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I am so excited I finally finished this post for you!!! I want to post more fine art editing tutorials, textures, and actions, and this week I figured out a way to add gorgeous sun rays and golden light to images WITHOUT using overlays. I call this Photoshop/PSE action “Golden Sun Rays” and it is so easy to use and I hope you love it as much as I do! I have posted a step-by-step tutorial below.
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CoffeeShop “Golden Sun Rays” Fine Art Photoshop/PSE Action Tutorial:
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Open your image and run the CoffeeShop “Golden Sun Rays” action.
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When the Gradient Fill 1 prompt comes up, click “OK”.
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This Gradient Fill pane will pop up that allows you to automatically and easily add the beautiful sun rays.
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Click on the sun rays in the image and move them over to an area on the image that you think they look best. In this case I dragged them over to the upper right side.
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Then adjust the “Scale” to taste.
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Press “OK” to accept your changes. This is what the image looked like after the action finished running.
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I clicked to select the top “Sun Rays” layer’s mask and used a soft low-opacity black brush to gently paint some of the bright sun off of his face and hair.
You can also open up the “Drama” layer and further adjust the contrast. I was happy with it in this image so I made no changes.
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If you want to remove the golden tint, simply turn off the “Golden Tint” layer or reduce the opacity.
I would love to see your own edits using this action! Feel free to post them on my Facebook page. I might even ask you if I can post it over here on my blog so I can show off your amazing work. 🙂
Download the CoffeeShop “Golden Sun Rays” Fine Art Photoshop/PSE Action.
Do you want to download my favorite CoffeeShop PSE/Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets or Design Elements in one convenient zipped file AND help support this blog? Just click here for my action pack or here for a download of some of my most popular design elements, storyboards, and textures.
For complete info on installing all of my actions, click here.
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