"Dream" glow?

[wizard]

Hey,

How would I go about creating an effect like this (see picture) in Photoshop?

http://www.ba-web.com/ForumStuff/slight_glow.jpg

That white-ish glow with a blur... I've read a couple of tuts but none really seem to get me that exact effect.

Thanks in advance.

[SlowRoasted]

can be done with airbrushing/smudge tool/blur tool

[prstudio]

normal layer

diffuse glow with 0 grain layer

gaussian blur layer

maybe a smudge stick layer

[eilsoe]

usually I just copy the layer to anew above the original, blur a decent amount, perhaps 5-10, then set blend mode to lighten :)

[ditt0]

duplicate layer,gaussian blur, mode overlay, change the levels settings .

[.soulty]

there is a filter available that does that, but i would use the more manual methods metioned above..

filter is here if you are interested.
http://www.autofx.com/dreamsuite2/effect_pages/dreamyphoto.html

[DarkChild]

just found this on 24-7 today, might help you out

http://forum.24-7media.de/viewtopic.php?t=89

[wizard]

Hey thanks everyone. :}

All suggestions worked pretty good but this seemed to work best (from DC's link):

> Duplicate layer.
> Add Gaussian Blur.
> Set Blend mode to: Screen.
> Merge layers.
> Adjust levels (middle slider > move right).

Again, thanks everyone. :thumb:

[Mik3]

What I do to get this is really easy actually. I use fireworks but it should be similar in photoshop.

New layer, Glaussian(or whatever) Blur, and Lower The Transparency