When I added a buy me a coffee featured on my blog I decided to use an image I had
done when I was showing my cousin how to do the Magic effect. Instead of using a hat
I used a coffee cup and the process is basically the same, however this time I will
explain it in more details.
Step 1
Create a new document, apply a Layer Style on the background layer. Add a Gradient
Overlay and a Pattern Overlay.
Step 2
Here I've used an icon I found on a cool site, but you can use whatever you want.
Step 3
Select the Ellipse Tool (U) and create a shape like I did. After that apply a Gaussian
Blur (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur) with radius of 30px.
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Create a new Folder name it Light Effects. Change its blend mode to Color Dodge,
and move the ellipse you created to this folder.
Step 5
In order to create the sparks we will use the amazing brush engine. Add a new layer,
inside the Light Effects layer, set white for the color and follow the images below.
Step 6
Lets add some smoke. Create a new Layer, call it Smoke. Change its blend mode to
Color Dodge and select the Lasso Tool. Set 40px for Feather and create a selection
like I did below. After that make sure that the foreground is white and the background is
black and apply a Filter>Render>Clouds. Tip: Continue applying the filter until you get
the best clouds.
Step 8
Add some text and using the Layer Styles again lets create a nice effect.
Step 9
Place your logo and you can even add more effects like I did on the Magic Lighting
Effect, but then you will have to follow that tutorial ;).
Conclusion
I have to say, if you know a bit of Layer Styles and the Brush engine in Photoshop you
will be able to create amazing effects. It will depend exclusively on your imagination
and playing with the tool. Sometimes just changing a some settings and you get a
totally different effect.
The PSD file used in this tutorial can be downloaded here.
About The Author
My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and
I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and
ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site
at http://fabiosasso.com.
153 Comments
how could you apply these overlays on the basic background layer man?I have
CS2 but I cannot do it :|...It would be better a more detailed tutorial...
Anonymous
06/06/2009
I loved It...
Sekko DaVinci
06/03/2009
Anonymous
06/02/2009
Simply AWESOME
thanks for tutorial. but brushes not found. Ples give me a brus
TUrkPSD
06/01/2009
Man, you really need to make your tutorials easier for people with less experience
to understand. This is really hard to follow, along with your magic light tutorial.
Make your tuts
better If you cared about your readers, you would do that. Jeez!!
05/12/2009
photo
retouching
05/09/2009
steph
05/06/2009
I'm in Web Design school so my site is "Under Construction". With that said, I love
this effect and will try it on another project I'm working on. Thanks so much for
rosagena sharing. We learn so much from each other!
04/27/2009
if you GOOGLE "coffee cup icon" the same pic will come up; the site was
iconarchive.com....
hannahbananza BTWs; i'm new to Photoshop and how the heck do you make a folder? I have
04/06/2009
ABSOLUTELY no idea what you mean.
Very Nice.
PHOTOMASTER
03/24/2009
Hi,
Wonderful tutorial. Beautiful effect and very usefull! Thanks!
Heavynne
03/08/2009
Enjoy.
b4db0y
02/23/2009
i used 9.5 px maybe that will help
CLOUDS?
02/10/2009
Anonymous
02/08/2009
PacoJarillo
01/16/2009
Maggie
This was awesome! Thanks for your help. I love to mess around with photoshop
and it was fun to be able to follow some directions instead of me just fooling around
Jessoh with it myself all the time. Here's what I came up with
01/05/2009
Bitterdulce
01/04/2009
How to make this image with an uniform color background?
please help me
Giuseppe thanks!
12/26/2008
wooooowwww..so fantastic i thought photoshop can't do that great image thanks for
the tuto.im not a designer but i know how to use the photoshop tools.thnks...so
gilda wonderful....god bless..
12/24/2008
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12/18/2008
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Graphic
Designer
12/18/2008
Ditto on all of the previous accolades for this fabu tutorial. Fabio is the man!
Craig S. I had to create mine using CS2, so I couldn't emulate it completely, but here's my
12/11/2008 twist on it:
Raven
12/05/2008
http://www.smoothedgedesigns.com/images/cupOjoe.jpg
This is the first light effect tutorial that I actually understand! Yayy me!! ^^
Calwen Amazing work! Where do you downloaded the coffee cup icon? I love this crystal
12/04/2008 style.
Thanks for the answer.
how did you make th circle brighter than th rest of th background?
yuppy
12/02/2008
Djdevil
12/02/2008
Amazing Love it
i dont understand step 4 cuz how did you out the gold ligth????????????????????
desangles
12/01/2008
Jumping Dog
Design
11/28/2008
Hey,
Greetings
My image is a little bit different:
Renan Ferrari
11/24/2008
Anjum nawab
11/24/2008
Kovi
11/21/2008
This is a great tutorial. But, oddly, the coffee cup with light bubbling out of it reminds
me of Harry Potter (don't ask why, it just happens)...
Timothy
11/14/2008
At the outset I would like to thank you , one of the best lessons, which I liked from
the great lessons I thank you all my heart, and also I liked the application of brother
talal (Anony) the work of this wonderful
11/07/2008
of practical lesson
http://www.col-sea.com/vb/uploaded/172_1226017262.png
Wow, great stuff thank you very much. This helped me out a lot.
Henry
10/26/2008
thanks a lot!
mac
10/19/2008
here's mine >
kelebek
10/16/2008
I like this effect, well done. Just one question, why color dodge has a different
outcome on a group of layers than on a single layer?
Looking at your photoshop tutorials for me is like walking into an Aladin's Cave! I
think it's wonderful that you share your tips with us im sure many people like me
bikerchick think they are so very valuable as i've only been doing Graphic Design for a few
10/10/2008
years. A huge thank you!
x
Dude! i wish i could personally thank you for posting this.. every second you have
spent on making this site is worth it! truly its worth it..
izlekop
10/10/2008 always keep up the good work..
Ted
09/22/2008
The download link for the psd file is broken. Could you please fix the link. This is an
amazing tutorial. Outstanding in all aspects thanks for sharing such great work.
Mike
09/13/2008
Maxi
09/11/2008
Great great you also provided .psd file i am planning to make an rss image for it.
this is really creative work and i never gone through such sort of effect. amazing
MOin you seems to be a photoshop gennie man and the best part you are not greedy
09/10/2008
keeping your work secret you shared source file. two thumbs up
valerie wow!!! really cool... im a student and Ive been studying photoshop for one semester
09/07/2008 and never done such cool things like this...thanks fabio your an artist... wish i could
do great stuff like yours... thanks..Godbless
Much Appreciated!!
Great tutorial. The only thing is when I set the brush engine and white color for the
sparks, it doesn't come out as bright as you have. They're not distinct. In fact I can't
Julie really see them. What gives?
08/04/2008
Vey nice, and useful. I love it. Thanks a lot
Daniel
07/30/2008
I would much prefer a tutorial on how he made the coffee cup next to the text "If you
liked this post, you can BUY ME A COFFEE, thanks!" at the bottom of each post.
Cameron
Smith Can you please make a tutorial on this?
07/25/2008
Thank you so much!
Color Dodge and clouds effect does wonders, Absolutely love the coffee design!
Great work!
Daniel Lew
Internet
Marketing
07/24/2008
Oh yea I'm the onetutorial Thank You so much!! Yuo are great!!
Mzik Dinle
07/21/2008
pagerank
sorgulama
07/20/2008
It's Wonderful! Thank's!
PTS
07/20/2008
this is awesome !
thanks !!! =D
DIDI
07/12/2008
Simply the best tutorials for photoshop on the web. I usualy never post comments
but this is worth it.
Gabriel
07/10/2008 Thanks you for your time ;)
Hi! im a 18 years old student grafic designer from the netherlands and i want to
thank you for sharing your stuff with us! Cause i love the work you make and you
Anony are realy helping me to improve my photoshop skills! so thank you very very very
07/09/2008
much ;) and here is what i made with your help:
http://www.freewebs.com/m0nky/cokeaddiction.png
Thank you! I just discovered your page and it is fantastic. I wonder why there are so
much boring books out there, only explaining the basics. People like you should
bnzr stick together and write a thick book of tuts.
07/07/2008
Dude! i wish i could personally thank you for posting this.. every second you have
spent on making this site is worth it! truly its worth it..
kunal
07/06/2008 always keep up the good work..
hello everybody!!
Thanks for this Tuto! it s amazing, i m reazlly impressed bye your Tuto, not only this
Ravi one but all!!
06/25/2008
But could you tell me why i can't download the PSD file? i wished i could.
Thanks!
shimul
05/29/2008
Hello, fantastic job, but i can't find those kind of icons, where can i find some???
thanks mate!
Vicente
05/15/2008
Fantastic! Thanks.
Harry Roberts
04/30/2008
Hey,
This tutorial is helping me but i am stuck at the pattern gradient part. When i enter
NCR19 the patern gradient page it does not show a plain white pattern? Can you help me?
04/16/2008
Website
Design
04/15/2008
hello everybody!!
Thanks for this Tuto! it s amazing, i m reazlly impressed bye your Tuto, not only this
RIMKA one but all!!
04/14/2008
But could you tell me why i can't download the PSD file? i wished i could.
Thanks!
Ican't do the dodge tool, when I do that white circle I just get the same circle now
yellow or dodge, can u please explain how to od this ?
Tom
04/12/2008 I got Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extenden
excellent tutorial !
evertt de
sousa
04/08/2008
Cool tutorial!
Brendon
04/06/2008
aboobacker
04/06/2008
The Fachia
04/03/2008
Just bought you a couple coffees :) Thanks for all the tuts.
Brian
03/21/2008
great tut :)
computer jobs
03/16/2008
hy nice work
thanks for providing photo shop info
earn money it is a nice software and works wonders
online
03/08/2008
Jerry I'm not real good at adding glow to images, but I think I can pull it off with this.
03/08/2008
Simply inspirational.. :)
web design
company
03/06/2008
You should try some coffee from the Magpie; its simply the best there is.
Magpie
Coffeehouse
03/05/2008
it's great,i haven't learn it before,coz i just design bout bridal...
but in my opinion your design can give more soft colour inside,so can make more
David live situation...
03/05/2008
ok thanks....
Eli Just letting you know of someone stealing your tutorial: http://www.mma-
03/03/2008 studio.com/?p=3
Anonymous http://software.techrepublic.com.com/download.aspx?docid=240686
03/02/2008
Anonymous
02/25/2008
Hey! Love your pic, and wonderd where you found the coffeecup. I'd like to try it out
^^.
Elin
02/22/2008
please answer
Hairie
02/21/2008
Great tutorial!
Thanks!
DS
02/19/2008
A great tutorial, and very easy to follow. It never ceases to amaze me, what can be
achieved in PhotoShop. Thanks.
johno
02/18/2008
that's awesome.. I really want to learn how to do stuff like that in the Gimp (too poor
to get Adobe Photoshop). Where might i find how to do crazy awesome stuff in the
dis-FUNK- Gimp?? Do you know?
tional
02/18/2008
karu
02/18/2008
Simply amazing, putting to use the most standard of tools to create amazing
visuals... nice.
Brad
02/13/2008
kevin.
02/12/2008
Hello!
Im a graphic designer, I live in Azores (Portugal) and I discover your page in the
JAIME SERRA "GOOD TUTORIALS".
02/12/2008
Can you tell me what is the font/typeface that you use in the logo
"ABDUZEEDO"???
t seems to me very nice and it has a very contemporary design (I think), so... can
you tell me its name.
Can you send me this font(if possible), .ttf or .suit!?? Please!??
Jimmy
Thanks so much!
Iv been workin with photoshop a few years now and its so great to diskover new
Ruth things! So thank you again for this beutifull tut.
02/09/2008
bratwurst
02/08/2008
Yasir Assaf
02/06/2008
senthil
02/06/2008
Rahill
02/05/2008
Ffanatic
02/05/2008
hello is this corel photo paint x3
unnamed
02/05/2008
Pepykvz
02/04/2008
Hey... very interestin work! I want to be a graphic designer and i find this tutorials
very useful... (Im learnin english too... so... please dont look at the mistakes in this
comment) hehehe... if anyone wants to share with me some recomendations and
cool pictures add me pepicus_073@hotmail.com .
Im from mexico by the way... so... if u are interested in come here... I can give you
some info.
Peace!
abduzeedo Now, about the color dodge question, if you want to have the same outcome on a
02/04/2008 single layer you will have to fill the layer with black first and then change the blend
mode to color dodge. It will work exactly as if the layer was inside a group.
I will try to write a tutorial about Color Dodge, I really like it...
Your great, same with your work! Love it all. I just wish you had more tutorials
beacuse thier some of the best quality on the internet!
Me
02/04/2008
I like this effect, well done. Just one question, why color dodge has a different
outcome on a group of layers than on a single layer?
Homunculus
01/31/2008
swapnil
01/31/2008
http://swaprulez.deviantart.com/art/wavy-lights-76076894
aram
01/30/2008
Excellent tutorial, thanks! I will give it a try. You also have a very nice blog and I will
subscribe now so I dont miss anything.
Jane G.
01/29/2008
trendsettr
01/27/2008
after effects kullanarak bu calismayi nasil hareketlendiririz acaba? cok guzel bir
calisma tebrikler...
taha
01/25/2008
Paridhi.Mp
01/25/2008
it's not bad,if you want to see more tutorials. then see "www.tutorialoutpost.com"
Shoaib
01/24/2008
what is the site from which you got that coffee cup pic??
ive been looking for a site like that for a while.
Anonymous
01/20/2008
superb!!
This is a knowledge i've been searching for.
adrianix Thanks dude.
01/19/2008
Keep making masterpieces!!
Awesome job! The addition of the PDF download so you can save the tutorial for
future reference ears you a "Hero of the Graphics Union" medal....or something
Otterkins2 equally valuable I'm sure!!!
01/17/2008
Anonymous
01/17/2008
Anonymous
01/16/2008
Wow this is brilliant! I always wondered how to get lighting like that, now I know! :D
Thanks a bunch
Anonymous
01/16/2008
by the way i don't understand in this tutorial, why u use texture overlay to?
and,, can we change with grads tool instead using gradien overlay..
resun thanks :)
01/15/2008
How the hell did you add color to the Ellipse tool with??!?!?!
JS
01/15/2008
Umer Tahir
01/14/2008
Thank you for this - it was not only helpful but also fun. Thanks again.
Brgtt
01/12/2008
Anonymous
01/11/2008
Esta muy bueno, Gracias en espaol!!!!
Manuel
01/11/2008
wolfman
01/11/2008
Ashfaq Rana
01/11/2008
Wow.. awesome work man.. I wish I had that much skill... haha happy new years
btw!
Soca
01/11/2008
St.ONe
01/11/2008
Question for you. How are you adding the clouds? When I use the lasso tool and
select the area then go to filter - render, clouds is greyed out. Fibers and Lens flare
Anonymous is selctable but when I try to use them it says it can't because the selected area is
01/11/2008
empty. Please help
Anonymous Question for you. How are you adding the clouds? When I use the lasso tool and
01/11/2008 select the area then go to filter
i will ask about the fonts that you used pleased ... could you tell us?
Anonymous
01/11/2008
man you put the PSD man ... you did it ... you really wanna help people and you are
a great teacher please add me on your MSN will be a pleasure for me ... really
add thanks ... and continue helpng us =)
01/11/2008
Man ... U put the PSD ... my god ... of this ... great effect ? ... great itf obviously
seems that you wanna help man really thanks for the PSD i love it really really
Oh my god ... thanks .. and by the way ... you are a great grapchic designer feel free to add my
01/11/2008
MSN ... that will be a gift for me thanks
Mr. Buns
01/10/2008
Very cool. Beautiful style. Thanks for showing the workflow, it's invaluable. Keep up
the great work. Happy New Year!
StudioSamurai
01/10/2008
laba
01/09/2008
Thanks for share ! thank you for you and happy new year ;-)
Zeb
01/09/2008
very nice!!
awesome!
oren thank you for sharing this wonderfull trick!
01/09/2008
Benny
01/08/2008
Yes yes yes!!! I'm the one that asked for the tutorial.. Actually i was thinking that
you made the icon but that's not important!!!
giackop
01/08/2008
Thank You so much!! Yuo are great!!
Arnaud
01/08/2008
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