Designing tips: How to create spotlight in photoshop

Create a Spotlight

A very easy tutorial on how to create those well-known lights you see in the disco. Learn how to make these spotlights and create your own party ;)

Learn how to create the infamous disco-lights!

  • Step 1 Open a new document with a predesigned spotlight or draw one yourself like I did;

    Create a Spotlight

  • Step 2 With the pen-tool, draw a shape like the light I drew in the image below;

    Create a Spotlight

  • Step 3 Rightclick and select "Make Selection";

    Create a Spotlight

  • Step 4 Grab the Gradient-Tool and select a gradient from white to transparent;

    Create a Spotlight

  • Step 5 Duplicate the layer and go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur of 3 or 4 pixels;

    Create a Spotlight

  • Step 6 Lower the opacity of the blurred layer to 66% and the opacity of the orginal to 33%;

    Create a Spotlight

  • Step 7 And then you are done and you can use your knowledge for the benefit of creating a spotlight!

    Create a Spotlight

    Create a Spotlight

Comments

Manoj said…
Hi Shikha!!!!
Gr8.......
Nice work.........
Hope it helps all the neeedy people.
June 19, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Anonymous said…
hey......must say...informative post as always.....keep bloging.....n keeping giving tricks n tool on this multimedia ideas....[:)]
June 19, 2009 at 5:24 AM
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