𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐂 [cover tuts.]

5|diy lighting [1]

// ιn whιch zoe shows you how to make your own lιghtιng texture \\

[difficulty; beginners
app/s; superimpose]
Lighting / glossy overlays are commonly used as a final touch to give a cover a nice glossy-ish look. Personally I use lighting overlays for all my covers, some less visible than others.

Finding an overlay and applying it is simple and easy. But sometimes you want to make your own because you just can't find one that suits your cover, or you want the light effect on a certain part. Either way, here's a tiny simple super easy tutorial on how to make your own!
First open your image / cover as the background on superimpose

Next, for your foreground, press 'pick colour' and make your foreground white.

Now go to the transform tab at the bottom of your screen and tap the sign with the arrows in four directions to fit your foreground to the background.

Go to the mask tab and choose the 3rd option 'brush'. Turn the smoothness all the way down and make sure the soft brush option isn't checked, like so:

Start erasing the white. Keep erasing until it looks like the white foreground was never there. If it looks like this you're doing it right:

Next chose the first option, the eraser. It looks better with the smoothness full and with the soft brush option selected with the brush size of your choice like so;

Start sliding your finger where ever you want the light affect. Try not to make it too opaque and have different transparencies:

Go to the transform tab and pick which way you want it. I recommend plus lighter, soft light, screen and colour burn (works if you turn the opacity down to almost 0 and it looks great). Pick how opaque you want it and when you're done, go to the home tab and save it by pressing the option on the top left corner with the two overlapping rectangles.

Ta daa! I added a dark filter and text with the glitch effect (tutorial on that coming)

This is part one, comment if you want a part 2 using PicsArt.

- Mxgician out! (;