Cool tut!! Thanx for sharing

looks cool!
Thanks for the tutorial :D

Awesome! There are so many good lessons in this!

Nice lens flare !

There's an error.

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Step 3
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To go to Gaussian Blur, you must: Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur

Nice tutorial.

Bueno, pues nada, desde latinoamerica te digo, este blog se ha convertido en mi biblia para diseñar, felicitaciones.

That just says that I love this blog and it has become into my design byble. thanks.

@Andrea Pelizzardi thanks a lot, I've corrected that mistake....

Thank you all for the commments ;)

Thank you!
U make my 'design life' easier.

:)

YES! I was waiting for this! :D Excellent :P

Nice tutorial, Thanks!

wow, so cool, but would you, or anyone. Know how to make the first effect in the gimp? if not could someone provide a high quality png of the first rgb lights image?

nice tut. Keep up the good work!

The best explayned tutorial ever. im am basicaly a beginer and i love your work. keep it up. thanks again

I love the designs and tutorials based on lighting and the space it fills! great work!

I'll be trying this out. Nice one, Fabio.

abduzeedo

amazing tut...but step 6 you say create a new layer but what the color should be fill it... white or black!!?

my version on Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/kylesteeddesign/2552054788/

great tut!

...

er, but I seem to have a lame issue at step 6 (lens flare)...
would anyone be so kind as to provide the layer order w/ blending mode?

sorry!

;-))

Brilliant Fabio!! i will try it right now

Wooow a really amazing tutorial, good job Fabio!

Oh, I forgot the fill part on that step, I've changed the text and it was just fill the layer with white.

Thanks again ;) and feel free to show the results on the comments, like with the tag.

Love the tutorial, as always! I have to laugh, though - you sure do love the "Clouds" filter! ;)

LOL, Yeah clouds is my favorite filter... I've even asked the Pixelmator guys to add that filter to Pixelmator. Lets hope.... But it's indeed a very useful filter ;)

wonderful! terrible tutorial! thanks :)

Very very nice, I had an issue with step 6 also. When I filled with white it was wrong, but a black fill did the job very nicely.

Loved it

yea you do use the cloud filter allot but every time its worth it.

this is awesome.. had the same issue with step 6 but eventually worked things up a bit differently. love it

how did you put de radial gradient on the top of the image with de layer styles??? i always got it on center of document. sorry for my english.

Really easy and good effect.
I did: http://i.nreklam.com/nreklam-celebrity-wallpaper-pack/
Thanks abduzeedo. ;)

uhm... I couldn't make the lighting effect. It's not possible to click on it! :P

help? xD

good job fabio,but after cloud effect i could't understand properly the point..........

can u please tel me how can u convert cloud filter effect to light efect(layer
v)...............
please help me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

what if i want to print this image? it is RGB...can i do this effect in CMYK?

I'm also having a hard time with step 1 :)

I have my layer style set up like you do but I don't know how to chance where the center of the gradient is.

thanks

i figured it out!

to reposition the gradient layer style you click and drag where you want it to go when the layer style menu is open. (in cs3 it literally says "Click and drag to reposition gradient" at the top of the window) i was sweating that one out for a long time!

hah, great tutorial btw, it was fun and your directions are superb!

i got a small but very smart tip...unless someone already mentioned it above... you hit on smart objects in step 8 but in step 6, when you create the black layer, covert it to a smart object, then do the lens flare. Doing this will allow you to reposition and alter the brightness and lens type as well as an independent blend mode (just like you can within layer styles). Its non-destructive and totally awesome to easily see where the lens flare looks the best.

by the way, this is an awesome tutorial, and i had no clue how to make stars before... thanks!!!

gr8 tutorial m8. Thanx 4 sharing.

Hi, this is a great lesson about some special effects and about the interpretation of filters, you are the great!

This is my work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlitosway85/2591275212/

Thanks

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/15518052@N00/2590798361/[/url]

Thanks for the tutorial on this I created something different!

wooooah i love it!! But i moved the stars to the front so there white and not coloured. Great tutorial, cheers! :D

In step 6 the layer should be filled with black instead of white ;) Thanks for the great tutorial

My result: http://maladapraia.deviantart.com/art/Tech-Cube-on-Space-89471630

Very nice tutorial!!!!

hey great tutorial man
but i have a quistion
for some reason i cant you the Filter>Render>Lighting Effects.
maybe you know why??
thaks in advance

i solved it allready

i think theres something wrong with step 6

Simply amazing...as a programmer trying to play around with Photoshop for quite some time, this is the first time EVER that I'm really impressed with the resulting effect from a tutorial. Great post, not only a great effect but also very easy to follow even for newbie designers like me. By the way, 90% of the quality tutorials I see around the internet today, come from this very site. It's really good to see brazilian design rocking the world :)

Abraços, e obrigado pelo grande trabalho que vocês tem feito!

i can't do the "filter>render>lighting effects"
it says "Could not complete the Lighting Effects Command because a requested property value could not be found."
someone help me?

cool site and tutorial, thanks!!
see my result on http://www.bevi-star.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bevi-star.jpg

Great as usual fabio, I'll try this for sure

this is cool man! a few tweaks on the layer styles and suddenly your getting a new look! love it!

keep it up!

step 6
"First, lets create a new layer and fill it with white"
fill with black!

Great tutorial, your colors are amazing

thanks for sharing

Awesome! Luv it!

How can i flat the image...and keep the leves you used in the "star" layer? 'cause when I want to flat the image, dont keep the same details.

By the way EXCELENT PAGE, and awsome work you do man..!!

axx
Dominican Republic Graphic Designer.

"Step 6 - Lens flare
First, lets create a new layer and fill it with white" I think it is"fill it with black". Anyway, it's a cool tutorial!

This is very really nice tutorial, I like the color combination on this one. Thank you for sharing this tutorial.

thx a lot :-)
here's my first try http://flickr.com/photos/monike_pop/2762984738/

Thank You.

nice tutorial

jasmine celion
cool-hotstuff.blogspot.com

umm no one is answering the question about the filter>render>lighting effects.. someone please help me! when i go to filter>render it wont let me click on lighting effects. its not an option. what am i doing wrong!?

Step 7 onwards is not so clear, any chance you could break it down further?

Thanks a lot for the comments... I will do a video tutorial showing how to create this effect... the lens flare is with a black background, sorry it was my mistake. If you have any questions send me an email.

Best ;)

I'm having a bit of trouble with step 2?? For some reason, the lighting effects isn't an option.. help anyone?? please....

Too all that are hawing problems with step 2, duplicate the layer do not make a new one,Step 2 - Retro Colors

Duplicate the layer and fill it with white, then go to Filter>Render>Lighting Effects

Gr8 efects pz out,
F,M

Amazing tutorial. I use Photoshop Elements 4, and I was still able to replicate this effect.

Great tutorial. Thanks

REBECCA!!! i was having the same problem... you need to check what colour format your image is in.. i had mine on CMYK and lighting effects wont work with that.. you need to change the image to RGB.

great tutorial! but i have a problem with the ray of light, step 8. i dont know wich tool i should use to cut the ones that im gonna duplicate.. please help:)

I have a question. On step.2 it says to add a new layer and fill the layer. I've done whats required. However when I go to Filter > Render, the only renders that I can click on is the clouds, differences clouds and fibers. Any particular reason why that might be? Can anyone explain that step into more detail so I can see where I went wrong, if possible. Thanks!

Cara, to tendo um problema no passo 2, e pelo jeito nao foi só eu.
voce fala pra selecionar o "Filter> Render> Lightning Effects", porém Lighting Effects não é 'clicável'.
voce pode esclarecer essa dúvida?
Abraço

Great tutorial man!!!

looks cool!
Thanks for teaching young designers

in step two it says go to filter>render>lighting effects but when I go to filter>render it won't let me click on lighting effects. I made sure my color was on RGB. Can someone help me please!!!!

Really nice tutorial! But I am stuck at one part... at part 6; "Lens Flare", when I make a black layer between the background layer and the above ones (Nebula and stars), and I can't see the lens flare. :( Help anyone? :O

Awesome
Incridible effects

Thank You very nice topic

ur not the best at giving directions, its a nice effect, i must admit, but because of your sub-par directions, i cant do this, lol.....

I love this effect and drawing, but something is wrong with the directions or I'm just entirely too new to understand what needs to be changed...

Here is a screenshot so you can see the picture as I have it in adobe...

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg308/ulmerster/MyattemptatStardom.jpg

well nice effect and good tutorials

Simplesmente FANTÁSTICO! Tudo muito bem explicadinho, ao pormenor... e o resultado final é LINDO!

Muito obrigado por partilhares isto connosco.

you rock man!! I've learned a lot many things from your blog.. and this one is also awesome as usual... keep doing good work.

Regards

Thank you for this very cool light effect. I'll use it in a new web design and i will come back to see more tutorials.

nice tut but i got a problem with step one if i make the gradient overlay and add the light effect i see the circle of the gradient over the red colour on you tut you see nothing i got a big circle there how i fix that ?

I had absolutely no problems with following the directions on this tutorial. The effect is great, and it helps me a lot with some things I have in my mind right now.

Anyways, here is my result:
http://i36.tinypic.com/1grgvl.jpg

1280x1024 resolution so I can use it as my wallpaper, which it currently is. Once again, I'm amazed by your work and help Fabio. Thanks a ton.

Thank so much, I love it and this's my result :D

Ok, something that I was having trouble with and fixed:

on step 5, I originally adjusted the levels on a separate adjustment level. This doesn't work for the desired effect after you create the clouds and gradient overlay afterwards. You actually have to go up to the Image menu and click on levels adjustment through there.

I always try to use separate layers for adjustments so I can turn them on and off and whatnot, but for some reason we can't do that here.

I don't have that cyan, green, yellow, red gradient you're talking about. where do i get it?

Nate: you can do adjustments. What I did was highlight the layer (stars in this case), went to Layer->New Adjustment Layers->Levels. When I get the dialog box, make sure to check the box with 'Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask'. That will assign the adjustment to your currently selected layer. I did this for the RGB adjustment and it worked great. Fabio does provide us with 'high level' tutorials. I do agree there are some steps he just knows to do that some of us don't, but if you open the sample file, you can retrace what he's done. I find I learn MORE from his sample files. I was able to completely re-create the steps once I learn he favors 'smart objects' and 'layer styles'. Creative it is for sure.

For the gradient, YOU need to create it. I'd suggest a into to Photoshop will help that.

Basically, used the menu item Layer->Style->Gradient Overlay...
double click on the Gradient color swatch (usually black to white).

You see 2 'ink cartridges' -- on black on the left, one white. Double click on the 'black' cartridge. Choose the cyan blue color and select ok.

To add a new 'ink cartridge' click to the righ of the black one -- 1/4 to the right. Repeat the color option for 'green'. Add one for yellow. Then click on the white one and make it red.

You should have you're gradient. Select ok. Now click 'Reverse on the gradient. You should have you colors now.

-Don

Your site is so amazing. I love this site because the tutorials are all sophisticated, and ways to learn the effect not just simply learning how to reproduce the example

AMAZING :)

Looks good, Can't wait to try it!

Great tutorial, thanks! Here's my try:

http://flickr.com/photos/arnorb/3163641717/

In this tutorial we've learned how to create a very cool light effect that we often see is some of the NoPattern designs. Of course this tutorial was just an example and now you can improve it and apply it to your needs

Thank you!! Awesome tutorial. Here's my version:

http://www.thissnakeisgonnarattle.com/series2/walls/Wall240-wide.jpg

Awesome! Ive been looking to do more like that.

nice tut! thank you! :)

here is my result:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27885247@N02/3206332751/

I made the image! Pretty good Tutorial overall except for part 8 I was confused! :-( Luckily, after a lot of trial and error, I got it! Here is the link to my image: http://alexosh1234.deviantart.com/art/AX-light-Photoshop-alexosh1234-110...

Tell me what you think! That was my first "harder" graphic in photoshop CS4!

-Thanks for the tutorial!!
-Alex

Cool tutorial! Here is my finished result! Step 8 was confusing but I figured it out! http://www.iphonexpert.com/storage/abduzeed01tut.png

I hope u like it! it was my 1st "hard" graphic!!

:-)

I cant do the lens flare for some reason and back to the beginning of the tutorial the rgb colors....the red wasnt the only one that showed instead all 3 showed

Wanted to say thanks for this tutorial. Its been an inspiration for a website design I'm in the final stages of completing.

You can see an early comp of it on my behance portfolio (which I'm still in the process of setting up)

thanks again!

Its so nice...^^ but im having troubles doing this... whenever I try to use the Lighting effects, its is not in my photob\shop options.. I mean the lighting effects is not available and in greyscale..x_x only clouds, different clouds and fibers can be use. Help... Sorry i'm just a beginner hope someone may help!^^ thanks!

Thank you!

It's a very good tutorial; I've had no trouble following it and the results are stylish and beautiful. :) Keep it up!

Very nice effects. Especially I like the ray of light technique. That was a new idea for me. I have created some similar light and glow effects in Photoshop as well.

I saw your other tutorials as well and looks like these light & glow effects are your strength. Really good work, keep it up!

Hi, i have problem with the step 2, i don't have the option of Lighting Effects, i really would like to finish it! anybody can help me?.. Tanks!!

Thanks a lot...very inspiring :)

Caramba! bem bacana... no photoshop não sou muito familiarizado em ilustrar, só tratar imagens... e uso mais o illustrator... mas curti o tutorial, será útil em algum momento.

Valeu!!!

really very nice materials, am a graphic designer and the brushes are beautiful

really very nice materials, am a graphic designer and the brushes are beautiful

im stuck on step 8
i have no idea on how to make that "A" shape
someone please help

Considero esse o tutorial mais legal do teu blog, Fábio! Continue com esse trabalho magnifíco, os designers do mundo inteiro te agradecem! Abraço!

I've learned a lot on this site and the information provided would continue to learn and how to thank you for example if I can not describe my gratitude

wow, now i will try to repeat, cause it looks really great

thanx!!!

...I've made several of these now, on different computers, but now I've tried creating one on a much larger scale for a school project and I cannot get it to work! D: Whenever I add the lens flare it falls apart.

I don't know what it is I'm doing wrong...

Hello,

Your tutorials are great! I have one question. I been trying to make stars... I followed your directions, but when each time my final effect is not the same. When I add the levels the preview image is perfect but once I press OK the noise is brighter but very dense. (the opposite of the preview image)

Do you know what im doing wrong?

Thank you so much!

This is cool. I always want to learn this. Thanks for sharing

Its easy when someone shows you. Thanks and keep it up mate.

Here's my version...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/varsha_sivaram/3990354270/

AWESOME!! Tq for tutorial!!

Hi! This is a truly amazing effect you have. And the tutorial is mostly easy to follow.

I just am having problems because you didn't explain how to isolate just the red light in step 3. Any help would be appreciated. :)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh! I've spent an entire day on step 7 - I cannot copy and rotate the semi-circles without moving the point of origin. The semi-circles are supposed to move around but the top point remains the same place. Man...it's doing my head in!

Awesome tutorials though. Much better than any I've seen. Many thanks!

lovely effect of lighting. thanks for this lovely effect.

I'm really very useful to follow a long-time see this as a blog here Thank you for your valuable information.

thank!! it ' Good infomation

Cool effect man. Real handy!

Hey, great tutorial but im stuck at one part step 8, how do u make the "A" I dont really understand how u did it, im a beginner at pshop just not to sure how to do it.

Thank you very much for this tutorial !!

i have a question !! all you effect are pretty nice with the render/clouds BUT

i saw ur clouds effect and compared to mine its kinda different?? i mean you clouds have much more details then mine?? i don't really know how to explain it but your effect have more black point than mine and have more details?? can you explain it ? or can i modify the clouds effect??

thank you very much for all your tutorials i love it !!

ps: sorry for my bad english

Cool design and idea... Thanks

Awesome tutorial, here's my version

http://fav.me/d2f2xuk

Very useful tuts.
Thanx for sharing it ...!

I dont understand every time i do the 2 step my layer becomes a greyish background what did i do wrong???

wow, thanks alot!
the way you explain, makes it easy and everything is clear to me!

the way you creat is so impreesive/ thanks alot.

This design was superb i like this