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Help making glare effect like this!!


Yep. Sam's right. Follow his advice for a better result than I advised.
Mrinal Bhatt said:
So to break it down..first the faux effect. Then the Scatter 1, then Scatter 2?

Now that i have seen it closely...i can see like there is a overlap, like one above the other
Click to expand...
 
Ok, starting from scratch.

Open your original and duplicate it 3 times. Turn off the original.
Turn off 2 of the duplicate leaving only the uppermost duplicate on.......the top layer.

Open your Channels Panel. Go to Window > Channels.

Select the Move Tool.
Hit cmd/cntrl + A to select all. (Select > All)
Click on the Green channel.
Use your directional arrow keys and move the selection 6 clicks to the left/
Click on the RGB channel.
Hit cmd/cntrl + D to deselect.

Go back to your layers panel.

Your image should now look like this.....

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 9.48.02 PM.png
 
IamSam said:
Ok, starting from scratch.

Open your original and duplicate it 3 times. Turn off the original.
Turn off 2 of the duplicate leaving only the uppermost duplicate on.......the top layer.

Open your Channels Panel. Go to Window > Channels.

Select the Move Tool.
Hit cmd/cntrl + A to select all. (Select > All)
Click on the Green channel.
Use your directional arrow keys and move the selection 6 clicks to the left/
Click on the RGB channel.
Hit cmd/cntrl + D to deselect.

Go back to your layers panel.

Your image should now look like this.....

View attachment 50236
Click to expand...
Perfect...and any way to make the layer part more simple and all? Like yours?
 
With your Move Tool selected.
Turn off the faux anaglyph layer.
Add a layer mask by clicking the 'add layer mask' icon located at the bottom left side of the layers panel.
Turn on and highlight the second layer in the stack.

With the directional arrow keys, move this layer 6 clicks to the right.
Add a layer mask by clicking the 'add layer mask' icon located at the bottom left side of the layers panel.
Turn this layer off.

Turn on and highlight the third layer in the stack.
With the directional arrow keys, move this layer 6 clicks to the left.

Tun all layers back on.

Your layers panel should look like this...

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.14.36 PM.png
 
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I made a mistake in the previous set of instructions that I have corrected. Please re-read them.

Select/highlight the first layer. The anaglyph layer.
Click on the layer mask of that layer. This chooses the layer mask.....you can tell by the white brackets now around the layer mask.

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.19.29 PM.png

Select your Rectangular Marquee Tool.

Create a rectangle across your image.

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.20.43 PM.png

Fill that selection with black.
Hit cmd/cntrl + D to deselect.

You should have a stagger now.....

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.22.16 PM.png

Repeat this same process but vary the width and separation of the rectangles.

Your layers panel should look like this.....

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.23.56 PM.png
 
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IamSam said:
I made a mistake in the previous set of instructions that I have corrected. Please re-read them.

Select/highlight the first layer. The anaglyph layer.
Click on the layer mask of that layer. This chooses the layer mask.....you can tell by the white brackets now around the layer mask.

View attachment 50243

Select your Rectangular Marquee Tool.

Create a rectangle across your image.

View attachment 50244

Fill that selection with black.
Hit cmd/cntrl + D to deselect.

You should have a stagger now.....

View attachment 50245

Repeat this same process but vary the width and separation of the rectangles.

Your layers panel should look like this.....

View attachment 50246
Click to expand...

Hey can you explain how to fill the layer with black?? I cant seem to get it right



GOT IT:))
 
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Hit D on your keyboard. This resets your Foreground and Background layers to Black and White default.

Make sure that black is your foreground by hitting the curved arrow..

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.34.20 PM copy.png

Then select your Paint bucket tool and fill in the selection.
 
The last part is a bit tricky.

We are going to do the same rectangles on the second layer mask.
However.........the stagger will only be seen in the overlapping areas with the first layer masks rectangles. You have the place the second layer masks rectangles inside the first set!

Soooooooo......you may have to redo the first set as well as the second to get the look your looking for.

To reset a layer mask. Select the layer mask by clicking on it, hit cmd/cntrl + A, then fill it with white.........or right click the layer mask and select delete layer mask, then add a new one with the icon.

Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.37.56 PM.png


Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 10.38.06 PM.png

When you have the staggers the way you like them, then use the crop tool to crop the edges and your done.
 
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