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Edge Highlights
Video Length:
7 minutes 02 seconds
This training video will show
you how to brush on edge highlights to simulate
a light source striking your image from different
angles and highlighting along the edges of the image.
This video will teach you how to setup the effect,
apply a masking layer and brush on masks to affect
the areas you desire. You will learn how to control
the mask and to view the effect while the mask is
changed to see a near-real-time result as you brush
on the mask.
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Ethereal
Video Length:
5 minutes 46 seconds
This training video will show you how to add a soft diffused lighting to images. You will learn how to apply the ethereal effect through the ellipse controls and how to define the tonal range the ethereal effect draws the light sources from. You will be shown how to change the cast modes to give you a direction control using the different cast types available. Using the protect ellipse you will learn how to shield areas of the image from being changed by this effect.
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Fairy Dust
Video Length:
9 minutes 23 seconds
This training video will show you how to apply the Fairy Dust effect to an image to simulate stars on a night sky. You will learn how to setup an effect and draw with the bezier path tool and stream your content onto this path. You will be shown how to control the different content settings and how to explore with the controls once the effect is rendered onscreen.
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Flare
Video Length:
7 minutes 24 seconds
This training video will show
you how to create a flare effect. You will learn
how to select different style flares, and how to
adjust the attributes of a flare to apply rings,
glows, streaks and rays. You will also be shown
how to use masking to protect parts of your image.
In this case the flare that is generated simulates
a setting sun partially hidden behind clouds.
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Light
Brush
Video Length:
5 minutes 25 seconds
This training video will show
you how to brush on light with the Light Brush effect.
You will be shown how to gradually add the light
using brush settings, as well as learning how to
control the intensity, blending and other control
variations.
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Light Brush Used With Shading Brush
An additional
training example
You will also learn how to combine the Light Brush with the Shading Brush and switch between these layered effects to individually control the settings for each effect.
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Light Caster
Video Length:
4 minutes 29 seconds
This training video will show
you how to use the Light Caster effect to stream
natural looking light across your image. You will
be shown how to adjust the spread, intensity, colors
and other controls that change the look of the streaming
light.
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Mist
Video Length:
3 minutes 17 seconds
This training video will show
you how to brush on simulated mist, smoke, clouds
or fog across your image. Using a simple set of
brushes and controls you will be taught how to simulate
natural looking weather conditions on your image.
You will also be shown how to create and work with
multiple Mist layers, and define individual layer
settings to generate the composited end result.
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Mottled Background
Video Length:
8 minutes 15 seconds
This training video will show you how to quickly add a mottled background canvas behind your portraits. You will learn how to add a masking layer and then brush on the mask using the mask brush. Afterwards you will be shown how to shape and change the attributes of the mottled background using the ellipse controls.
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Radial Light Caster
Video Length:
6 minutes 44 seconds
This training video will show
you how to apply the Radial Light Caster effect to
a masked image to simulate the subject blocking out
the sun. You will learn how to load up a mask into
Mystical Lighting using the Edit > Load Mask feature.
You will also be shown how to simulate blowing snow
using the smoke and ellipse controls. Finally you
will be shown the Shader effect and how it can enhance
the shading to help create natural shadows that would
be present if the light source were moved to the new
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Rainbow
Video Length:
4 minutes 21 seconds
This training video will show you how to add photo-realistic rainbows onto your landscape images. You will learn how to apply the rainbow using both the rainbow bezier path tool and the rainbow shape tool. In this video you will see how to fade the rainbow and change the colors, softness and opacity to form a natural looking rainbow.
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Shader
Video Length:
3 minutes 52 seconds
This training video will show
you how to apply the Shader effect to selectively
cast new shading and enhance the natural shading found
in a scene. You will learn how to create shading T-paths
and control these to direct the size, direction and
distance the shading travels across your image. You
will also learn how to use the Shade Blocker to protect
areas of your image from being shaded. |
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Shading Brush
Video Length:
3 minutes 19 seconds
This training video will show you how to use the Shading Brush to apply natural shading to your photographs. You will learn how to blend in the shading to form a realistic result with control over the intensity, blending and opacity of the shading.
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Shadow Play
Video Length:
3 minutes 36 seconds
This training video will show you how to apply shadow shapes across your image. You will learn how to fade out the shadow to simulate it moving away from the light source. You will also learn how to use the Shadow Blocker brush to shield areas of your image from shadows.
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Spotlight
Video Length:
4 minutes 44 seconds
This training video will show you how to apply the Spotlight effect to enhance your images. You will learn how to draw and direct the Spotlight path and adjust the various controls associated with this effect. You will also learn how to darken the image outside the shaft of light to form a photo-realistic lighting effect that adds ambiance to your image.
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Spotlight Using Light Mix: Contrasted
An additional training example
You will also learn how to use the Spotlight effect with the Light Mix: Contrasted settings to stream in a diffused misty light across your scene. You will learn how to use the Light Blocker brush to prevent the light from spilling across areas of the image you want to protect. |
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Surface Light
Video Length:
3 minutes 53 seconds
This training video will show you how to cast light through shapes to strike across your image. You will learn how to select and customize the Light Mix modes, block shading and add light using the brush tools. You will also learn how to change the light and shading values to refine the effect. |
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Surface Light Technique
An additional training example
In this example you learn how to load up a greyscale content mask and using the Surface Light / Light Mix: Contrasted setting make the image look as if there is a piece of glass between the camera and the subject. The glass appears to be reflecting the background trees. |
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Wispy Mist
Video Length:
2 minutes 07 seconds
This training video will show you how to apply a Wispy Mist across your image. You will be shown how to apply the Wispy Mist to the sky to simulate clouds and how to apply the Wispy Mist across the forest areas of the scene. |
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Applying Masks
Video Length:
7 minutes 21 seconds
This training video will show you how to take a mask in Photoshop and save it out as a .jpg file that you can import into Mystical Lighting. You will learn how to then apply and adjust masks that are derived from this imported mask. This training video shows the Radial Light Caster and Shader effect being combined with a mask to enhance an underwater scene.
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Blowing Out Details
Video Length:
3 minutes 03 seconds
This training video will show you how to use the Ethereal effect to blow out lighter areas of your image to wash away detail. This is useful for ghosting out sky or lighter areas behind a subject. You will learn how to protect areas of your image and how to blow out the details in the areas around the protected region.
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Combining
Effect Layers
Video Length:
5 minutes 37 seconds
This
training video will show you how to combine effect
layers to enhance the lighting and shading in a surrealistic
fantasy scene. The effects used are Light Caster,
Light Brush and Shading Brush. This video shows how
to form sunlight streaming into a scene using Light
Caster and then simulate sunlight striking the subject
using the Light Brush. The video also shows how to
add contrast between the subject and the background
using the Shading Brush. |
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Correction Layer
Video Length:
1 minutes 57 seconds
This training video will show you how to add a correction layer to adjust the image color, contrast, hue saturation and brightness values. An Ethereal effect is applied in this example to show you how the correction layer adjustments can impact the results given to you by the effect.
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Creating Rembrandt Style Shading
Video Length:
2 minutes 27 seconds
This training video will show you how to create a Rembrandt style shading effect on a photo. You will be shown how to use the Shading Brush and the Shader effect together to cast part of a portrait into shadows.
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Edit
Menu
Video Length:
4 minutes 27 seconds
This training video will show you
how to use undo and redo commands in the Edit Menu. During this video you will
be shown how to take a portrait and add a Shader and
a Radial Light Caster effect together with a masking
layer to create a Rembrandt style lighting.
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Ellipse Tool
Video Length: 2 minutes 29 seconds
This training video will show you how to use the ellipse tool to apply effects. You will learn how to place, resize, reshape, rotate and move the ellipse tool. You will also be shown how to tell which ellipse control is active, should you have more than one ellipse control onscreen at the same time.
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Enhancing Outdoor Shots
Video Length: 3 minutes 37 seconds
This training video will show you how to use the Wispy Mist, Shading Brush and Spotlight effect to enhance outdoor shots. You will learn how to apply these effects together to change the lighting and natural setting of the shot.
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File Menu
Video Length: 1 minutes 31 seconds
This training video will show you how to use the file menu to open and save files and how to exit the application once you are done with your work.
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Layer Presets
Video Length: 2 minutes 09 seconds
This training video will show you one of the best and most important features this application offers: Layer Presets. You will learn how to save, load, append, access and view the presets to apply them to different images in the future. Learn how to capture and reapply your favorite work. This training video shows loading and saving presets with the Surface Light effect.
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Load Mask
Video Length: 2 minutes 00 seconds
This training video will show you how to load a mask into the program. Masks can be created in other programs and then imported into Mystical Lighting using the Edit > Load Mask command. You will learn how you can modify this mask using the Masking Layer tools.
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Masking Layer
Video Length: 4 minutes 54 seconds
This training video will show you how to add a mask to selectively apply effects or shield areas of your image from having an effect applied to it. In this video you will learn how to use the different masking tools to reveal a mottled background effect to the background of an image. The masking layer is stacked between the effect and the background image.
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Memory Dots
Video Length: 2 minutes 16 seconds
This training video will show you how to capture a snapshot of your effect work as a memory dot and how you can return to the point where you took the snapshot at a later time. This video also shows the memory dots capturing work done in the Radial Light Caster effect.
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Multiple Spotlights
Video Length: 3 minutes 17 seconds
This training video will show
you how to use multiple spotlights to selectively
lighten a black and white image. This method simulates
pen lighting in a studio to place precise lighting
on a subject. You will learn how to create and position
the spotlight T-Paths, how to use the Light Blocker
brush and the Light Brush together to refine the lighting
and shading on the scene.
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Preferences
Video Length: 2 minutes 51 seconds
This training video will show you how to define the preferences for the application. You will learn how to set AutoUpdate for automatic update downloads, turn on and off tool tips, setup rendering delays for paused effect updating, change the application skin color, desktop colors and textures and more.
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T-Path Tool
Video Length: 2 minutes 49 seconds
This training video will show
you how to use the T-Path tool to apply effects. You
will learn how to create and direct the T-Path control
to apply the effect to target the areas you want.
You will learn how to control more than one T-Path
onscreen and how to position them on the desktop to
distance the resulting effect from the image.
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View
Menu
Video Length: 0 minutes 50 seconds
This training video will show you how to change the preview zoom size to fit as much of the image in the preview space as possible, to view the image at 1:1 browser dimensions and to show and hide selection lines for masking.
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