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Glowing streaks in Photoshop

by DaNDaMaN on Feb.27, 2010, under Photoshop, Tutorials

Finished image example.

Difficulty : Easy

This tutorial will show you how to achieve a glowing streak effect in Photoshop.  It’s a very easy effect but can make an image a much better effect. Enjoy.

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Step #1 – The first thing you want to do is open up the

image you want to apply this effect to. You can use pretty much any image you like, a person, an animal, a guitar, anything works, in this example i’ll be using a picture of a friend of mine.

Step #2 – Next you want a create a new layer by clicking the small icon second in from the right, or alternatively going to Layer > New layer. Now select the pen tool by pressing the P key on your keyboard. Make sure your pen settings at the top of the screen are the same as the ones in the image below or this won’t work.

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