Add light rays to your photos.
With the creation of computer graphics programs like Adobe Photoshop, it became possible to make significant changes to your photographs. Photoshop is used to restore old, damaged photos, retouch images for publication and fix any number of mistakes. Often, changes made using Photoshop are fairly subtle. For example, if you have a forest scene, you might decide that you would like to have faint rays of light coming through the branches. This is quickly and easily done using Photoshop.
Instructions
1. Load the image that you want to add light rays to onto your computer.
2. Open Photoshop. Select "File" from the menu and choose "Open." In the dialog that appears, go to the image that you loaded and open it.
3. Click on the "Create New Layer" button at the bottom of the "Layers" palette. Select the "Polygonal Selection" tool and use it to select a cone-shaped area where you would like the first rays of light.
4. Use the "Paint Bucket" tool to fill the selection with a yellowish white.
5. Select "Filter" from the menu and choose "Noise." From the options, choose "Add Noise." In the dialog, choose "Uniform" and "Monochromatic" and make the "Amount" 100. Click "OK."
6. Select "Filter" from the menu and choose "Blur." From the options, choose "Motion Blur." In the dialog, adjust the "Angle" to match the angle of your cone and make the "Distance" 240. Click "OK."
7. Go to the top of the "Layers" palette and reduce the "Opacity" of the layer to roughly 25 percent. The exact number will depend on your image and the result you want.
8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to add more rays to your image. Save your work.
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