Comments on: Creating Lightning in an Image using Photoshop

By: Brooke

Brooke — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:17:43 +0000

Very Helpful!! Thank you so much!

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:31:59 +0000

I have used your lightning brush it really is amassing the effect it gives the right image. Many Thanks Lorri.
Regards
Judy

By: Rome Balde

Rome Balde — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:32:30 +0000

That was awesome! That’s the first time i’ve seen a lightning brush tip.

By: Rupa

Rupa — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:40:05 +0000

Thanks for the brush and steps on how to use them! Your generosity is so…appreciated!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 03 May 2009 04:56:29 +0000

Thank you so much for the tutorial and the brush–it is wonderful!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:19:45 +0000

Hi, Jay.

I definitely recommend joining the NAPP. I’ve been a member for years, and I’ve learned so much from their site, between their tutorials and the help desk they have. Also, their magazine is great. Just click the link on my home page to join.

Keep in touch and let me know how you like it.

Lorri

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:19:38 +0000

Thank you so much, that worked perfectly!! I am a true amateur but completely enticed with photo editing. Do you think it would be beneficial becoming a member of the Association of Photoshop users?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:34:55 +0000

Hi, Jay.

After you download the brush, you’ll need to “unzip” the brush file from the zip file. Most computers recognize zip files these days, so you’ll probably just need to double-click the zip file to get to the brush file within it (the name of the actual brush file is lightning445.abr).

Then, copy lightning445.abr into the folder where the Photoshop brushes are stored. On my computer, it’s C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes. If you use a different version of Photoshop, or use Photoshop on the Mac, it may be slightly different, but would be similar.

Then, after you run Photoshop, you’ll need to select the Load Brushes option from the Brushes palette menu. Select the lightning brush from the list of files in that folder I mentioned above, and select the option to append it to your brushes. Then you should see the brush at the bottom of your list of brushes in your Brushes palette after that.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:51:22 +0000

Good Evening,

I was very interesting in the free download of the lighting but I am new to photoshop, so can you give me the steps once you download the lightning brush to start using it in photoshop??

thanks,