Good evening, morning, day for everybody!!! You probably noticed already that I’m a fan of Photoshop and my articles about “[How to] in Photoshop” became a tradition. Today I will show and explain on my own example how to add sparkling effect to jewelry in Photoshop.
So, let the game begin!
1. First step is to choose the proper picture where you have at least one piece of jewelry, it doesn’t matter what: ring, earring, necklace and so on.
2. Then open this picture in Photoshop, by clicking File->Open and browse the picture or simple, just drag the picture on the working surface of Photoshop.
3. After opening the picture in Photoshop, you have one layer called Background, next you need to duplicate the layer: right click on Background layer, choose Duplicate layer.
4. Now you have two layers exactly the same, press on the layer named Background (the original layer). Go to Filter->Render->Lens Flare. Move the lens flare over the spot where you want it. Adjust the Brightness to about 79 and select the 105mm Prime Lens Type.
5. In order to make the sparkle look more realistic, select the top layer (the duplicate layer you created in step 3) and set the Layer’s Blend Mode to Soft Light.
Different pictures may need different adjustments, but you can apply these steps to any picture and be sure that you’ll get the result that you expect :).
This is my result:
