Photoshop Tutorials

Description

Step 1

Open a photo into Photoshop. This is the image that will be used for this tutorial:

Step 2

First, we need to create a layer with just the light sources. Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer or go into the Layer menu and select Duplicate Layer. Double click on the text of the new layer and rename this layer to Lights.

Step 3

To find the light sources, we'll simply use the levels tool to filter out everything except for the brightness areas in the photo. Press Ctrl+L to access the Levels tool or open the Image> Adjustments menu and select Levels. In the Levels tool, drag the middle input slider to the very right so that the image becomes posterized.