Tutorial on Creating a Lightning effect in Photoshop CS3
July 9th, 2008 | Posted in Resources, Tutorials |
This is a simple way of creating a Lightning effect in Photoshop CS3. It could also easily be done in any version of Photoshop.
After I got done editing and publishing this video I desided to also create a Photoshop Action to make the lightning effect by just playing the Action. So here you can download the Photoshop CS3 Lightning Effect Action:
Download: Photoshop CS3 Lightning Effect Action
To use this Action, with Photoshop closed, download and unZIP the file.
Move the unZIPPED file to the following folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Actions\*Start Photoshop and open a new file.
Open your Actions pallet and click lightning action folder and click the lightning action, like you see in the picture below.
When ready, click the play button (looks like a triangle on it’s side) at the bottom of the pallet.
This will create a lightning bolt. You can apply additional effects that you saw in the video to this to layer more lightning bolts on top or to colorize it.
Enjoy!
