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[gerardo2068]

Does anyone knows how to create that high-key flare( I'm not sure how to call it) I see it many in many portraits. the colors are good and crisp but theres like a flare that usually falls lightly on the subjet. I was thinking painting a new later with a white spot and the blend the later on screen to lighter mode, but i'm not sure it got a soft feel to it. light the sunlight shinning soft on the person and creating area with little contrast I would say.

I'm new to PS, so still learning the basics.

Thanks

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[gerardo2068]

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[EchoingWhisper]

It is call flare. You could simulate it in Photoshop pulling up the midtones a bit and increase the Brightness slider in Brightness/Contrast with 'Use Legacy' ticked.

[gerardo2068]

Thanks I will try it tomorrow.

[gerardo2068]

This a example of the look I'm looking for

http://500px.com/photo/4600030

It's just flaring out on a small area

All his photos have that flare.

Thanks

[Buckster]

This a example of the look I'm looking for

500px / Photo "Halogen_Light" by Maxim Serebryakov

It's just flaring out on a small area

All his photos have that flare.

Thanks

It's titled "Halogen Light", so maybe he just sets up a halogen light back there?

In PP, it'd be easy to just use a large diffused brush to plop white on top of the photo on another layer, then adjust to taste.

[gerardo2068]

Thanks.

[Joey_Ricard]

Gerardo, obviously preparing the shot in advance with a back/side light is the best course to at least get the initial effect and then if it is not brilliant enough in the shot alone, you can enhance it in PP with photoshop like Buckster mentioned.

I do this on a new layer above original using a white globe/circular gradient, then adjusting the opacity to your tastes and then masking and painting away any unwanted or muted areas. It takes a little time and practice, but it can really add to the original idea.

[gerardo2068]

Thanks for all your help. I will be practicing that.

[KmH]

It looks way better if it's done with a real light.

[gerardo2068]

I figure it would be. But that just an example the effect I seen in other photos clearly look like was made in PP and looking that Style.

Thanks

[Peano]

Scroll down to the 8th pair of before-and-after thumbnails. Sun flare was added
with a white brush. But note that to make it look realistic, foreground objects also
had to be brightened where the sun would strike ... the girl's thigh, shoulder, and
edge of hair. Also the side of the beam above her head and where her left hand is,
and a couple of other surfaces in the middle ground between her and the light.

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