How To Create A Directional Light Effect – Photoshop CC 2021



Create Directional Lighting with Photoshop. This is a great trick for photographers, especially as you can adjust the color of the lighting, the intensity, and the shape of it.

Open an image in photoshop. Now, duplicate the image / layer – drag and drop it on + icon at the bottom right of screen or Command (mac) or Control (PC) and J key.

Now we convert it into a smart object. Right click on top layer – outside the text and the image.

Next, we want to apply a filter. Go to filter — Render — Lighting effects. Makes sure the light is set to spot light.

Select the color of the light. White is a bright day time / LED light type look where as a yellow look is more of a mid day sun look / regular light (non led).

We can now adjust the location of the scale length as well as the size and shape of the cone and the hotspot.

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