lighting effects

[z35]

Hello there!

I would like to create a flashy line of light. like a glow that swiftly slides down the page, leaving a thin light line behind it. I am doing this in flash, but I am struggling with how to create this glowing neon flame.

First, does anyone have any cool ideas using photoshop?

Second, I tried to use the lighting effects filter, but everytime I do, the entire background turns black. How can I keep my background color?

Thanks for any and all help on this.

 

[TFfan]

Just make the individual frames in PS. Play with gradient, opacity, noise, swirl etc to get the tail to look as you want it. Save as a .PNG file and export to flash. It really shouldn't be that tough.

 

[z35]

yes, i have some ideas....

but do you know how to solve the lighting problem...the way thebg turns all black...because i cant import it into flash like that. my flash bg is green "#669999"

 

[TFfan]

I don't think there is a way to avoid that. You can however, use marques, layers and cutting and pasting to get past it. It's not perfect but it works (kind of).

Try it in a marque and experiment.

 

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

On the layer with your line goto SELECT-->LOAD SELECTION (or press Ctrl and click on the line layer) then apply your lighting effects. The reason I say this is b/c beofre you were applying the lighting effect to the while image (I assume that) but with a marquee only the area in the marquee will accept the lighting effect and you will be able to keep your background.

Hope this helps! NATE

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