200+ Spectacular Lightning Photoshop Brushes
Lightning can be a terrifying thing especially for kids. But, lightning is also one of the most amazing thing that we can experience. In this post, we rounded up a total of 21 sets of lightning Photoshop brushes that you can use for photo manipulations and for adding effects in your designs. The lightning brush sets included in this roundup are mostly photo-realistic lightning that you can use for adding some lightning strikes and bolts for a bleak night sky or for a stormy sky scenario.
To download the set that you want, simply follow the link provided below each preview image. Make sure to check out the terms of use before using these brushes, especially if you intend them to use for a commercial project. Most of the brush set are free for personal, noncommercial usage only.
01– Realistic Lightning Brushes by PSD Box
There are 40 high resolution photoshop brushes in this set for creating realistic lightning effects in your artwork. Created in Photoshop CS3.
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02-Lightning Brushes by ~Scully7491
These lightning brushes are a bit different from other lightning brushes because these are stand alone from clouds or other structures and are quite big. For Photoshop versions 7+.
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03-Lightning Brushes Volume 1 by JonasKr
There are 9 useful lightning brushes in this pack, great for special effects.
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04-Lightning Brushes by ~crazykira-resources
This set is composed of 18 brushes in .abr format made for photoshop CS. There is only one of the brushes was used in the preview image.
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05– Lightning Brushes by Ailedda
There are 11 brushes created with Photoshop CS3.
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06-Lightning brush set by ~gvalkyrie
These are made with a filter. Play with setting to get what the effect you like and boom!
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07– Lightning
This pack contains 7 brushes of high resolution lightning – great for photomanipulations and digital paintings.
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08– Lightning Brush Pack by ~Kingskully
The preview does not do the brushes justice. There are about 45 brushes in all. (half for dark backgrounds, half for light backgrounds).These lightning Photoshop brushes work fine with CS2 and up.
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09– Lightning Pack by Big Dave
This set includes a range of lightning brushes useful for creating photo effects and manipulations.
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10– Lightning Brushes 04 by digital-nexus
Made in Photoshop 7, there are 10 large brushes in this set, each with a different level of glow and each a different style.
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11– Lightning Bolt Brushes V1 by ~GhostFight3r
Here are some lightning bolts made with Photoshop CS3.There are 26 brushes in this set with resolution of between 900-2500 pixels.
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12-Lightning Brush Set 1 by ~Dudeshibby
There are 9 lightning brushes in this set created with Adobe Photoshop CS2.
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13– Brush Set 1::Lightning by Blitz007
This is a set of 8 lightning/electric brushes.
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14– Lightning by BBs-Brushes
Here is another set of lightning Photoshop brushes. Compatible with Photoshop 7 and up.
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15-Lightning Strikes-PS Brushes
Here is a high-resolution set of brushes you can use for creating some realistic lightning strikes and lightning bolts effects in your background design or if you simply want to add some realistic sparks in your layout. You may use them individually or you may also overlap one with another brush to make it more interesting.
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16– Lightning Brushes by ~DoaC-Res
There are 11 lightning Photoshop brushes created in Photoshop CS2.
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17-MB-eLightning by modblackmoon
There are 55 decorative electric effects in this set that you may use with Photoshop CS2 and newer. These are free for both personal and commercial use.
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18– Lightning brushes by Adaae-stock
These lightning brushes were created using Photoshop 7.
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19-Lightning brush set by gfx-shadows
Here are 16 brushes made in Photoshop cs. Only 9-10 brushes were used in the preview image below. Have fun with them.
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20– Lightning Photoshop Brushes by redheadstock
A set of 24 brushes made up of various shapes of lightning bolts.
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21– Lightning II Brushes by redheadstock
A set of 26 Photoshop brushes made up of various shapes of lightning bolts. All created from scratch, original designs (unlike my first set, some of which are pixellated because they came from stock photos). Includes single bolts, which you could use on their own OR put together to create your own forking bolts. Also includes groupings of bolts already put together. These are all extremely high resolution, with the average size being about 2200 pixels.
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