Lightning effect

ZM
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Zachariah_Milwood
Feb 4, 2004
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Hello,

I’ve read some tutorials on how to create realistic lightning bolts, but I do have one issue. I can create the bolts using the difference clouds, and changing the hue/sat settings and brightness settings. However, how can I make the black background disappear, thereby isolating the bolt? The tutorials I read said to change it to "screen" mode, which I did. But when I moved the layer to another file, the lightning was not visible at all. Am I missing a step? If I leave the layer in "normal" mode, it is visible but it has the black background. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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JasonSmith
Feb 4, 2004
Double click on your lightning layer to pull up the layer styles dialog.

At the bottom – in the advanced blending options, you’ll see the ‘blend if’ section. In the upper part, try adjusting the sliders until the black dissapears.
ZM
Zachariah_Milwood
Feb 4, 2004
That did it! Thanks so much.
J
JasonSmith
Feb 4, 2004
You can also feather that mask by hitting alt(?) on the triangle – it will split and you can add as much feather as you like/need.

(Mac User alert: I think it’s ALT – It’s option on the Mac :))

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