[align=center]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.

http://www.toxiclab.org/img/1842529_photo.jpg

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:

http://www.toxiclab.org/img/4242529_img1.gif

http://www.toxiclab.org/img/4942529_img2.gif

Step 4

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

http://www.toxiclab.org/img/942530_img3.gif

You should now have something like below.

http://www.toxiclab.org/img/2342530_img4.jpg[/align]