Comments on: Photoshop Workbench 161: Simulating Dramatic Studio Lighting

By: marcus

marcus — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:59:52 +0000

man, this is one of the most useful tutorials ever. works very well with landscape shots too if you want to add a painterly glow to some parts of the image. more punch than the soft glow montage technique. thanks for that great workbench mark!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:58:10 +0000

Hi Mark,

Great effect, but what I didn’t understand was the purpose of the Gaussian blur. I wish you could explain what the effect is that you are after with that and how changing the pixel radius affects eh result.
Thanks Heaps.

By: Alec

Alec — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:01:51 +0000

Hi Mark,

Of course I love you and your content. This tutorial was great, its the affect in this particular situation I’m not pumped about. While dramatic and artistic, it also, in my opinion, made it appear that the model had some skin disease. That’s my reaction to the result. I might consider masking the effect everywhere except the front of the face.
Cheers.

By: Shari

Shari — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:57:26 +0000

Thank you,awesome technique!

By: Murry Grigsby

Murry Grigsby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:57:22 +0000

Very cool technique Mark! Thanks!!