The skill of adding natural light to PS

Original title: "how to save the photos taken on a cloudy day?" This PS add natural light tips I blow! "

It has cooled down recently, and the weather is not very good. I can't see any sunshine at all, which makes people feel melancholy.

Moreover, the photos taken in this weather also look "lifeless" and lack some vitality. (just like below)

So, do you know how to add natural light to a photo to make it look as if it is illuminated by the sun?

Today, I will teach you a very simple PS tip, 3 minutes, 5 steps, to add some sunshine to your photos!

We can first do radiation lines to simulate the sun's light, then optimize the lines, and finally adjust the color and add a filter.

The specific operation process is as follows:

First of all, PS opens the photo.

Step 1 Click "gradient fill".

Click the gradient bar box to go directly to the gradient Editor page.

Change [gradient type] to noise, [roughness] to 100%, and [color model] to LAB.

Then move the small sliders on both sides of the [a] and [b] bars below to the middle position.

Click OK and return to the gradient fill page and change the style to an angle.

Such a radiation line comes out, and we can use it to simulate the light of the sun.

Click "OK" to return to the main page, change the layer's [blending mode] to filter the color, and the radiation line becomes a transparent color, more like light.

Step 2 the position of the light is not quite right. Let's go back to the gradient fill page and drag the light with the move tool to adjust its position.

If you are still not satisfied with the light, you can click "randomize" in the gradient Editor to choose the light style you are satisfied with.

Here is the light I finally tuned.

Step 3 obviously, this light is not natural.

We can click [filter]-[Blur]-[Gaussian Blur] to blur the light.

When the following page pops up, just click convert to Smart object.

The numerical value should be adjusted according to the actual situation, so that the light is blurred and looks more natural.

Step 4 the light covering the whole picture is still too fake, and we have to adjust it.

You can [add a layer mask] to remove some of the light.

With the gradient tool, pull on the screen to lighten part of the light.

If you adjust it to the following way, it will feel like it.

Step 5 but the sun should be warm, in order to be more realistic, let's add a hue / saturation.

Then click [Color search].

Let's add a filter to the picture. If you look at the picture below, you can choose this warm tone.

Look at the effect, is there a feeling of sunshine coming in?

If you think it's too yellow, you can also reduce the opacity a little bit.

Look at the final effect picture ~

Have you learned the trick of adding natural light to PS? Isn't it interesting!

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: Akiba PS (ID:qiuyeps), author: Wujin