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Surprisingly Easy Rainbow Light Painting Effect

Wednesday, September 10 2008 03:04 Denny Tang Photoshop Tutorials - Photo Effects
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Surprisingly Easy Rainbow Light Painting Effect Photoshop TutorialGive your photos a unique look with this retro effect that's super easy and fun. You will learn how to create this effect with just one layer and three colors.

Preview of Final Results

Rainbow light painting

Rainbow Light Painting Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1

Start off by opening any photo into Photoshop. This effect works best with isolated objects on black backgrounds such as the image below.

Syringes on baseball metaphor

Step 2

To begin, we'll desaturate the image. This step isn't necessary to get the effect, but it will be helpful when we're painting. In the Layers palette, click on the image  button and choose Hue/Saturation.

Hue/Saturation menu item

In the Hue/Saturation tool, set the Saturation to -100 then click OK.

Hue/Saturation tool


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