Lighting Effects Styles; To Add Or Delete A Light; To Create, Save, Or Delete A Lighting Effects Style - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Lighting Effects styles

Use the Style menu in the Lighting Effects dialog box to choose from 17 light styles. You can also create your own
lighting style by adding lights to the Default setting. The Lighting Effects filter requires at least one light source. Only
one light can be edited at a time, but all added lights are used to create the effect.
2 O'clock Spotlight A yellow spotlight of medium (17) intensity with a wide (91) focus.
A blue overhead omni light of full (85) intensity with no focus.
Blue Omni
Four spotlights. White has full (100) intensity and a concentrated (8) focus. Yellow has strong
Circle Of Light
intensity (88) and a concentrated focus (3). Red has medium (50) intensity and a concentrated (0) focus. Blue has
full (100) intensity and medium (25) focus.
A white spotlight of medium (35) intensity with a wide (69) focus.
Crossing
Crossing Down Two white spotlights of medium (35) intensity with a wide (100) focus.
Default A white spotlight of medium intensity with a wide focus.
Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up
An omni yellow light of medium (46) intensity.
Flashlight
A white spotlight of medium (35) intensity with a wide (69) focus.
Flood Light
Parallel Directional A directional blue light of full (98) intensity with no focus.
RGB Lights Red, blue, and green lights that produce a light of medium (60) intensity with a wide (96) focus.
Two unfocused white and blue directional lights. White has a soft (20) intensity. Blue has a
Soft Direct Lights
medium (67) intensity.
Soft Omni A soft omni light of medium (50) intensity.
Soft Spotlight A white spotlight of full (98) intensity with a wide (100) focus.
Three white spotlights of soft (35) intensity with a wide (96) focus.
Three Down
Three spotlights of slight (35) intensity with a wide (100) focus.
Triple Spotlight

To add or delete a light

In the Lighting Effects dialog box, do one of the following:
• To add a light, drag the light icon at the bottom of the dialog box into the preview area. Repeat as desired for a
maximum of 16 lights.
To delete a light, drag the light by its center circle to the Delete icon at the lower right of the preview window.
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To create, save, or delete a Lighting Effects style

In the Lighting Effects dialog box, do one of the following:
• To create a style, choose Default for Style and drag the light bulb icon at the bottom of the dialog box into the
preview area. Repeat as desired for a maximum of 16 lights.
To save a style, click Save, name the style, and click OK. Saved styles include all the settings for each light and
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appear in the Style menu whenever you open the image.
To delete a style, choose a style, and then click Delete.
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Five white spotlights, down or up, of full (100) intensity with a wide (60) focus.
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