Create this cool bright headlight effect. Category: Filter Effects

Create this cool bright headlight effect.

Step 1: start with a new 400x400px document, make the background black, then go up to filter-render-lens flare (100%, 105mm prime), place it like below.


Step 2: now duplicate the layer (CTRL + J), with the new layer select, go up to edit-transform-flip horizontal, than go back up and flip it vertical as well. now put the blending mode on lighten, and merge the layer down (CTRL + E). you should now have something like below.


Step 3: now duplicate the layer again, and flip the layer horizontal, put the blending mode on lighten, and merge it down again. you should now have something like below.


Step 4: now duplicate the layer again, and go up to filter-blur-motion blur (settings: 241px). you should now have something like below.


Step 5: next go up to image-adjustments-levels (CTRL + L), and drag the slider on the right to the left to brighten the image up, you should have something like below.


Step 6: now put the layers blending mode to hard light, and merge the layer down again.


Step 7: now duplicate the layer, and go up to edit-transform-rotate 90cw, you should have something like below now.


Step 8: now go up to filter-distort-spherize (100%, normal), and put the blending mode on overlay, and merge the layer down again.


Step 9: now duplicate the layer and go up to filter-blur-radial blur (50, zoom, best).


Step 10: now go up to filter-sharpen-sharpen more, do this 2 more times.


Step 11: now go back up to radial blur, same settings, and bust out image-adjustments-hue/saturation (CTRL + ALT + U), make sure the colorize checkbox is CHECKED. i selected a yellow color (50,50,0).


Step 12: now put the blending mode to linear dodge, and merge the layer down, add some text, and boom.

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