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Glow/Bloom Effect

 

In the same composition, use  Select>Color Range…to select the high-lights of the base image.  Be generous with the Fuzziness, as detail won’t be an  issue.  Copy the selection to a new layer (Command – J [PC: Ctrl - J]) and set its blend mode to Screen, which works kind of inversely from Multiply—blacks become invisible and whites are added.  The result  is a simple bloom or glow effect.

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1 Comment

  1. Rhonda ~ RestLeSs D said on — July 2, 2009 @ 3:08 pm

    I love this tip! Simple & quick but a very cool effect.
    Thank you. Rhonda

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