Lighting Photoshop Tutorial
In this tutorial I will show you a very popular effect that gets a you a very cool lightning effect. The first thing you need to do is give your picture some texture. So go ahead and make a gradient.
Now go to filter> render> difference clouds
Now we are going to Adjust the levels to get rid of the unwanted clouds. So go to edit>adjust levels. And adjust them until you are satisfied, or use the settings below.
You should now have something like this:
Now just make a new layer, set the mode to "color" and fill it with the color you want your lightning to be. I chose purple.