Lightning

Tutorial Lightning

Here we learn how to use lightning in images

You can use it in thunder storm or in horror images

Materials

Photoshop Brush: Lightning

Download the brush from 4shared

https://www.4shared.com/file/rghhxsU5ca/lightning_bolts_by_psdboxcom.html?

To download the brush you need winzip

Extract the brush in Desktop

Go to

My Computer – Local Disk (C:) – Program Files – Adobe –

Photoshop CS4 (or your version CS5 / 7.0) – Presets – Brushes
Copy and paste the (.abr) file in the Brushes folder.
To see the brush, close the Photoshop and open again.

We can start now

Open the girl image in Photoshop

Right Click on Layer – Layer From Background

Layer – Duplicate Layer

Do it another 2 times – Total 4 layers

Select 2nd layer from bottom (Layer 0 copy)

Layer – New – Layer

Click on brush – Then click on the little arrow above

Click as shown in the picture and select Lightning

Select 1465

Resize it by dragging the tab shown in blue arrow

Set it at 330 px

Left click once in the appropriate place

Layer – Duplicate Layer

Layer – Arrange – Bring to Front

Again select 3rd layer from bottom (Layer 1)

Click on the arrow at the top right corner (see picture)

Merge Down

In my case it is like this

Select the middle layer from top (Layer 0 Copy 2)

Layer – New – Layer

Click on Brush – Go to Top

Select 527 and set the size to 360 px

Left click once in the left of the image

In my case it is like this

Layer – Duplicate Layer

Layer – Arrange – Bring to Front

Click on the arrow at the top right corner

Merge Down

Again Merge Down

Click on Layer 1 – Merge down

Select bottom layer (Layer 0)

Layer – Duplicate Layer

Layer – Arrange – Bring to Front

Layer – Duplicate Layer

Layer – Arrange – Bring Forward

Select layer 0 Copy 5

Layer – Duplicate Layer

Layer – Arrange – Bring Forward

Now you have this

Go to Window and click Animation

Animation (Frames) will appear in the bottom of Photoshop

Click on the small arrow shown in the picture

Click – Make Frames from Layer

Your Photoshop now look like this

Now change the timing

Click here – see the picture

Frame 1,3,5 and 7 = 1.0 sec

Frame 2, 4 and 6 = 0.2 sec

Play the Animation by clicking the play button

You may change the timing according to your likings

Now how to save

Go to

File – Save for Web & Devices…

Click on Save

When pop-up box will appear

Click save. Do not touch any other thing

Another Example