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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. 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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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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