Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
Preview of Final Results
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Magical Light Beam Photo Manipulation Photoshop Tutorial
Resources
- Solidified lava - CAStock
- Sea, Greece - evza11
- Sky 17 - sacral-stock
- Lake 62 - raindroppe
- crow 1 - peroni68
- Rock stock PirateLotus-Stock
- Pink Dress 1 Kuoma-stock
- Star Brushes kuschelirmel-stock
Step 1: Create a New Image File
Create a new file with a width of 3500 px and a height of 4500 px at 300 dpi (Dots per Inch). Background Contents should be White.![1[4] 1[4]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/images/stories/228f99bcad8e_11F95/14.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=64&w=1920&ssl=1)
Step 2: Create the Background
First off, let's open the Lake 62 in Photoshop. We will be using this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas. Click the Lake 62 and press V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas and change layer name to "Background".![2[4] 2[4]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/images/stories/228f99bcad8e_11F95/24.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=64&w=1920&ssl=1)
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- Brush size: 400px
- Hardness: 0%
- Opacity: 40%
- Flow: 100%
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Step 3: Fix Sea
First off, let's open the Sea, Greece stock in Photoshop. We will be using the sea from this stock image so we will need to transfer it to our main canvas. Click the Sea, Greece and then click V to activate the Move Tool. Left-click the image and drag the image to the main canvas and change layer name to "sea".![15[4] 15[4]](https://cdn.photoshoptutorials.ws/images/stories/228f99bcad8e_11F95/154.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=64&w=1920&ssl=1)
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4 comments on “Create this Magical Light Beam Photo Manipulation in Photoshop”
Great tutorials.Simple and straightforward. I've been looking for something like this for a while. Many thanks!Awesome! Excellent tutorial.
Great tutorials.Simple and straightforward. I've been looking for something like this for a while. Many thanks!
Color #fffff is Cyan not White. White is #ffffffff
I liked this tutorial but my student's found it a little difficult to follow as you sometimes call your layers and photos by the wrong name.
There are times when you tell us to work on one layer but you switch to another layer without telling us that the new layer needs to be selected. Otherwise a good tutorial and my students enjoyed it.
110% work, thanx for inspiration and sharing