Use Photoshop Wet Edge Brush to Create Cool Light Effects – Production Example

Use Photoshop wet edge brushes to create cool light effects

Let me show you some effects first:

The above effects all use an important option in the brush settings—–wet edge. The wet edge option is to change the edge color of the brush Darken it and it will look like a watercolor brush effect. You can use it to create many effects, such as planets, halos, ink stains, water-black paintings, etc. Today I will use the example of the universe to focus on what wet edges should be.

I will first talk about the methods of each part separately, and finally synthesize them.
How to do halo: First create a new document with a black background, select a soft brush at will, and then check the “Wet Edge” option in the brush settings.

Then create a new layer, click once in the picture, then shrink the brush and click again, then shrink again and click again.

Finally press Ctrl T for free transformation, we can also add a little starry sky effect

Planet production: The first step is to set up the same as above, click on the screen

Then create a new layer, execute “Filter/Rendering/Clouds” (the foreground is white and the background is black). After hiding it, draw a circle on the planet layer, and then return to the cloud layer. , press Ctrl Shift I to invert the selection, feather and delete.

Finally, set the blending mode of the cloud layer to “Multiply”, and then adjust the “Curves”.

Sun Production: The first step is the same as before, first select dark red, click on the screen, then select yellow and click again.

Then select the “Smear” tool and choose an irregular brush to smear the edges.

Synthesis: First drag the completed planet into the halo document and copy it Adjust with Free Transform.

In order to make the halo more dazzling, execute “Filter/Rendering/Lens Flare” “, and then make two shooting stars

Then execute “Layer/New Adjustment Layer/Hue Saturation” on the top level, we Change to a more colorful color.

I almost forgot that there is a sun. I dragged the sun I just made into the halo document and placed it in the upper right corner, leaving only one corner.

Finally, create a new layer on the top level and press Ctrl Shfit Alt E Make a Stamp Visible layer, then use the “Curves” adjustment to make it deeper. This gives you the final result.