How does PS make lightning effects?

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PS to make a lightning effect tutorial:

1, first open the original material, we can use my, but also can find some handsome, real people also do.

2, the next is the buckle, I do not introduce the method here, the novice can use the extraction filter to buckle.

3. A new background layer is created behind a cartoon character's layer and is filled with black.

4, select the cartoon character layer, set it outside the glow.

5, the parameters are as follows, size can be set up, see everyone likes it I like bigger.

6, set good outside the glow, create a new layer above all the layers, and add cloud effect (add clouds when you remember the foreground color and background colors back to the default, press the keyboard D key recovery).

7. After the cloud is done, set the cloud layer to overlay.

8, ctrl+f cloud effect to strengthen several times, we think that look good.

9, at this time has done almost, the following to use the external filter, we go to download a call (Alien Skin Xenofex) filter.

Select the black background layer and use the lightning effect of the external filter.

10, the parameters of lightning is:

11, lightning to add to the character behind, this your own position in the location, and constantly add lightning to everyone think so far.

12, we think that when the lightning added to the appropriate time, return the selected cloud layer, using an external filter TV effect, the parameter is the default.

13, the final effect came out, of course, we can add something, add some starlight and so on, complete the final effect.

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• PS Image Processing