Realistic Lightning Effect
May 7, 2006 | 0 comments
| Start by opening an image that’s showing some sky area. |
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| Create a new layer and press Q to enable quick mask. From filter menu select render>>difference clouds. |
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| Press Ctrl+F five times to get this result. |
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| Press Q to disable quick masking. |
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| Fill the selection with blue color. |
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| From select menu click modify>>contract. |
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| Contract the selection by 2 pixel. |
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| Fill it with white color. |
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| Press Ctrl+L to open level settings window. Apply settings as shown. |
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| Press Ctrl+T and scale down vertically. |
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| Select eraser tool and remove the unwanted areas. |
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| Change the layer mode to screen. |
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| Select the image layer and press Ctrl+M to open curve window. Apply curve settings as shown. |
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