How can I recreate this light effect?

[Zephyrnoid]

Piece of cake.
1- for best effect select the foreground objects and mask them ( whetever you normally do- I make selections)
If you want the light beam to also hit objects VS just background, then no selection is necessary
2- Not sure which version of PS you use but in my V6, I go to> FILTER>RENDER>Lighting Effects. Right there is a whole lighting studio in a box. I'm old school PS so as always... YMMV

 

[milksac]

That image looks like it was created with RealFlow. It's not a studio photo. I'd be willing to bet a lot of money on it...

Unless Larry is planning on selling cocktails on his site I don't think he cares about image of the splash in the glass.

 

[SeanEmer]

Here's the .psd from le quak quak, just in case you wanted to see how I went about it. Thanks for the comments, and happy 'shoppin!

www.doodlesofamadman.com/Photoshop/lequakquak.psd

 

[Zephyrnoid]

That file wouldn't open in my version of PS ( 6 ) can you do me a favor and resave it in V6? Thanks!:laugh:

Here's the .psd from le quak quak, just in case you wanted to see how I went about it. Thanks for the comments, and happy 'shoppin!

www.doodlesofamadman.com/Photoshop/lequakquak.psd

 

[Tom Marshall]

Unless Larry is planning on selling cocktails on his site I don't think he cares about image of the splash in the glass.

He was referring to the shot being a studio photo. I was just stating that it's completely 3d and not a photograph at all - thus the reason for the different lighting technique. In that shot it's all 3d lit - most likely in Maya + RealFlow... my fault for not being more specific, really.