one of the best photoshop expert*

Been watch a lot of your videos before I go into college to major for this type of stuff. Just to make my life easier. Thanks to you dude.

Finally, someone who can teach quickly and effectively on here! Definitely a subscriber now and look forward to learning more from your channel!!

Apparently if you use curves then there is nothing around it, or as far as I have tried, but the same effect is achieved by creating a new layer, creating a selection using the polygonal lasso tool and filling the layer with a gradient from white to transparent, and then finally creating a blur. Thumbs up for solution.

Love love love it.. this video/tut is everything ❤️u explained it so beautifully. Step by step.. u r a great teacher.. thank you so much Sir... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Great video Aaron, your Pro Tutorials are awesome as well.

The idea/technique of free-transform the could-render filter is great, actually I never thought it, so this is a new cool tip!!

The beam of light should not illuminate the trees in the background considering the distance of the trees to the subject.

LOL I am Italian and I am Phlearning pretty much thanks to you. And I have been impressed hearing you say CIAO ARRIVEDERCI. You are the best teacher ever!!!! I have to say bye bye, I gotta go to see your next tutorial :D

Thank you for the tutorial. I have a scene that I have to introduce a light beam into and this will prove very helpful. "I'll be back!" Thanks again.

Great tutorial Aaron, very easy to follow and please don't be put off with negative comments. Some people forget that they think they know it all.....

I'm impressed with the techniques in this tutorial but I can't help feel like others on this thread that the 'spotlight' you're painting in wouldn't illuminate trees out of its direct path and so I think this would look amazing if the beam of light actually receded in intensity closer to the source.

Thanks man you are the best photoshoping chanel on youtube.Did you work in microsoft or something ?

Fantastic tutorial. I was pulling my hair out trying to solve this on my own for a thumbnail. Thank you buddy.

Thanks a lot for the tutorial regarding the creation of Beams of light !

Always great to have a new way to go about lighting a photo. I am having a great time with all the great tutorials . BUCK DUDE!!!!

What a fantastic trick to make a light beam..very cool. Thank you!!!

It is like when I was a kid watching Bob Ross. Ha A.N. is Bob Ross of Photoshop. "Now here is a happy little tree." Keep up the great work Mr. N.

Recommend, helpful for beginners

You are one the of the best aaron

It is awesome. That lighht beam very realistic

I am learning so much from your videos! Not even just about PS, but of art and how to make really good art. These are so amazing. Thank you for producing such fantastic products!

very helpful. A little long winded, but really helpful. The BEST part was two seconds after the send-off! Hillarious!

Aaron, you are my favourite photoshop teacher!

Love that smile at the beginning of every tutorial. Kinda of wondering how you do it :) The video is very helpful as usual. Thank you.

Although on first look the beam appears real, you have to realize that a beam like that wouldn't light up the trees in the background the way they do. The beam would light up the haze between the source and the target, and it'd would appear to be a light grey. It would actually block the background, not light it up.

This was so much fun to watch!

You are the man with the plan!

Really nice work. While I'm sure you could do most anything you wanted here, I am curious as to why you chose not to darken the upper trees in background a bit more. My notion is that I would not expect a real [fairly narrow] light source to illuminate the background. While the air/mist would capture some light, I wouldn't expect the trees to have direct illumination. In fact, the more I would see the beam in the air/mist, the less I would expect to see the trees behind (at least in my mind's eye). Your thoughts?

Great video! I love that you work non-destructively and utilize masks and adjustment layers. So few tutorials do.

Another great tutorial....You make photoshop techniques so easy to follow.

Thank you! You introduced me to these effects of lighting and fog and I really wanted to learn them. 😌

Fantastic tutorial! Straight to the point, descriptive, and educational! You sir, just earned a subscriber!

Anyone else think the effect was negated by the ultra-unrealistic "fog" addition? Also, deviant art has some nice fog brush sets. Perhaps that would have given you a better effect?

the exact explanation i expected . Thank

Sorry Aaron, one big mistake is that, that light beam really can't lighten up the those trees in the background. Maybe as you said, the picture should be in two different exposures. thx 4 the tut :)

Very nice & effective tutorial............. tnx bro........ ur my 1st choice for this sub...

Watching this in 2021 and still so helpful! Thanks Aaron!

For Blurring makes you can use the properties panel and use feather :P

almost a million people have watched your video!!! wow!!!!! Keep it up :)

Very cool guide. Thanks!

Pretty good tutorial....again.learned about 3 things in one tutorial alone.thank you so much.will definitely look into your pro tutorials once this week of work is finished.

Very nice apartment you have there. Exposed brick, no clutter. You got a big A!

The only thing i would suggest on your channel is to include a link to the photograph that you are using. Makes it a billion times easier to follow along than if i have to find my own photo.

I have never learned more and watched a better tutorial than this one! Keep it up :) Subscribed ;)

This is a excellent tutorial, great video to get the core concept down. Thanks dude

Thankyou ...i am thorougly benefitted...exactly the same thing i wanted to put in my project and i have seen many youtube videos and find yours is specific and the best onewithout any addins.Thankyou so much

Great tutorial, thank you so much!!!

Maaaaaaaaan you're a magician!!!!!!!! God bless.

Excellent as always!!

I really enjoy Phlearn tutorials !!!

Đó là kênh thư vị nhất mà tôi cập nhật mới đây!....

Ty so much its so easy to create beams.I played around with my photo and got good results thanks.

great explanation, i've been using ps for years and it's always good to see how someone else implements the same affects using a different technique =) keep up the good work

simple but awesome

gracias por tus videos aun q me cueste entenderlo por el idioma me resultan útiles :)

Instead of using curves, you can create a hue/saturation layer, increase the lightness and then give a high feather. Just seems easier this way

Your video so simple to follow. Thanks so much!

That's awesome Aaron, thanks for the tut, really instructive and helpful.

Exelent Teaching.....Tank you very much

Davvero concettualmente molto semplice e molto interessante. Grazie.

I'm not trying to blow your minds with the clone stamp. ahahahaha. I don't know why I laughed so hard at that

love how you laughed at yourself about your clone stamping when you had to go back and fix the light ray XD

This is the best touturial eer

Thanks Aaron!

Subscribed! Awesome tutorial. Thanks

Nice! Photoshop has been a tad over my head but learning. Thanks!

Wow! Great tutorial, I just learned a new Photoshop technique thanks to your video.

this is a really clear and helpful tutorial. thanks!

thanks for tutorial. that's what i'm looking for to make a book cover design.

Seems it would be more realistic if the light was not illuminating the tree, since it isn't shining on the tree, but nice tut ;)

Nicely done! Great training!

I love your tutorial, easy and understanding

Fantastic tutorial

nice effect, but how would you avoid affecting the background objects? Makes the whole effect look less realistic, because parts of the image are now overexposed. Looks like there is a beam of light shining on the bushes and trees in the background.

excellent tutorial useful for so many different things, thanks

I love your tutorials so much!!!

So creative and awesome.

Love your tutorials AN

This tutorial was very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Wish you a good day ;D

to remove stuff you could also use the content aware fill .. i find it really useful and realistic looking

you are a good teacher, aaron! thanks :)

cant believe that this guy works only with his tablet! Waiting for the day when i will work with the tablet like i am holding a mouse in my hand.

OMG This helped me a lot ! I didn't know that there was a tool like this :D Thank you so much!!

Thanks a lot for amazing and easy tutorial plus your way of teaching is superb! I'm glad to find and subscribe your channel...

i`m in love with your Photoshop Tutorials!!! lol

So, your direct lightsource is actually lighting the trees outside of the beam eh ? Very clever light....where can I buy one....?

Great video :) it was really useful.