Choosing a Lighting Effects style

Use the Style menu in the Lighting Effects dialog box to choose from 17 light styles. You can also create your own lighting style by adding lights to any setting. The Lighting Effects filter requires at least one light source. Only one light can be edited at a time, but all added lights will be used to create the effect.

2 o'clock Spotlight A yellow spotlight with medium (17) intensity and wide (91) focus.

Blue Omni A blue overhead omni light with full (85) intensity and no focus.

Circle of Light Four spotlights. White has full (100) intensity and a concentrated (8) focus. Yellow has strong intensity (88) and a concentrated focus (3). Red has medium (50) intensity and a concentrated (0) focus. Blue has full (100) intensity and medium (25) focus.

Crossing A white spotlight with medium (35) intensity and a wide (69) focus.

Crossing Down Two white spotlights with medium (35) intensity and wide (100) focus.

Default A white spotlight with a medium (35) intensity and a wide (69) focus.

Five Lights Down/Five Lights Up Five white spotlights down or up with full (100) intensity and wide (60) focus.

Flashlight An omni yellow light with medium (46) intensity.

Flood Light A white spotlight with medium (35) intensity and wide (69) focus.

Parallel Directional A directional blue light with full (98) intensity and no focus, or a white directional light with medium (50) intensity and no focus.

RGB Lights Red, blue, and green lights that produce a light of medium (60) intensity and wide (96) focus.

Soft Direct Lights Two unfocused white and blue directional lights. White has a soft (20) intensity. Blue has a medium (67) intensity.

Soft Omni A soft omni light of medium (50) intensity.

Soft Spotlight A white spotlight with full (98) intensity and wide (100) focus.

Three Down Three white spotlights with medium (35) intensity and wide (96) focus.

Triple Spotlight Three spotlights with medium (35) intensity and wide (100) focus.

To add a light:

In the Lighting Effects dialog box, drag the light icon at the bottom of the dialog box into the preview area. Repeat as desired for a maximum of 16 lights.

To delete a light:

In the Lighting Effects dialog box, drag the light by its center circle to the Trash button at the bottom right of the preview window.

To create a new style:

1 In the Lighting Effects dialog box, choose any style from the Style menu.

2 Drag the light icon at the bottom of the dialog box into the preview area. The light source can be placed outside the image area. Repeat as desired for a maximum of 16 lights.

To save a style:

1 In the Lighting Effects dialog box, click Save.

2 Name the style, and click OK.

Saved styles include all of the settings for each light and appear in the Style menu whenever you open an image in Photoshop Elements.

To delete a style:

In the Lighting Effects dialog box, choose a style, and then click Delete.

Note: Default style cannot be deleted.

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