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How to create lightning?


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Could anyone let me know how to make convincing lightning?
I use PS cs5, in case you wanted to know :)
Thanks guys
 
Hello and welcome to the forum.

There are many ways to render lightning in Photoshop, can you post a specific example of the effect you are trying to achieve?
 
Well, i made this one but i was really just looking for multiple ways on how to make lightning?
Maybe just post your fav ways? :D
thx
 
There's really a lot of ways to do it. Are you trying to cast light on an object/person.... trying to put some lighting effects in the background..... trying to light a whole scene....? It's hard to help unless you are a bit more specific.

You can see a few different ways I did some lighting here for my Platinum Text effect:
fxTDc.jpg


There is a curves adjustment layer on the background that darkens it, and a feathered mask in the center that lightens the area behind the text.... that's a great way to do lighting.

Then there are the "rays" or "beams" of light coming form the top and bottom... those are each a different layer of masked white pixels.....

Very easy to do but I don't know if that's what you are looking for or not.
 
200fbes.jpg

Obviously i fail at this site D:
Um, here's the link to it on tiny pic :3
That might be better.
Just something along those lines, i guess?
Like i said, I'm not looking for anything specific. Just different ways to make different types of lightning. (lightNing :3)
Thanks for your patience guys, i know i must be being a lil difficult since i'm not asking anything in particular
 
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You can't post links but you are welcome to embed images... I fixed your post for you with the image embedded.
 
Yutosi said:
Hahaha, oops. My bad!
Click to expand...

I was reading your post, like hmm, "Yutosi just typed away the whole time thinking lighting" LOL!!

I actually did that one time and did this huge pictorial spread, it was like 4 paragraphs long, sucked when 3 days later i checked that thread and realized i did a pictorial on the wrong thing LOL!!
 

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