What is the most effective method to add a light source to an image in post? I would like to take a portrait that has flat lighting and incorporate a gradient across the face. What program would this require and which tool?
May 16, 2011 11:19 | #1 What is the most effective method to add a light source to an image in post? I would like to take a portrait that has flat lighting and incorporate a gradient across the face. What program would this require and which tool?
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ssim POTN Landscape & Cityscape Photographer 2005  10,884 posts Likes: 6 Joined Apr 2003 Location: southern Alberta, Canada More info | May 16, 2011 11:32 | #2 You would need Photoshop or GIMP (which is free). If you don't have any experience using these tools this might be a stretch for a first assignment in it. You would need to know how to do a selection or masking. There are different tools that you could use to arrive at the same end result if you are sure you want a gradient then the gradient tool would fit the bill. You might be able to do some of this in Lightroom with their adjustment brush, I'm not using it anymore so someone else can speak more definitively on this. My life is like one big RAW file....way too much post processing needed.
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DThompson Goldmember  4,058 posts Likes: 415 Joined Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Ky More info | It depends on what software you have. The local adjustment brush in LR/ACR may work depending on what you shooting for. In PS, you can go to Filter/Render/Lighting Effects and have a lot of flexibility. Dennis
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May 16, 2011 12:07 | #4 Thanks. I have PSE8 but wasn't sure if I needed CS for this. I'll give it a try when I get home tonight.
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tonylong ...winded  More info | May 16, 2011 12:38 | #5 I don't use Elements any more, but I did a Google search for "photoshop elements light source" and it came up with these results: Tony
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May 16, 2011 14:05 | #6 tonylong wrote in post #12420022  I don't use Elements any more, but I did a Google search for "photoshop elements light source" and it came up with these results: http://www.google.com …urceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADRA_en Don't I feel dumb now! I did a bunch of searches in Google and on this forum with other search terms. I really need to think before I search.
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BiologicalContagion Senior Member  359 posts Likes: 3 Joined Sep 2010 Location: singularity More info | May 16, 2011 14:26 | #7 There are many ways but I like to use the Reflector effect in Nik Software's Color Efex
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kirkt Cream of the Crop More info | May 16, 2011 14:29 | #8 Dodge and burn on separate layers? Kirk
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