Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Lets photoshop for a while !! :)

                          Lightning effect using photoshop cs 3


Let me choose a different topic this time . Gaming and tech stuff, well lets keep it aside for a while.

Adobe photoshop ! The best photo editing tool. Here i'll teach u how to create a cool effect in photoshop! Read on . . 





A cool lightning effect can be easily created using Photoshop cs3. It some what looks like this 






So how to do this ??
Simple five steps 
Step 1: Open ur photoshop !! File -- > New file ---> set parameters as show below










Step 2:Now Select Gradiant tool !! press D for default!! Apply it to blank page from top to bottom holding shift key !! Make sure your foreground and background colors are set to default before applying !! see pic below 








Step 3: Now goto filter ---> render ---> difference clouds 






Step 4 : Invert the colours.  Press ctrl + I
After inverting,  it looks like this






Step 5: Goto image ----> Adjustment ---> levels
             Adjust middle handler as show below!!




You are almost done !! Just play with Color balance option !!
See so simple. In 5 steps !! Lightning effect .
Until next time!! 

                                                                                         - H S P 


1 comment:

  1. well, this is easy, try doing it one wave @ a time... requires more time to work with... and I somehow didn't get the proper lightning effect... still need to work on it!!!

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