Here is a nice little tutorial to show you how to electrify your images with lightning in Photoshop. On a new layer, create a black to white gradient, diagonally from the top left, to the bottom right. Fi

Open a new window with: Width:200pixels Height:100pixels Resolution: 72 pixels/inch Mode: RGB color Contents:White Choose Gradient Tool (G) and apply to the image from top to bottom. Make sure your foreground and background colors set to default. Press "D" to set to default. Hold down Shif.....

First of all create a new image and then right away create a new layer. Also set the background color as black, (the image size I used here is 350X500). Now make a selection one pixel wide and make it cover the whole length....

1. Create a new 500 x 500 pixel document with a resolution of 100 and name it Light Ray. Press D and fill the document (with Black). Then create a new layer. Then select the Lasso Tool and draw any shape you want. Now fill the selection with black. 2. Next apply a ...

1. Make a new document 400 x 400. Fill the background layer with a light yellow color. I have used # C7AE7A. Then go to Filter > Noise > Add noise and enter the set...

An effect that looks like ice cubes, or little Lego bricks - you decide.

Okay start off by making a new document, I used 200x200 for the Size. And then fill in the background color with Black. 1. Goto Filter > render > Lens flare, and put the lens flare in the top left corner. Then repeat that By putting a lens flare in each corner, and then put one in t...

Create a neat effect by using just a lens flare and various filters. Cool background effect for headers and banners! Step-by-step instructions proceed... 1. Make an image 400x400, fill it with black, and create a New Layer (Ctrl+Shift+N). 2. On your new layer, go to Filters>Render>Le...

Learn how to make some lava to put on your background! Step-by-step instructions proceed... 1) Open up a new image, doesn't matter what size, preferably kind of large. Reset your colors (hit D) and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Once you have done that, go to Filter>Distort>Wave and a....

Have you thought of adding some icicles to your site for the winter season? Here's how to create them.