: How would I create this spotlight projection effect in Photoshop? I would like to create a similar effect to this image in Photoshop. The aim is that the background and the effect colours can

@Merenda852

I found a collection of Photoshop brushes from a guy named Ron Deviny a few years back. He's got a set of bokah light brushes that may create the exact effect you are looking for: www.devineydesigns.com/Professional/Digital-Art/
May require some tweaking, but I've got a preview on my screen right now that look very similar.

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@Nimeshi706

You can do this fairly easily with two gradients and some masks.


Black background
New Layer
Add white (reflected) gradient (Or whatever color you want)
Use Edit Free Transform to "pinch" one end to a point (Hold down
Command/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift while you drag a top corner handle.)
Duplicate the gradient layer
Add a layer Mask to the duplicate
On the mask choose Filter > Render > Fibers (use whatever settings you want. more dark areas make the "lasers" seem spaced out more.)
Free Transform the masked layer the same way
Reduce the opacity of the "fibers" layer until you are happy
Add both gradients to a new Layer Group
Add a mask to the group
Add a gradient on the group mask to hide the bottom portion.




You could refine further by motion blurring the fiber mask vertically, or using Levels/Curves to increase/reduce contrast of the mask, or applying separate masks to the gradient layers to control how much is hidden at the bottom.

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@Kristi927

I had to create a similar spotlight effect in Photoshop many years ago, and started with the colours I needed - in your case it would be blobs of mid-blue, light-blue and near white over a separate midnight-blue background. Create a much larger canvas and use a radial zoom blur. I found that draft or good, rather than best, gave a grittier smokier effect, whereas best would be too smooth. Then you mask off a cone area that you require, and perhaps lighten and enhance the edge of that.

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