{"id":704,"date":"2012-05-05T08:34:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/?p=704"},"modified":"2024-02-19T15:51:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:51:44","slug":"create-a-searchlight-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood style searchlight in Photoshop Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How to make a searchlight effect in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>This is a fun tutorial, that shows you how to make a cool searchlight beam of light. Think the searchlight on batman and you are getting close to what we will create in this tutorial.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-706 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood01.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood01\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Begin with a new document. You can either use a photo, or create one yourself. In this case it&#8217;s just a blue gradient.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-707 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood02.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood02\" width=\"61\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a>Choose the polygon lasso tool. Hold down your mouse on the lasso tool to reveal the polygon one.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-708 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood03.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood03\" width=\"349\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood03.jpg 349w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood03-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a>This tool doesn&#8217;t work with dragging. To work the Polygon Lasso, you click at the origin. As you move your cursor, a line will follow it (Kind of like gum on the sole of your shoe.). Click again to create a line.<\/p>\n<p>Tip: To quit dragging gum press the esc key.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 4<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-709 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood04.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood04\" width=\"333\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood04.jpg 333w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood04-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>Keep clicking in the shape of a triangle (sort of). To complete the selection, hover your mouse over the origin (The first place you clicked). You will see little circle. This circle means that you will complete the selection if you click on the start point. Do it!<\/p>\n<h3>Step 5<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-710 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood05.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood05\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood05.jpg 500w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood05-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>As soon as you click on the start point, you will notice the marching ants selection (and the gum isn&#8217;t stuck to your shoe anymore).<\/p>\n<p>Now, we are ready to fill with color. Press the D key to reset the Foreground\/Background colors.<\/p>\n<p>Press the x key to swap the color. White is now the foreground color.<\/p>\n<p>(You could just choose white as the foreground color and avoid all the shortcuts, but it&#8217;s good to learn them right?)<\/p>\n<h3>Step 6<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-711 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood06.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood06\" width=\"256\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a>Choose the Gradient tool. Go to the options bar at the top and choose 2 things.<\/p>\n<p>1. Click the gradient to open the options, select the foreground to transparent option as shown.<\/p>\n<p>2. Make sure that you choose the linear gradient option.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, make sure that the transparent option is turned on in the options bar at the top and reverse is off.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 7<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-712 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood07.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood07\" width=\"214\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Wait! One more thing. Create a new layer and select it, so we don&#8217;t add pixels to the background.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 8<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-713 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood08.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood08\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Click at the bottom of the selection. Drag the gradient along the selection, but not past the selection.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 9<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-714 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood09.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood09\" width=\"193\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>Release the mouse and you now have a gradient. Turn off the selection by pressing ctrl\/cmd+D or clicking away with the selection tool.<\/p>\n<p>To change the shape, press Ctrl\/Cmd+T for the free transform tool. Right click for additional options such as perspective. Change the shape to suit your needs by dragging any of the little squares (adjustment handles).<\/p>\n<h3>Step 10<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-715 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood10.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood10\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood10.jpg 500w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood10-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We now have a spotlight, but it lacks realism because the beams have hard edges. To soften the beams, choose Filter&gt;Blur&gt;Gaussian Blur. Enter a setting o suit your needs and click OK.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 11<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-716 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood11.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood11\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood11-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>To add more beams, Duplicate the layers and use free transform to change the angles.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 12<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-717 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood12.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood12\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood12.jpg 500w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood12-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Here I added the word Hollywood, so that you can see the transparency effects.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 13<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-718 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood13.jpg\" alt=\"hollywood13\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood13.jpg 500w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood13-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Try adding the effect to different backgrounds. In this picture I made some stars and added the spotlight. This shows the gradients off really well. You can drop the opacity if you want to lesson the effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>wrap up<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, you don&#8217;t have to use this effect for vertical spotlights. Here is a futuristic cityscape I have been working on. Notice the effect in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 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This tutorial came about as a result of a request from the forums. This effect will show you how to make beams of light and realistic looking spotlights. Use this for the hollywood effect or to add lights that look like spotlights in concerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,51,52,215],"tags":[71,72,111,112],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photoshop-tutorials","category-photo-tutorials","category-special-effects","category-step-by-step","tag-layers","tag-gradients","tag-selections","tag-lasso"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hollywood style searchlight in Photoshop Tutorial - PhotoshopCAFE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"how to make a Spotlight effect, beam of light in photoshop, free photoshop tutorial on a searchlight effect\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hollywood style searchlight in Photoshop Tutorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"how to make a Spotlight effect, beam of light in photoshop, free photoshop tutorial on a searchlight effect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PhotoshopCAFE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photoshopCAFE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-05T08:34:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-19T23:51:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood_tn.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colin Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@photoshopCAFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@photoshopCAFE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colin Smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Colin Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f171f9f02c6961d5d22abb920f1d23b3\"},\"headline\":\"Hollywood style searchlight in Photoshop Tutorial\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-05T08:34:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-19T23:51:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm\"},\"wordCount\":607,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/hollywood_tn.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Layers\",\"Gradients\",\"Selections\",\"Lasso\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tutorials\",\"Photo Tutorials\",\"Special Effects\",\"Step by Step\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/hollywood\/searchlight.htm\",\"name\":\"Hollywood style searchlight in Photoshop Tutorial - 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