test 1 Practical Photoshop - April 2018 UK | Page 33

SPRING A LEAK
Bright spark James Paterson explains how you can use templates
and layers in Photoshop CC to create a retro light leak efect
In today’s age of crisp,
digital perfection,
there’s something endearing
about old-school chemical
ilm flaws. In days gone by,
camera makers faced the
problem of light leaking into
the camera body and
accidentally exposing the ilm
inside. The issue plagued
cheaper cameras in particular,
often resulting in an orange
glow fogging around the
edges of the frame, where
the sides of the roll of ilm
were most exposed.
Now, rather than an entire
unexposed roll of ilm sitting
in the camera, the digital
sensor is only exposed for the
duration of the shutter speed,
so light leaks are only an
issue with really long shutter
speeds; and even then the
results aren’t as attractive as
the orangey yellow bleeding
that occurred with ilm. It’s
one of those analogue flaws
that can evoke a retro mood,
and it’s become popular as
a digital efect.
Here, we’ll explain how
to mimic the light leak look
with a combination of tonal
adjustments. We’ll make
AFTER
WATCH THE VIDEO
https://goo.gl/44gttM
BEFORE
use of a free paper texture
in Photoshop CC to give our
image the look of an old print,
then use Adjustment Layers
and Blending Modes to create
our efect.
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