Do you like to make lightning effect in your photos? This document simply explains how to make that with photoshop.

1. First you create a file as you wish. Then select Gradient tool from the tool box & fill the image. You
just drag the cursor from one point to another to fill the area.
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2. Here I used black color but you may select any color. Then in go to the menu
Filters > Render > Different clouds
Then you ‘ll see your image like this.
As we don’t wish in this way, we select inverse of this. Therefore you can simply click Ctrl+I or
Image > Adjustments > Invert
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3. Then image changes to a dark one. Lightning will be on this image. Then go to
Image > Adjustments > Levels
Change the values in your way to best fit for your image. Here are my values.
Now go Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation in menu bar.
You can obtain desired color by altering the values in the dialog box, but remember to check the
colorize option.
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4. This is your lightning image.
You can enhance this by adding few layers & changing blending modes. Like this.
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