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Lightning Tutorial

Author: Jochen Sengier More by this author

Added: June 06, 2006 Rating:  Average Rating: 3.06 Votes: 35 Position: 7611 of 13056Average Rating: 3.06 Votes: 35 Position: 7611 of 13056Average Rating: 3.06 Votes: 35 Position: 7611 of 13056Average Rating: 3.06 Votes: 35 Position: 7611 of 13056Average Rating: 3.06 Votes: 35 Position: 7611 of 13056 Level: Beginner Software:  Photoshop

1. Start with creating a new document, make it white. Select the gradient tool (g), press d to reset your foreground and background color and draw a lineair gradient from top to bottom (hold shift to draw a straight line)

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2. Filter > render > clouds

Filter > render > difference clouds

Hit ctrl+i to invert your image

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Go to image > adjustments > levels (ctrl+l) and move the middle handler to the right as shown below

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Now play around with the hue/saturation (ctrl+u) to add some color to your lightning

Lightning Tutorial: Final Result



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