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Old September 13th, 2014
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Default Making a lantern light glow in Photoshop CS5 Essentials

Have been using hte following method to try and make a GLOWING LIGHT in a LANTERN using Ph'shop CS5 ESSENTIALS (not Elements) but am getting stuck at some point as explained below.

Am a 76-year-old NEWBIE and badly need your kind help.

1. Open image with Photoshop

2. Quick Selection Tool to trace the part of the image I want to make glow.

3. Select > Modify > Feather and set the feather radius to ONE.

4. Layer > New and click on LAYER VIA COPY

5. In the layers palette, click on LAYER 1

6. Go to the dropdown menu labelled PROPERTIES, then choose SCREEN.

PROBLEM:- Here I get stuck. I manage to reach the dropdown menu labelled LAYER PROPERTIES (not just PROPERTIES) and cannot find the
word SCREEN ANYWHERE IN THIS MENU.

7. Click on FILTER as the light on my image has no detail. Then go to
BLUR > GAUSSIAN BLUR and use the slider to locate the level of
blur that works best for your image.

8 . Right-click on LAYER 1 to make the light glow even brighter.

9. Select DUPLICATE LAYER and adjust the opacity to your preference.

10. Click on LAYER, then LAYER STYLE. Choose OUTER GLOW. Photoshop
automatically selects a light yellow for the outer glow. Change this colour by clicking on the small, yellow rectangle.

11. Move the slider up and down to choose the colour of the glow. Click on the colour box to choose a lighter or darker shade of the selected colour.

12. Click on the dropdown menu labelled TECHNIQUE in the section labelled ELEMENTS. Choose PRECISE. Adjust the size and spread to your preference. An outer glow with a larger size creates a larger glow. Click OK.

PROBLEM:- Cannot do Step 12. How do I access TECHNIQUE, ELEMENTS, PRECISE ?

Many thanks from

Old Joe
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