Lighting Effects - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 177

1. Open an image in Photoshop and choose Layer > New Fill Layer > Gradient and
click OK.
2. In the dialog that appears, rename the layer light and choose Soft Light from the
Mode menu.
The Gradient Fill dialog appears ( Figure 3.14 ) .
Figure 3.14
3. Click the gradient within the Gradient Fill dialog, and the Gradient Editor dialog
appears.
4. From here you can choose a gradient as a starting point for the effect you want to
create. It doesn't matter which one, because you can change the colors very easily,
but a good one for this effect is Violet, Orange ( Figure 3.15 ) .