Questions

1} Why smart filter? What is the difference between

    normal and smart filter?

2} What is quick Masking? Why bother if I can just select

    with marquees or lasso tool?

3} We added a couple of things to the original picture to

    get this "glow" - what were the they and what and at

    what layer did you take away to create the final effect?

Answers

1] Smart Filter is used instead of a traditional filter because unlike the traditional filter, smart filter doesn’t alter the original image. You will have the ability to adjust, remove and hide things, and it won’t destruct the picture.

2] For quick mask you can do things that magnetic lasso or marquees can’t do, like change the opacity of the highlighted color. The traditional way can’t trim as well as quick mask.

3] To add the glow we changed the layer properties from normal to screen. I made a copy. To add the more angel like effect, we added Gaussian blur. To make the glow to our liking we changed the opacity of the copied layer.