Add Lighting Effects

From the Presets menu at upper left, choose a style.

In the preview window, select individual lights you want to adjust. Then, in the upper half of the Properties panel, do any of the following:

• Choose a light type (Spot, Infinite, or Point) from the top menu.
• Adjust color, intensity, and hotspot size.

In the lower half of the Properties panel, adjust the entire set of lights with these options:

Click to tint the overall lighting.

Controls highlight and shadow detail.

Determines how much surfaces reflects light.

Determines which is more reflective: the light or the object on which the light is cast.

Diffuses the light as if it were combined with other light in a room, such as sunlight or fluorescent light. Choose a value of 100 to use only the light source, or a value of –100 to remove the light source.

Applies a texture channel.

In the Properties panel, choose Point from the top menu.

In the preview window, adjust the light:

• To move the light, drag anywhere on the canvas.

• To change the spread of light (reflecting a light moving closer or farther away), drag the white section of the Intensity ring at the center.

In the Properties panel, choose Infinite from the top menu.

• To change the direction, drag the handle at the end of the line.
  

• To change brightness, drag the white section of the Intensity ring at the center of the light controls.
  

At the top of the Properties panel, choose Spot.

In the preview window, adjust the light:

• To move the light, drag within the outer ellipse.

• To rotate the light, drag beyond the outer ellipse.
  

• To change the hotspot angle, drag the edge of the interior ellipse.

• To extend or shrink the ellipse, drag one of the four outer handles.
  

• To change how much of the ellipse is filled with light, drag the white section of the Intensity ring in the center.
  

In the Lighting Effects workspace, do one of the following:

• At upper left, click the Lights icons to add Point, Spot, and Infinite types. Repeat as desired for a maximum of 16 lights.
  

• In the Lights panel (at lower right by default), drag a light to the Trash icon to delete it.

In the Lighting Effects dialog box, do one of the following:

• To create a preset, choose Custom from the Preset menu, and click the Lights icons to add Point, Spot, and Infinite types. Repeat as desired for a maximum of 16 lights.

• To save a preset, click Save, name the style, and click OK. Saved presets include all the settings for each light and appear in the Style menu whenever you open the image.

• To delete a preset, choose it, and then click Delete.

• To use a texture based on another image (for example, fabric or water), convert that image to grayscale, then drag the grayscale channel from that image into the current image.

• Drag an existing alpha channel from another image into the current image.

• Create an alpha channel in your image, then add texture to it.

In the Lighting Effects workspace, choose a channel from the Texture menu in the Properties dialog box. (Choose either an alpha channel you’ve added or the image’s Red, Green, or Blue channel.)