Thursday, November 20, 2008

Photoshop Workbench 153: Creating a Mist Effect

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Today is special effects day on the Workbench. We’re going to add a mist effect to a backlit scene. I picked up this technique from Darrell Heath on the NAPP website. The mist effect tends to work best when you apply it to a backlit image.

6 Responses to “Photoshop Workbench 153: Creating a Mist Effect”

  1. Murry Grigsby Says:
    Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Terrific photo for todays lesson Cyril and a fun workbench Mark! The lighting effects filter can produce some really dramatic effects and I was happy to add the surface blur to my arsenal. Thanks for sharing!!

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    Friday, November 21, 2008 at 1:06 pm

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  3. Steve George Says:
    Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Love the effect on this tutorial. Tried doing my own but having a problem with the lighting effect.Whe I go to filter > render > lighting effect the lighting effect. the lighting effect is not active in the menu. Can anybody help thanks

  4. Murry Grigsby Says:
    Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    Steve,
    I use PSCS3 and Filters>Render>Lighting Effects is only available on 8-bit files so I’m guessing you have a 16-bit file? Go to Image>Mode>8-bit and see if that works?
    Murry

  5. Steve George Says:
    Monday, November 24, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    Thanks Murry that did the trick. Time to play
    Steve

  6. Frances Says:
    Monday, December 1, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    Thank you so much for this video. I used it on several photos (posted on my blog in November) — and they turned out fantastic. One was so cool — I had it printed out on board. Again — thank you!!!!!!!

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