Step 1.



Create a new image 400 x 300 (W x H)







Step 2.



Set Foreground to White and Background to Black







Step 3.



Filter>Render>Clouds







Step 4.



Filter>Render>Difference Clouds







Step 5.



Image>Adjustments>Invert (Ctrl+i)







Step 6.



Image>Adjustments>Levels (Ctrl+L)







Step 7.



Image>Adjustments>Color balance (Ctrl+B)



Midtones:



Shadows:



Highlights:





Step 7.



ENJOY

very nice work man, thanks for sharing!

I'd rather download a Lightning brush tbh... I don't think doing that would help

But nice tut <3

looks nice, but i just dont think its worth using as lightening... could be used as part of the bg i suppose...

I agree. I've seen lightning made basically the same way and once you know how it is made, you can clearly see the cloud around it. I don't like it much but it's nice for thought.