How to get this effect

[fedor84]

Hi all, i'm new here and english is not my native language, so i'm sorry in advance for errors

i would like to replicate this kind of backround > yfrog.com/ccsfondozj and i'm mainly interested to the shade effect around the pattern who adapts with the brown color in the backround.

Thank you in advance for any suggests

 

[-MAYH3M-]

It seems like a normal floral background with a bright gradient coming through as the center of light. From my knowledge you can simply play around with the gradient and filter tools to achieve that effect, other users may know more on this topic than me though. Also you could use a brush and set the opacity to a lower setting and keep clicking around the areas you want shaded in and out like where the brightest part fades into the darker brown. The more layers you add the more of a 'shadow' coloring you will get around the area.

 

[Dezigns Unlimited]

I'm having a hard time seeing what you wrote??

 

[iDad]

the picture he refers is here
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[Gaussian]

I would say start with your source image and then add a Curves Adjustment Layer. Make the curves darken the image to the darkness of the outer areas, then apply a mask to the area where the light is. Feather the mask to get the soft blending effect.

If you need additional help it would be best to post up the original image you are starting with, without any lighting effects applied to it.

 

[MoralDK]

Whenever I'm doing an image that like this, I will create either a left or right half of the image to completion and merge or flatten layers if necessary. Then, I'll create an empy layer, place it underneath the graphic layer, double the width of the canvas, then, mirror the image and place it next to the original. This insures that everything including shading, is the same, right and left.

Shading the original half can be done in several different ways. I kinda like drawing a closed outline of the shadow area in a new layer with the selection tool, right click on the body of the selection and choose fill. Then, you can use the gausian blur filter on it to blend. A little practice with this method will get you what you want. Or, you can create a new layer on top, fill it with black and use a blurry eraser tool (sized appropriately) set with an opacity value to reveal the items you want visible. Adjustment with the layer opacity will dial it in.

 

[PSStyleADay]

How I would do it:

Bottom layer is the floral pattern
On top of that I'd put medium gray layer and use Filter>Render>Lighting Effects and set that layer to Overlay or Linear Dodge, depending on the effect it gives you
Top layer I would just create a black box then use Filter>Blur Gaussian Blur to blur the edges of the black box

 

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Sounds like a plan!! I may throw an emboss in there somewhere to get that puffed rounded look but i could see that method working fairly easy...

 

[rhstanley3]

I read some of the other posts here, and I think I would overall do it differently than anything suggested so far, maybe with some similarities. Ok, so here we go. First, I would get a floral wall, like is in the picture. I went to google and got one I liked.

After I got this background, the next thing I did was make a new layer, and then make a black bar through the middle of the image.

then, I made a new layer that goes under the black bar, and then I filled the layer with brown using the paint bucket tool, which can be located "under" the gradient tool. (find the gradient tool, left click and hold until a drop-menu appears, and select the tool). The brown wasn't as dark as I wanted it, so I made a second black layer that went on top of the brown layer. I set it's opacity to 70% (just as a side note, that's a quick fix, but probably not the best way to go about it). After that I merged the brown layer with the black layer (not the black bar) and made a copy of the merged layer. Hide it for now, as it will be used towards the end. I then applied a gausian blur to the black bar layer. I put my blur radius to 5.5. Then, using a large eraser tool with 0% hardness, i clicked once or twice to get the faded brown. Then, I made the copied merged layer visible and turned the opacity down to 60%. Then using an eraser at 0% hardness, i erased along the edge of the black box to give the floral design that highlight on the edge. The floral pattern was a little to dark, so I made it brighter using the Levels tool. Here's what I ended up with.

Mine isn't nearly as nice as the one that you posted, but I whipped this together in 5-10 minutes, so it's quite easy to do. Hope this helped