来自smashingmagazine的系列ps制作技法教程,收藏下!真的非常不错。

• Lines Tutorial
  一个非常简单的教程,教你如何给物体增强亮度跟深度。

• Expressive lighting effects
  这个教程融合矢量与光栅两项基础设计技巧，完成了一个发光的植物花卉设计,发光效果通过ps来实现。
• Vector Polishing Techniques
  这个教程包含了好多种使用photoshop加亮发光、渲染的方法，从而把你的矢量绘画图案转化成一幅杰作，
• How to Make the “Flare” Effect As Seen On WPCustomization.com
  类似wpcustomizationg网站的光晕效果在这一教程里，滤镜”镜头光晕“用来做背景图案，然后笔刷跟不同的图层混合方式用来制作发光效果。
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• Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop
  遮罩、模糊、笔刷图层样式等多种途径实现闪耀花火的效果。
• Amazing Photoshop light effect in 10 Steps
  “如果你了解一点图层样式跟笔刷的知识，你就能设计出惊人的效果，这些全靠你个人的想象力跟玩转工具的能力。有时候只需要对设置做小小的改变就能达到意想不到的效果”这个教程讲的是如何给一个 杯子图标加上发光效果。
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• Creating A Fantastic Fantasy Night Sky In Photoshop
  迷幻夜空效果。Based on a Nik Ainley design.
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• Neon lights with Photoshop
  霓虹灯光效果
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• Electrifying Energy Beams
  电流能量光束效果
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• Add Another Dimension
  通过发光与混合模式，让你设计图案成为“多维度空间”
• Magic lighting effect in Photoshop
  Learn to magically make text wave and glow out of a magician’s hat.
• Extreme sports branding
  This tutorial first covers creating a logo then it gets into the main snowboard illustration. Vector shapes are applied with layer effects and brushes to make the illustration stand out. This is part one in a series.
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• How to Create Intense Light Streaks in Photoshop
  教你如何制作环绕物体的发光流线小效果。
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• Chroma Wallpapers
  This tutorial explains how to create an energetic design with lines. Utilize blurs, warps, and other effects. Add glowing and vibrating colors to give this image a dynamic feeling.
• Advanced Glow Effects
  铅笔工具、图层模式与颜色混合实现发光效果
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• Lighting Effects – Beam Wave
  Learn to transform a one pixel lines into a glowing beam. Then add radial balls of light to emulate a pulse explosion.
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• Add A Sparkle Trail To A Photo
  魔术棒划过星光闪闪的效果
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• Creating light motion trails & glowing sparks
  制作光线运动轨迹效果，同时需要用illustrator制作闪耀的星光然后导入到photoshop中。
• Blue Glow Layout
  This tutorial reviews the process for creating a simple layout in Photoshop, while revealing techniques for creating an abstract glowing centerpiece design.
• Fantasy Art Photoshop tutorial
  光环效果
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• Photoshop: Light Beam
  This tutorial reviews the basic process of creating a light beam in Photoshop; however, it does refer to other tutorials for some effects. The techniques in this tutorial involve using different brushes to paint the light, and then they are smeared with the Smudge Tool. There are a few filters used as well.
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• Even fairies have to rest – glow and lightning tutorial
  First, the photograph is treated to make it a little darker so that the points of light in the design will stand out. Both a linear wrapping beam and points of radiating light are covered in this tutorial.
• Beautiful lighting FX effect in Photoshop
  This tutorial will show you how to make a beautiful lighting effect with the scatter brush. This tutorial covers the basics.
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• High-Tech Swirling Aurora
  This tutorial covers how to apply the Wind Filter to a waving light beam to create an aurora effect.
• Slow shutter text effect – Photoshop
  Layers of blurred elements are used in this tutorial. This blurring technique is worked into glowing linear text and circle shapes.
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• Seriously Cool Photoshop Explosion Effect
  Use layer masks and light effects to creatively break apart an image. Points of bright lights, swirly brushes, and warped lines help bring this design together.

Which techniques can be applied?

At the compositional level, these effects are often applied through shapes. So, you might start with the pen tool by drawing a curvy line. Or, grab a brush and draw some scattered stars. Or, open up Illustrator first to compose design elements that you then pull back into Photoshop. The tutorial Expressive lighting effects demonstrates how to use interesting design shapes first and then apply glowing effects to them.

Once you know how you’d like to use shapes, you can apply effects to them. Layer styles and Blending Modes are common effects used to create this look. With Layer Styles, you might apply Glow. Or, with Blending Modes, you might set the layer to Lighten, Overlay, or Color Dodge – get the element you’re working with to sparkle and shine.

In the tutorial Chroma Wallpapers, lines are bent with the Warp Transform tool before being given a glow treatment.

There are more techniques often used; such as different types of blurs and gradients. You could play with Photoshop’s built in lighting effects, like Lens Flare, as well. Or get creative. Mix in rainbows. Paint glowing bursts of light. Manipulate the lines and shapes your working with.

In the tutorial Chroma Wallpapers lines are bent with the Warp Transform tool before being given a glow treatment. This puts a new spin on the use of glowing light techniques.
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Chuck Anderson’s work impresses with the beauty of its lightning effects.

Keep your eyes and mind open. You’ll start to see these effects in the real world. Or look to fantasy art; the sparkling feel of these effects can be used to supersede reality, magically transforming your designs.

Sean Hodge is the creative mind behind AiBURN.com, a Weblog about design, creativity, inspiration and graphics.