Learn how to make these smoky stage lights by creating a gradient selection in quick mask mode and applying some filters and layer styles.

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1. Celeste said on — May 30, 2008 @ 5:00 pm

   Pretty cool Corey! thanks and keep ‘em coming.

2. samia said on — May 30, 2008 @ 5:48 pm

   wow Ilove it

3. Gameguru101 said on — May 30, 2008 @ 8:43 pm

   WOW do you ever run out of ideas and tutorials, you have tutorials coming out of your ears.

4. Jason Loucs said on — May 30, 2008 @ 9:15 pm

   Corey,

   Another great tutorial for all of us. You are amazing. Thanks so much! Keep up the fine work.

5. almutere said on — May 30, 2008 @ 10:30 pm

   imba Corey!!

   thanks very much for ur Tutorials

6. sanjeev said on — May 31, 2008 @ 3:27 am

   Best tutorial so far, keep up the great work Corey!

7. kurt said on — May 31, 2008 @ 1:57 pm

   really great, corey. an excellent and unusual tutorial. just perfect and inspirational.
   -kurt

8. Dani Crisan said on — June 1, 2008 @ 9:11 am

   omg sooooo coooooooooooooool dude

9. vu said on — June 1, 2008 @ 4:18 pm

   so cool, Corey. You have talents, man.

10. Victor M said on — June 1, 2008 @ 7:37 pm

    this tutorial is amazing keep doing we are learning a lot ,,
    Thank you

11. Jorge said on — June 2, 2008 @ 9:15 am

    This one was great, Corey. It would love to see how you would handle the glow on the band if you were to use two different colours of light.

12. Brandon said on — June 2, 2008 @ 1:12 pm

    Great Tutorial. You should make the project fils available to use, just like the ones you guys do on Layers TV.

13. Carl said on — June 2, 2008 @ 1:39 pm

    Hi corey,

    Man…Another very well explained tut….I love these..and am learning so much….please keep them up…

14. John said on — June 2, 2008 @ 11:14 pm

    Ahhhhhhh wow…love this tutorial, way to go… You da boss Corey…

15. DarkThoughts said on — June 3, 2008 @ 2:38 am

    holy S**T dude! this is awesome!!!! loved it!!! cant wait to see all your other tuts! excellent works just excellent!

16. Alexandria said on — June 3, 2008 @ 11:22 am

    This tutorial is terrible. Not really. It is great and has so many applications, really gets my wheels turning. Just thought I’d mix the comments up a bit

17. Issac said on — June 4, 2008 @ 5:07 am

    Holy CRAP man! That’s freakin’ intense! Outstanding work!

18. Kyle said on — June 4, 2008 @ 9:50 am

    Awesome tut. Very informative and has many more applications than the subject shown. Thanks for your wonderful service to this community!

19. Sean said on — June 4, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

    Thanks so much i have learned so much from all of these tutorials and please keep them coming, thanks again

20. David said on — June 4, 2008 @ 4:52 pm

    Really good.
    I think you said the shortcuts too quickly and I got a little lost during colour fill, but otherwise I found it a very good tutorial.

    Thank you.
    David J

21. jean said on — June 5, 2008 @ 9:57 am

    Man all i got to say is that is one cool trick i tried it out with some other black and white backgrounds and the results are crazy. there was times i did get lost a bit but i got back up and did it. keep ‘em coming

22. Gabriel Rodriguez said on — June 5, 2008 @ 3:32 pm

    Awesome tutorial yo, do you got the band image so i can try it? Thanks

23. Dick Katz said on — June 7, 2008 @ 1:14 am

    Cool man – - – Very cool.

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25. Sérgio said on — June 11, 2008 @ 9:56 am

    i’m having a problem in the last step. When i add the solid color adjustment layer my document just keeps black and white like i never added anything. Does anyone know what i’m doing wrong? I’m kind a new in Photoshop

26. KEN said on — June 12, 2008 @ 9:45 am

    AWSOME

27. Kenny said on — June 13, 2008 @ 1:09 pm

    you’re putting us lighting guys out of a job

28. donella debesa said on — June 13, 2008 @ 7:06 pm

    so interesting so different and very well explained!
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
    Donella
    Arte Moderno Cubano

29. Seven In Vegas said on — June 19, 2008 @ 10:36 am

    I work in lighting for a showroom in Las Vegas…and am a photographer…this lets me enhance all my photos and graphics in a phat way!!!!! Outstanding!!!

30. Samurai said on — June 22, 2008 @ 6:02 am

    Awesome man! btw I’ve been trying to find out how to get the workspace background in ps transparent so i can get to files without minimizing ps. never found the solution. care to tell me any1?

31. Jorge Nieva said on — June 25, 2008 @ 2:13 am

    Estoy sorprendido con este tutorial, me gustó muchisimo; justamente lo que estaba buscanso, ese efecto tan real de estar en un escnario con sus luces.Realmente es grandioso tu trabajo.Muchas Gracias

32. Cyberbite said on — June 25, 2008 @ 10:23 am

    Simply amazin!!! Dats creative dude!!

33. Matuvo said on — June 29, 2008 @ 3:03 pm

    i’m just a little kid around 13 years and is willing to learn alot about this if you could help me out that would mean the world to me.. and your really good at nice job!!!

34. destroyer~lws~ said on — June 30, 2008 @ 12:25 pm

    really good tut thanks

35. Jennifer said on — July 1, 2008 @ 10:42 pm

    Wow-Ive been looking at tutorials on PS for a week and just came across yours tonight. Apparently you single-handedly created PS,kidding but you are by far the most talented on the web, and you do it without sounding like a complete dork..thanks!

36. shan said on — July 2, 2008 @ 4:51 pm

    swell… and what an easy to do it! thanks much for sharing.

37. Anand said on — July 22, 2008 @ 11:38 am

    hey frendz
    can anyone send me the whole tutorial os the stage light as written to my mail ?
    plz frendz help mee coz my system wont support flash player 9 and hence the video wont play…………
    so i kindky request u frendz to forward me this tutorial so that i can also know abt this tutorial ………….

38. Dynomyke said on — August 7, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

    Amazing, Just simply Amazing

    In my own Opinion, i liked the Soft Light

39. danhm said on — August 15, 2008 @ 5:42 pm

    very veryy nice..thanks a lot…….I have a doubt…we can copy this movie of tutorial to keep it????

40. Xavi said on — September 10, 2008 @ 10:18 am

    Hi guys, do you know why i can not see all the video-tutorial?? When it isin the middle, it appears and add and then the video doesn’t continue playing…

    Thanks

41. ibi said on — September 14, 2008 @ 11:30 pm

    nice but where do u get ur photos mate

42. rachel said on — September 18, 2008 @ 3:56 am

    this is really nice
    i tried it <3<3<3

43. Voskan said on — September 27, 2008 @ 12:40 pm

    This tutorial is really amazing!!!

    I cant imagine people have nice ideas like this!

    But I say it 10 seconds ago.;)

    Keep amazing us!

    Voskan

44. David said on — November 11, 2008 @ 1:48 pm

    Good tut.

    I had to do the gradient selection backwards though. Otherwise the marching ants were on top. I did everything you did, don’t know why it gave opposite. The quick mask looked the same, but when I came out of quick mask mode, the marching ants were on the top half, not bottom half.

45. Doug said on — November 16, 2008 @ 8:28 am

    Cory, you are a great instructor, and I would have to say after a year of seeing and reading tutorials all over the web, this one has to be one of THE coolest and greatest ones I have ever seen. I am ever so grateful for all of your hard work, and ever so grateful that you make this all available for those of us who don’t have the time or money to go to school full time to learn all this stuff. Thanks again so much…Doug

46. benjamin said on — December 7, 2008 @ 12:27 pm

    love this tutorial really help thanks

47. kelly said on — April 9, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

    thats crazy… can we make each individual light a different color??

48. Nicola said on — April 25, 2009 @ 7:39 am

    Hello Corey !

    Many thanks for your tutorials very useful ! You are the king of photoshop !! I’m working in the entertainment field and this one is going very useful for designing our new brochure !

49. Garry said on — May 14, 2009 @ 4:28 pm

    Fanatastic skill Corey thank you for sharing, however at the moment 14/05/09 21:29 uk time, the tuturial finishes halfway through? hopefully this is a problem my end. if not hope it will be resolved soon. Once again thank you. Gaz

50. Ingo said on — June 7, 2009 @ 1:14 pm

    Really stunning tutorial !

51. Mark said on — July 9, 2009 @ 8:40 pm

    Wow, Im still confused with photoshop it seems like there is a lot to do lol this was an impressive tutorial too, well done.

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58. Tom said on — September 24, 2009 @ 1:02 pm

    Oh, this tutorial was a lifesaver!! I’ve been trying to get the stage light effects with totally different methods, but this was quick and so easy. Thanks a lot!!!

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62. csb said on — November 13, 2009 @ 6:48 am

    your simply great

63. iPhone Repairs - Jim said on — February 6, 2010 @ 7:05 am

    I have always wanted to use the smoke effect but this is the easiest tut I have seen so far, thanks.

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