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[filmgeekchic]

I'm interested in making an icon with a light effect similar to this:

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[dreamsind1g1tal]

I'm kind of confused. Are you using light effect brushes or textures when making your icon? Because brushes will give you a different result than textures.

[cluelessmaniac]

Ok.. Maybe this will help. Here's how to make that kind of effect.

You have your picture.

[cluelessmaniac]

detoxcocktails probably pretty-fied the base first (which I didnt do in my example coz Im horrible at using gradients). And I forgot to mention, detoxcocktails probably used a texture instead of a brush (though I could be wrong, since i've never used light brushes). You can probably get that kind of texture from a stock image of a busy street with all the lights blurred in a cool and funky way as you go by them.

I couldnt find a tutorial with that specific kind of light texture but if you like, i could make one myself. I have no life and nothing to do, after all. haha :P

oh, and i forgot to put credit to those pictures. The light texture is from www.gettyimages.com (great for stock images with lotsa lights) and the Dan pic is from DR.com

[sown]

Here are some tutorials that pretty up icons and use light textures!:D

http://www.livejournal.com/community/jisatsu_/6312.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/icon_tutorial/1532118.html
http://www.livejournal.com/community/icon_tutorial/1505437.html

[paperdolldesign]

That looks similar to some of the light brushes I made.
Most of them ARE like that... with the colors opposite of what they should be to add spots of light to the picture. But it's because I made them to be used as brushes and not really light textures. :-\ However, if you're using them as base layers set to dodge, overlay, or soft light, you can get a different look (similar to that of a light texture).

Mandy

[emopyxis]

If you're trying to use an actual *brush* and not a texture, and are making the brush yourself, you could try taking the image and inverting it first before you make your brush. I'll use one of my quick lights for example: