I'm again going to quote Amy's post.
| "plain old painting white on an empty layer set to "normal"-- 0% hardness on the brush, 100% opacity, 1% flow, "other dynamics" selected. I do this to every image i work on " |
Amy mentions 'other dynamics' here. I'm assuming that she uses a tablet because this setting is controlled from the pressure, tilt, rotation and stylus wheels of some of the Wacom tablets (apart from that I assume she gets paid good money and not using a tablet would just simply be silly).
For mouse users I wouldn't worry too much. All this does is give you a little more control over the brush as you paint. If you take your time with a mouse very similar results can be achieved anyway.
Easy peasy. Just click 'create new layer' from the icon at the bottom of the layer palette. I've shown this in an earlier example.
No fancy blending modes, just the regular normal one.
Again, use a very slow flowing brush with a nice soft edge. I use this method very sparingly because if you go over the top it can look false.
That said, it is a great way of painting in highlights that simply don't exist in the real world. Very powerful, and easy to overdo.
To remove overdone parts either erase with a soft brush or use a mask.
You will notice with the rollover image below the changes are getting more and more subtle.
Fig 15.
