Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 211

Choose Render > Lighting Effects from the Styles And Effects palette, or Filter menu.

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 206 User Guide To apply the Lighting Effects filter 1 In the Editor, select an image, layer, or area. 2 Choose Render > Lighting Effects from the Styles And Effects palette, or Filter menu. 3 Specify options as desired and click OK. Preview area Displays a preview of the lighting effect so you can adjust each light as described in "To adjust a light" on page 207. You can also create a new light by dragging the light icon into the preview area (you can create up to 16 lights). To delete a light, select the light in the preview window and drag the light (by its center circle) to the Trash or press Delete. To copy an existing light, select a light in the preview window, press Option, and drag to a new location in the window. Save Lets you name and save the style. Saved styles include all of the settings for each light and appear in the Style menu whenever you open an image in Photoshop Elements. Delete Removes the selected style. You can't delete default styles. Style menu Lets you choose from these default light styles, plus any custom ones you save: Note: If you choose a style that has multiple lights, you must set options for each light individually. • Blue Omni Adds a blue overhead omni light with full intensity and no focus. • Circle of Light Adds four spotlights. White has full intensity and a concentrated focus. Yellow has strong intensity and a concentrated focus. Red has medium intensity and a concentrated focus. Blue has full intensity and medium focus. • Crossing Adds one white spotlight with medium intensity and a wide focus. • Crossing Down Adds two white spotlights with medium intensity and wide focus. • Default Adds a white spotlight with a medium intensity and a wide focus. • Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up Add five white spotlights down or up with full intensity and wide focus. • Flashlight Adds an omni yellow light with medium intensity. • Flood Light Produces a medium intensity and wide focus white spotlight. • Parallel Directional Is a blue light with full intensity and no focus, or a while directional light with medium intensity and no focus. • RBG Lights Are red, blue, and green lights producing a light of medium intensity and wide focus. • Soft Direct Lights Adds two unfocused white (soft intensity) and blue (medium intensity) directional lights. • Soft Omni Is a soft omni light of medium intensity. • Soft Spotlight Is a white spotlight with full intensity and wide (100) focus. • Three Down Adds three white spotlights with medium intensity and wide focus. • Triple Spotlight Adds three spotlights with medium intensity and wide focus. Light Type Contains these options for each light in the selected style: • On Turns the selected light on or off in the preview window. This is useful if your lighting effects style uses multiple lights and you want to look at a particular light. • Intensity Specifies the light's brightness.

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0
User Guide
206
To apply the Lighting Effects filter
1
In the Editor, select an image, layer, or area.
2
Choose Render > Lighting Effects from the Styles And Effects palette, or Filter menu.
3
Specify options as desired and click OK.
Preview area
Displays a preview of the lighting effect so you can adjust each light as described in “To adjust a light”
on page 207. You can also create a new light by dragging the light icon into the preview area (you can create up to 16
lights). To delete a light, select the light in the preview window and drag the light (by its center circle) to the Trash
or press Delete.
To copy an existing light, select a light in the preview window, press Option, and drag to a new location in the
window.
Save
Lets you name and save the style. Saved styles include all of the settings for each light and appear in the Style
menu whenever you open an image in Photoshop Elements.
Delete
Removes the selected style. You can’t delete default styles.
Style menu
Lets you choose from these default light styles, plus any custom ones you save:
Note:
If you choose a style that has multiple lights, you must set options for each light individually.
Blue Omni
Adds a blue overhead omni light with full intensity and no focus.
Circle of Light
Adds four spotlights. White has full intensity and a concentrated focus. Yellow has strong intensity
and a concentrated focus. Red has medium intensity and a concentrated focus. Blue has full intensity and medium
focus.
Crossing
Adds one white spotlight with medium intensity and a wide focus.
Crossing Down
Adds two white spotlights with medium intensity and wide focus.
Default
Adds a white spotlight with a medium intensity and a wide focus.
Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up
Add five white spotlights down or up with full intensity and wide focus.
Flashlight
Adds an omni yellow light with medium intensity.
Flood Light
Produces a medium intensity and wide focus white spotlight.
Parallel Directional
Is a blue light with full intensity and no focus, or a while directional light with medium
intensity and no focus.
RBG Lights
Are red, blue, and green lights producing a light of medium intensity and wide focus.
Soft Direct Lights
Adds two unfocused white (soft intensity) and blue (medium intensity) directional lights.
Soft Omni
Is a soft omni light of medium intensity.
Soft Spotlight
Is a white spotlight with full intensity and wide (100) focus.
Three Down
Adds three white spotlights with medium intensity and wide focus.
Triple Spotlight
Adds three spotlights with medium intensity and wide focus.
Light Type
Contains these options for each light in the selected style:
On
Turns the selected light on or off in the preview window. This is useful if your lighting effects style uses
multiple lights and you want to look at a particular light.
Intensity
Specifies the light’s brightness.