Lightning Effect

Emperor Mosta · 10-18-2006

Can anyone make a tutorial about lightning effects with photoshop.

Thanks

**Man1c M0g** · 10-18-2006

I'd like to see a tutorial like this too - preferably with lightning effects that look NOTHING like plasma.

wombie · 10-18-2006

i have no time to write a proper tut but you can get good looking lightning by creating a black to white linear gradient then applying the render>difference clouds, then hit ctrl + l and pulling the white level marker right over to the left then adjust the grey one a bit until the black is in a lightnight type form. Next invert the colours and add a hue and saturation adjustment layer to turn the lightning the colour you want. from here you can copy the lightning around a bit to get a better result. if copying set the layer mode to lighten.

heres what i got (dunno if its plasma or not :P) :

hope this helps

Emperor Mosta · 10-18-2006

If wany one understood what he wrote, please explain in a tutorial with guide pictures.

**Man1c M0g** · 10-18-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by wombie

i have no time to write a proper tut but you can get good looking lightning by creating a black to white linear gradient then applying the render>difference clouds, then hit ctrl + l and pulling the white level marker right over to the left then adjust the grey one a bit until the black is in a lightnight type form. Next invert the colours and add a hue and saturation adjustment layer to turn the lightning the colour you want. from here you can copy the lightning around a bit to get a better result. if copying set the layer mode to lighten.

heres what i got (dunno if its plasma or not :P) :

hope this helps

Naaah, thats a plasma-type lightning bolt.

nibor36 · 10-19-2006

Look on this ...maybe help for your lightning....

.: Infinite Designs :.

**Tamlin** · 10-19-2006

Have a look at this thread: http://forums.biorust.com/adobe-phot...ase-again.html (I Need Some Help Please AGAIN!!)

Jormi_Boced · 10-19-2006

This could help
Revision3

10-20-2006

here got a lighting tut

architectural lights, lighting in photoshop, lights, architectural

**Tamlin** · 10-20-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by xuebingyang

here got a lighting tut

architectural lights, lighting in photoshop, lights, architectural

That's a tut for lighting, not lightning.

10-20-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamlin

That's a tut for lighting, not lightning.

oh. I made a mistake. But I think it's difficult to find a tut about how to make lightning that not plasma like.

I found this tut, and wish it help.

.: Infinite Designs :.

Aralx · 10-20-2006

its EZ .

make a WHITE BALCK Cloud filter , then make Diifrent Clouds . few Times the more you do it the more the Lighting will split ,

then go to adujments and Curve and play with it till you get black lines of the Lighting then Invert the Picture Cntl+I , then Cntl+B and play with the colors .

there are more than one way this is one .

Emperor Mosta · 10-21-2006

Thanks alot for all these links. They really helped me!