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Lens Flare Filter Tips

 

Dave Cross shows how to use the Lens Flare Filter with more flexibility.

Dave Cross is Senior Developer, Education and Curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and is involved in all aspects of the training that is provided to NAPP members. Dave’s book “The Photoshop CS2 Help Desk” is now available on ScottKelbyBooks.com

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  2. Giles said on — July 19, 2008 @ 11:08 am

    Nice tutorial well done

  3. Jessikah said on — September 23, 2008 @ 10:16 am

    By any chance do you have the directions from the video typed up in step by step directions?

    - Jessica

  4. Shawn said on — November 29, 2009 @ 2:11 pm

    Thanks so much that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Chris said on — January 8, 2010 @ 6:26 pm

    That’s one of the most useful things I’ve seen in a long time. You could even layer multiple lens flares to create a different effect.

  6. text messaging software said on — January 18, 2010 @ 1:56 am

    Thanks! I love the tutorial!

  7. rafa said on — March 22, 2010 @ 6:59 am

    fantanstic… i like so much!! very useful

  8. LarryLar said on — May 22, 2010 @ 6:37 pm

    Sweet. Thanks for the great tip.

  9. chris said on — February 22, 2011 @ 11:38 am

    why not changing the layer to an smart-object and then you can change the lensflar even all the other settings

  10. Sally said on — May 3, 2011 @ 12:58 am

    Thanks for the tutorial. Excellent.

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  12. sanmano said on — August 10, 2011 @ 3:11 am

    nice tutorial… really good..

  13. Nimrod said on — August 17, 2011 @ 5:25 am

    thx. Still you can keep the lensflare layer undamaged when cropping, if you convert it to a smart object before.

  14. Mark said on — November 10, 2011 @ 12:52 am

    Lens flare can appear as a general haze across the picture that lightens it reducing contrast. It can also appear as streaks across the picture or shapes, usually circles, in the picture.
    I find similiar tutorial about understanding and how to avoid lens flare when take a shoot… just for share

    http://photograpyreview.blogspot.com/2011/10/understanding-lens-flare.html

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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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