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May 30, 2005 03:59

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

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cluelessmaniac May 30 2005, 08:20:21 UTC
Ok.. Maybe this will help. Here's how to make that kind of effect.

You have your picture.


Take a light texture and put it on top of your base.


Set the light texture to screen or lighten (i prefer screen)


There you go! Sorry, I know my choice of light texture was weird and my icon isnt sharp but you have the idea, right? :P

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cluelessmaniac May 30 2005, 08:33:35 UTC
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

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