In this thoroughly explained photoshop lesson, you will see how to create effective color dodge photo effect on a very simple way.

Step 1

First, find any photo which you like to use for this lesson and open it in Photoshop.



Step 2

Create a new layer and choose Filter > Render > Clouds.

Step 3

After that, choose Filter > Sketch > Halftone Pattern and make the adjustments as follow:





Step 4

Set the blending mode to Color Dodge, and the Fill to 70%. See the picture below!



You should now have something like below.



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