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DIGITAL CAMERA SIG  6/16/2005 - Submitted by John Miles

MAKE LIGHTNING

	From Ben Wilmore's - Photoshop CS Studio Techniques

	

• Create a new document with a white background. Let's make it 3000 X 3000 pixels.

• Next create a new layer and reset the foreground and background colors with D.

• Then choose Filter > Render > Clouds and set the layer containing the clouds to
  the Difference mode.

• Then choose a large soft brush and paint with black on the bottom layer. 
  You should have a cloudy looking image with black areas around the edges of
  the areas you painted.
  

• Next, click on the top layer and then choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Invert.
  

• Finally, choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels, and move the 
  upper Left slider to the right until all you can see is the white "lightning".

• If you wish, you can continue to paint on the bottom layer to create more 
  lightning.

• When you have finished creating lightning, choose Layer > Merge Visible
  to combine all of the layers, and then give this image a name and save it.

• You can apply the lightning to another image by placing it on a layer above 
  and setting the mode of the layer to Screen.