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    Aug 2006
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    Default Lightning Background/ Sig

    1. Create a 600 x 200 document. Press 'D' to set to default.
    2. Press Alt + Backspace to fill document.
    3. Filter > Render > Clouds
    4. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds
    5. Ctrl + I to invert colors.
    6. Press Ctrl + L and and settings should be: Click ok.
    Input Levels: 0, 0.10, 255
    Output Levels: 0, 255

    http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...gAnch=imgAnch6

    7. Create a new layer.
    8. Press Alt + Backspace to fill document.
    9. Filter > Render > Clouds
    10. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds
    11. Ctrl + I to invert colors.
    12. Press Ctrl + L and the settings should be: Click ok.
    Input Levels: 0, 0.10, 255
    Output Levels: 0, 255

    http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...gAnch=imgAnch5

    13. Create a new layer.
    14. Press Alt + Backspace to fill document.
    15. Filter > Render > Clouds
    16. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds
    17. Ctrl + I to invert colors.
    18. Press Ctrl + L and the settings should be: click ok.
    Input Levels: 0, 0.10, 255
    Output Levels, 0, 255
    19. Change this layer to 'screen'
    20. Press Ctrl + E to merge down.

    http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...gAnch=imgAnch4

    21. Create a new layer.
    22. Alt + Backspace to fill document.
    23. Filter > Render > Lens Flare. Place torward the left side of the picture.
    Click ok.
    24. Fliter > Sketch > Chrome. Set settings to:
    Detail: 10
    Smoothness: 0
    Click ok
    25. Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl. Set settings to:
    Angle: 50
    26. In the Layers Palette: Swap Layer 1 with Layer 2. (Drag and drop)
    27. Change Layer 1 to 'Color Dodge'
    28. Ctrl + E to merge down.

    http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Frozentut4.jpg

    29. Now if you want you can add, edit, or add text to the picture. (Make sure you merge the text layer down to Layer 2.)
    30. Press Ctrl + U and check 'Colorize' and play around with hue/saturation. I used:
    Hue: 205
    Saturation: 45
    Lightness: 0
    Click ok.
    31. Press Ctrl + Shit + E to merge all the layers together.

    http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Frozentut5.jpg

    And now you have yourself a nice little lightning background/ sig. Here is my final result:



    Post your results here too!

    Note: First tutorial, so give me some comments on how i did
    Last edited by Frozen; 08-27-2006 at 03:01 PM.

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