Adding a light?

On Photoshop CS5, how do you add a direct light to something e.g. a title? I've seen a GUI type box, and inside that is a circle with a "+" cross-hair in the middle. If it is this, where can I find it?

 

That is a filter and I believe it is under the generate tab. I don't use it because you get much better control if you do the lighting yourself with a softbrush, layer masks, and messing with opacity.

 

Ok, thankyou

 

For really basic stuff, just use a large, soft, white brush and click or drag a few times. Then set the layout to Soft Light (wouldn't have guessed right?) and you have a lighted area

 

I found the thing I was on about now, but you and Nero have both said that using brushes is better, so I'll have to look at the some time, thankyou

 

What you might be talking about is called "Lighting Effects" located in the "Filter -> Render" menu at the top.

Before:

Lighting Effect:

After:


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And then there's "Lens Flare" located in the same place just above the "Lighting Effects" option.
Before:

Lens Flare:

After:

 

Hmm... these may come in handy, thanks

 

I think he was actually talking about a lens flare (has the crosshair cursor to place it on the canvas). Filter > render > lens flare