Free Light Ray Overlays

Every free light ray overlay effect from this collection allows you to make your photos look bright and dreamy, while simultaneously enhancing contrast and colors. You can apply these light ray overlays to RAW and JPG images in Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Creative Cloud, GIMP and other programs that support layers. These free overlays come in PNG format with a resolution of up to 800*533px. They are perfectly suitable for Mac or PC users.

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On this page, you will find easy-to-apply light ray overlays for family, wedding, children photos that can be used by professional and beginner photographers alike. To enhance your photos even further, you can also add other overlay effects that allow you to fix contrast, white balance, overexposure issues, etc. By embellishing your photos with the help of these Photoshop light ray overlays, you can create a great portfolio and publish eye-catching images on social networks.

To ensure that you will get amazing photos, use these tips when applying light ray overlays.

1. Use high-quality photos with good lighting and the subject placed either in the center of a photo or slightly off the center.
2. For a more realistic effect, use photos taken outdoors in natural sunlight.
3. Try using photos with blurry backgrounds to give them a softer feel.
4. Pay attention to the direction of the sunlight in the photo.

After you apply these overlays, the sunlight rays will become more visible. You can create a flare effect if you want to improve a photo taken on a sunny day outside, enhance portraits, landscape photos, etc. These light ray overlays are suitable both for small photos with a resolution of up to 800*533px and large images with a resolution of up to 6000*4000px.

In this collection, you will find overlays with different numbers of light rays. For a more natural effect, you need to match the direction of the light rays in your photo and an overlay. Thanks to these overlays, the colors in your photos will become richer. You can fully transform your images and make them look like they were taken with pro-level equipment.