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How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation

Click on the same layer on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Add a Mask and choose a Soft Round brush of black color to clean out the car’s wheels:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next effect on image:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
On the next new layer (Create new layer) we’ll apply a Hard Round brush

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
to represent a line of white color (Opacity 10%).

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next we’ll draw the trains coming out of the car’s lights. Firstly we need to represent the primary elements, using the Pen Tool (P) in Shape Mode with color #FF9900

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Then create a new layer, press CTRL button to select this layers with the layer containing the orange elements, finally press CTRL+E to Merge Down. Apply on it Filter>Blur>Motion blur

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Select the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) to place the layer exactly like on the image below:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending mode for this layer to Pin Light

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Do the same operation for the back car lights by representing firstly the primary elements with the Pen Tool (P) in Shape Mode with color #FF000C

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Rasterize the layer the same way we did earlier with the front lights, applying on the layer the same Filter>Blur>Motion blur filter:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
We’ve got the next effect on car:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer again, using here the Soft Round brush of blue color (Opacity 15%)

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
paint the top part of the car:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending mode to Color Dodge for this layer

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next we’ll draw the lines coming from the car’s lights. Firstly draw the line’s paths using the Pen Tool (P) in Path Mode

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create new layer, select Soft Round brush with the color mentioned below (Diameter 3, Hardness 100%). Use then the Direct Selection Tool (A) to select the line and then pass on the Pen Tool (P), right click on the selected line and choose Stroke Path (Brush mode). Do this operation for each line.

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Combine in a group all the layers containing the lights’ lines (press CTRL button, select the necessary layers and hold on the left mouse’s button while dragging the selected layers on Create a new group icon from bottom part of the Layers panel). Merge Down the group to get a rasterized layer (in this case select the group and press CTRL+E).

Click on the same layer on the bottom part of the layers’ panel on Add a Mask and apply a Soft Round brush of black color to clean out the lines, only in those places marked with arrow.

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make a copy of the last made layer with the lightning lines and apply the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) to re-size it vertically and stretch out these lightning lines. Place them exactly like on the next indicated picture:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer again and use here a Soft Round brush of red color (Opacity 10%)

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
to represent a line coming out of the front car lights. Blur it out a little on the left side, using the Smudge Tool (R).

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
On the next new layer we’ll increase the luminescence of the cars lights, applying a Soft Round brush of red color (Opacity 20%).

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Create a new layer and apply here a Hard Round brush of white color to draw two parallel lines.

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Blur out the lines’ edges, using the Smudge Tool (R).

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the Blending mode for this layer to Overlay

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Make a copy of the last made layer and select the Free Transform (Ctrl+T) to place the copy on the back car’s lights. The Blending mode – Overlay shouldn’t be applied:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Next we’ll create a new layer and use here a Soft Round brush to represent the reflection on the road coming out of the car’s lights. Choose the red and orange colors:

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the Fill for this layer to 86%

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Raise the contrast of the top car’s part. In this case we’ll create a new layer and apply here a Soft Round brush of white color.

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
Set the layer Blending mode to Overlay

How to Create a Speed Lighting Photo Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop CS4
The final result!

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