Star Wars Force Lightning

Learn how to make one of the coolest force-powers from the star wars-movies!

Step 1 Open up an image of someone with his/her hand in the position so you could make lightning flow out of the vingertips

Step 2 Then open a new document with the size 500x200 and add the standard gradient to it

Step 3 Go to Filter>Render>Difference Clouds

Step 4 Press Ctrl+I to invert the image

Step 5 Press Ctrl+L and drag the middle arrow all the way to the right

Step 6 Repeat step 2, 3, 4 and 5 two or three times, depending on the amount of visible fingers and place them inside the image

Step 7 Change the blending-mode to Screen

Step 8 Resize them and position them in the right way

Step 9 Use the Eraser to erase the corners and borders

Step 10 Press Ctrl+U and change the color to a blue with a purple haze;

Step 11 For a more professional result, grab the Brush and start brushing some blue on the person and press CTRL+L on the lightning layer to make the bolts even sharper.

Good Luck!