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Creating an animated flash light effect

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Start by applying a gradient to background in diamond mode.

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Duplicate the layer. From filter menu select "Distort>>Pinch". Apply settings as shown.

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Similarly create more circles.

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From layer menu select new adjustment layers>> curves. Apply settings as shown.

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Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply settings as shown.

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Open animation window. For the first frame select the layer as shown. Double click and adjust the color overlay settings as shown.

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Duplicate frame. Change the color overlay setting to previous color.

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Click tween button from animation window. Apply settings as shown.

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Duplicate the last frame. Double click on the layer and change the color as shown.

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Duplicate both last frame several times.

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Now duplicate the first frame. Move it to the end. Tween again to create a smooth blend of colors.

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Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to save an optimized animated GIF.

Creating an Animated Flash Light Effect