Bloom

By Denny Tang May 22, 2012

Bloom Photoshop Tutorial Add a blissful glow to the highlights of a photo.  This effect works well with portraits.

Bloom Photoshop Tutorial

Preparing the Document

Step 1

Open an image to edit.

Image from iStockPhoto.com

Step 2

Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Screen.

Layer duplicated and blending mode changed to screen.

  1. Add a layer mask to the top layer (Layer> Layer Mask> Reveal All). Make sure that the layer mask is selected.

    When the layer mask is selected, there is a white outline around the thumbnail of the layer mask in the Layers pallet.

 

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