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150 Filter Tutorials
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Soft Light
Provides soft, digitally diffused and virtually shadowless light.
1 Apply Soft Light from the Light category.
2 Try out some of the presets.
3 If the Parameters window is not showing, click the Parameters tab at the bottom
of the Presets window.
4 Select either the Blend > Add or Screen Blend Mode.
Add will burn out highlights while the Screen Mode will retain them.
5 Adjust the Brightness to set the intensity of the light.
6 Use the Blur sliders to control the softness of the light.
7 To apply a custom light color to the image, click on the Color box and select a
color.
Note: The Color picker allows you to treat the light with a custom color, but is only
active when the Custom option has been selected in the GamColor Presets pop-up
menu.
8 To apply a colored gel to the light, select one from the Gamcolor Presets pop-up
menu.
9 Click the Done button to apply the filter to your image.
See the Soft Light filter on page 440 for more information.
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