Great effects Av. Looks sweet. I still find it amazing how a small thing like a filter or gradiant map can alter the complete look of a work!! Nice one.

Thanks uj. It's nice to help fellow sig makers around.
I still have some more tuts to post soon

thanks for the tut Av... the technique of brightening the light source will come in handy for sure

nice tut av

I hope to try it out at some point in the future when I have time

Thanks Jason and ma'am fae.
The light source are most of the time made only using white or light soft brushes
Others use flare filter for that but rarely I think.

I know this is nothing like your image but I did follow your tutorial...and enjoyed making this image. Thanks av


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You're welcome ma'am. Thanks as well for posting an outcome

I think it would be better if you add some depth on the edges. Either by burn tool or just black soft brush. This will give the light emphasis Though I find it attractive atm :)

thanks for the criticism av
attractive...erm well I think it's rubbish. Time to search for C4Ds and brushes.

anyways, I've darkened it but need some practice at that too.

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this is one nice tut Av!
always all good explanation..see that I learned a lot from you.

Looks much better ma'am fae I love the light. I bet it's not just white brush right?
I have a couple of C4D collection but not my works. I can share them to you if you want.

Thanks for the compliments Chaos I still have some PSDs left to write some tutorials but don't have much time lately.

no, it's not just a white brush. I have a brush that has like shock waves which I used white at 70% opacity.
Thank you for the offer of C4D av, but, I think I should search for things myself. I know the sites to go to, just not been yet. Too much

I wish I have a brush like that Googles
No problemo. Let me know if there are stuffs that you wish to have

well i guess this could be another tut to try , Nicely written mate i hope i can get a outcome like it is suppose to be . I have done quite a few tuts but mine never come out like it is suppose to

everytime i use the burn tool it ends up a mess , oh well never mind

Thanks for yet another good tut mate

lol. Worth give it a try mate. If you feel difficult using burn tool, just use a black brush for depth (on a new layer). And you can reduce the opacity if it's too much.

Thanks av , sorry about the off topic .

Grrr just did one av and it looked nothing like it should of , was just a mess . I guess maybe photoshop not my thing

It was from a pack called star brushes star 4 1 but I've renamed it shockwave

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I feel like I'm back in high school and too scared to show the teacher my homework
So it is with my utmost apologies that I present the result of my attempt at your tut ...

@Hsv, I felt that one when I first used photoshop But then it's worth giving a try when you have spare time. Experiment and read some tuts, the way I did before and til today.

@ Ma'am fae, gee, thanks a lot ma'am The outer rings make it so attractive :)

@ pjmur, looks good mate. maybe you could still have some black brush on the left side but with lower opacity. A bit messy but good work on the flow.