Using Photoshop stroke path to make realistic lightning effects

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1, open the material.

2, copy one layer: The Pattern to overlay (in order to darken the background, highlighting the light of lightning).

3, with a pen to draw the following path (painting not come out with me this painting), patience.

4. Select the path of the brightest lightning bolt.

5, F5 Open the Brush palette, the parameters are set as follows.

6, stroke path.

7, add a little outside luminous effect, in order to real effect.

8. Now we're going to draw the little lightning bolt part of the lightning bolt.

9, is still a path to stroke.

10, and then use the same method to draw the other path of the luminous effect.

11, draw the other path of the luminous effect, the method is the same, just need patience.

12, the mask wipe off the unnatural place.

Final effect:

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