Photoshop: Add evocative lightrays to images

The presence of sunbeams streaming through a window gives an immediate high-impact feel to a picture, but it’s rare to find it naturally occuring, writes Jon Adams. You can create the effect for real with a smoke machine and a powerful lightsource positioned in the right place, but there’s a much easier way in Photoshop. In this video, Jon shows you how it’s done using custom-made lightray brushes and a handful of layers…

To download the custom-made brushes file that makes it all possible, click here.