Every Great Photoshop Lighting Tutorial Ever! (Part 1 of 3)

Posted: November 24th, 2008 in Graphic Design, Inspiration

In part 1 of 3 PSDFAN rounds up the first 25 of 75 great lighting tutorials in our series of Every Great Photoshop Lighting Tutorial Ever.

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Light effects seem to be the easiest way to achieve really professional, awesome results in your work. Perhaps this is why they’ve gotten so popular, but whatever the reason, everyone seems to have experimented with light effects at some point. Luckily for those looking to hone their skills or learn something new, there are a ton of light effects tutorials out there. However, not all are that good. I’ve decided to gather an ULTIMATE list of every great light effect tutorial that I could find. Believe you me, some of these were not easy to come by, and took some serious research. You may have seen a few of these before (several come from the better known Photoshop sites), but hopefully there is enough unseen material here to keep you inspired for quite a while. Also some tutorials aren’t strictly just a lighting effect, but enough of the tutorial is comprised of lighting effects that it made it onto the list.

Needless to say this is by far the biggest roundup that PSDFAN has ever done. There are a total of 75 great tutorials for you to learn from, and part 1 will share the first 25 of these with you. Check back soon, as I’ll be posting parts 2 and 3 shortly.

Enjoy!


1. Flying Girl in Photoshop


2. Plasma in the Lake


3. 7 Steps Colored Lights Header


4. Mysterious Lighting


5. Give Your Photos Awesome Lighting in Just 10 Steps


6. Beijing Logo Light Painting


7. Fantasy Light Effects in Photoshop


8. Light & Glow Effect


9. Space Lighting Effect in 10 Steps


10. MSNBC Style Effect


11. The Japanese Style Wallpaper


12. Magic Lighting Effect


13. Create a Space Explosion From Scratch in Photoshop


14. Beautiful Lighting Effect


15. Design a Vista Styled Wallpaper


16. Create a Refreshing Drinks Ad


17. Create a Layered Glowing Text Effect


18. Glow Lighting and Pen Tool Introduction


19. Create a Wavy Blackberry Style Wallpaper


20. Create an Amazing Ad


21. Adding Flames and Effects to Make an Image with Impact


22. Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect


23. Advanced Space Stars


24. How to Break Sunlight Through the Clouds


25. Design a Coldplay Inspired Portrait

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10 Comments so Far:

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    Comment by anders on November 25, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Great tutorials! Thanks alot!

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    Comment by Ernest Ojeh on November 25, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    Thanks. I’ve been looking for these.

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    Comment by Irving on November 26, 2008 at 4:11 am

    Hi My name is irving
    and i need help please somebody know

    one tutorial for make this photo???

    http://www.nicolealways.com

    please the firts photo
    i really need it

    add mee if u know

    Irving_gael01@hotmail.com

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    Comment by Tyler on November 26, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Great post!! Thanks!!!!

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    Comment by Shaw on November 27, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Nice collection Tom! Looking forward to part 3 :D
    @ Irving: that photo looks like it can be done from one of Fabio’s tutorials http://abduzeedo.com/sparkling-hot-girl-photoshop check it out

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    Comment by J Mehmett on November 27, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Thanks, Tom. I’m always Photoshop fan and I need all the tuts collected in this post.

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    Comment by Tom on November 27, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    I’m glad that you guys enjoyed this roundup, I hope that you’ll check out parts 2 and 3.

    Shaw: Thanks for posting that tutorial for Irving. :)

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    Comment by Tony on December 3, 2008 at 12:03 am

    Loved them.

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    Pingback by Every Great Photoshop Lighting Tutorial Ever! (Part 3 of 3) - psdfan.com - on December 3, 2008 at 1:07 am

    [...] has been featured in the previous parts. I hope that you enjoy the list, and feel free to check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed [...]

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    Comment by Cle` on June 18, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Great collection of tutorials, interesting and well presented!
    Thanks for sharing!

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