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 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