Lighting effects in photoshop

You draw them, more or less.

The ones on the upper-right badge look like they have a blend mode applied that enhances the underlying colour.

It's likely made up of several layers, but the base is usually the same (large, soft-edged white brush). Try making a bunch of them, then stretching/squashing them and playing with opacity.
 
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New layer. Draw a white ellipse (wider than taller), use a horizontal motion blur so that it elongates the ellipse further. You may need to duplicate the layer a few times and merge down to get a more solid effect. Set the blending to Overlay. Move around and see where it fits.
 
Looks like a blob that's had shear applied to it, Gaussian blur, feathered selection and delete, and then a couple of blending modes or duplications applied.
 
gord said:
New layer. Draw a white ellipse (wider than taller), use a horizontal motion blur so that it elongates the ellipse further. You may need to duplicate the layer a few times and merge down to get a more solid effect. Set the blending to Overlay. Move around and see where it fits.
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Not sure if i'm doing right:o:(



doesn't look bright enough?
I have several duplicate layers with blend mode set to overlay:o
 
Hmm, that doesn't look quite right. Overlaying the white on purple should result in a shade of purple, not a solid white.

Try to stick to one layer to begin with. Is your background plain all over? This technique works best over a detailed background.
 
gord said:
Hmm, that doesn't look quite right. Overlaying the white on purple should result in a shade of purple, not a solid white.

Try to stick to one layer to begin with. Is your background plain all over? This technique works best over a detailed background.
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Several duplicate layers. Tried merging but still can't that effect.
Do you know of any good online tutorial covering this area?
 
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