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The Glamour Effect


Have you ever noticed how the photographs taken by professional artists always exhibit rich color tones, crystal clear clarity, and high definition? For the most part this is due to the excellent quality of their equipment, but not always - often they also rely on simple Photoshop editing techniques to create small but amazingly perceptible alterations. This tutorial details one such technique that only uses Photoshop, a standard filter, and a careful eye for color.

Step 1: Open up a stock image in Photoshop of any size and/or format. The best results for this tutorial usually involve large images with a generally high brightness.  Dark areas tend to end up MUCH darker as a result of adding the effect, and may require additional adjustment later.


Step 2: With the background layer selected in the layers palette, choose Layer > Duplicate Layer from the main menu.  Select the new duplicated layer in the layers palette (it will be the one on top), and run Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, with a setting of 8px.   The value of the blur should be altered to suit the size of your image.  If, for example, you have a large image, a setting of 8px to 10px will be sufficient, but for smaller pictures you may have to go down to 1px.


Step 3: With the top layer still active, go to the layers palette, set the blending mode to Overlay, and lower the opacity to 50-60%.    And that's it - you can now admire your vibrant and dreamy image!


Optional: If you require a more precise effect you can go into Image > Adjustments > Levels and move the black/white triangles towards each other a little. This will make the glow more suitable for nature pictures and those with few areas of dark colour. If your result ends up too dark in the preview, you may need to play around with these values a little. Adjustment of levels is a complex subject, and best left as a seperate tutorial. Here's a little something I made earlier by using the main technique above, and then this little optional step:

- Tutorial written by Gunyu

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Last 5 User Comments

User:  BobbieLou (#47652)
Date: Sun Jan 27, 2008. 15:17:00

Post #11 of 11

yes quick, easy, very useful!! I need this

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User:  kyo_maus (#46455)
Date: Fri Nov 30, 2007. 22:12:02

Post #10 of 11

nice tutorial, very simple and fast with great effects

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User:  the best pt (#42724)
Date: Wed Jun 13, 2007. 17:57:25

Post #9 of 11

great effect..very usefull

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User:  ross_w_thompson (#42141)
Date: Mon May 21, 2007. 20:17:19

Post #8 of 11

thats hilarious...three steps for such a huge effect...nice one.

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User:  omegagriever (#39360)
Date: Wed Mar 14, 2007. 14:05:44

Post #7 of 11

i always wonder why those pl can make picture bcome so nice with rich tone,now my clear already,thanks for ur tutorial ^^

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