Iron Fist Effect in Photoshop – Glowing Hand

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  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 1:39 Import Adobe Stock assets
  3. 2:43 Masking with the Quick Selection tool
  4. 3:26 Using the Color Dodge Blending Mode to create glow
  5. 4:48 Using the Clouds Filter
  6. 6:18 Masking and Painting on Layer Masks
  7. 7:28 Levels Adjustment to control glow intensity
  8. 9:33 Applying large veins to the hand
  9. 16:46 Applying smaller veins to the hand
  10. 20:13 Using the Color Balance adjustment to control color
  11. 20:32 Using the Curves adjustment layer to create contrast
  12. 20:45 Adding a red glow to the center of the fist
  13. 23:25 Adding a yellow glow to the fist
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create the glowing fist effect from the Netflix series, Iron Fist.

Even though you may never need to create the Iron Fist effect for your projects, by following this tutorial, you will learn techniques that will help you in many other areas.

This project will work with Blending Modes, filters, Adjustments Layers, Smart Objects, Layer Masks, and Clipping Masks. There will be plenty of Photoshop tips for you to pick up along the way!

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn to:

  • Import Adobe Stock assets into Photoshop
  • create masks with the Quick Selection tool
  • Use the Color Dodge Blending Mode to create a glowing effect
  • Use the Clouds Filter
  • Paint Layer Masks
  • Control glowing effects using Levels Adjustments
  • Add Veins to the hand glowing effect
  • Using the Color Balance adjustment to control color
  • Using the Curves adjustment layer to create contrast
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Jesús Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez is a graphic designer and the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, which he started in 2012 and has grown past two million YouTube subscribers. He has taught at Adobe MAX, Adobe Summit, and Photoshop World, teaches courses for CreativeLive and Pluralsight, and was one of five artists chosen for Adobe Stock's Make a Masterpiece campaign. His Photoshop templates shipped inside Photoshop CC 2018.

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3 Comments

  1. Excellent video and really neat technique. I took a shot of my hand and then made it glow, wow!

  2. Great work like always.
    Now I’m want to show how to create “Universal Studios” GIF Logo.
    Please Help me.

    Thank You.

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