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30 Free Lightning Photoshop Brush Sets

Posted by Gisela Gutierrez on Aug 7, 2012 in Brushes | 0 comments

Lightning is a beautiful but deadly natural phenomenon. In design, lightning can instantly create a dramatic effect. Painting a stormy sky can be best enhanced by adding images of lightning bolts. One of the easiest to do this is through the use of Photoshop brushes. If you still do not know, there are actually a lot of free lightning Photoshop brushes that you can use for free in your designs. In this post, we are featuring a total of 30 sets of brushes consisting of hundreds of images of lightning strikes and thunderstorms with lightning that you can use for free. To get the set that you want, simply click on the preview image and it will open a new window where you can download the brushes. Terms of use are also indicated in the author’s page.

01-Lightning Bolt Brushes V1 by =Andrei-Oprinca
Here are some lightning bolts made with Photoshop CS3. There are 26 brushes in high-resolution format with each brush size set at around 900-2500 pixels.

02-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.

03-Lightning Brushes Preset by ~hellwala
Here is a set of brushes composed of lightning bolts. The download is sized 9 megabytes. For best results, experiment with the layer blending modes. There are also excess edges but you can easily remove them using a soft brush.

04-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.

05-Lightning High-Res Brushes by ~Bull53Y3
There are 5 lightning brushes for Photoshop CS2 and higher. Size of each brush is around 840 – 1200 pixels.

06-15 Lightning Photoshop Brushes for Creating Seamless Effects by Photoshop Free Brushes
Here is a high-resolution set of lightning Photoshop brushes you can use for creating some realistic lightning strikes and 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 lightning Photoshop brush to make it more interesting.

07-Lightning Brushes by ~DoaC-Res
There are 11 brushes in this set created in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

08-Lightning Brushes by ~Scully7491
These lightning brushes are a bit different from other lightning brushes because these are stand alonefrom clouds or other structures and are quite big. For Photoshop versions 7+.

09-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.

10-Lightning Brushes 03 by ~digital-nexus
There are 10 lightning brushes in this set that you can play with in your Photoshop.

11-Lightning Photoshop Brushes by *redheadstock
A set of 24 brushes made up of various shapes of lightning bolts. Compatible with Photoshop 7 and higher as well as Photoshop Elements 2 and up and GIMP 2.2.6 and later versions.

12-Lightning II Brushes by *redheadstock
A set of 26 Photoshop brushes made up of various shapes of lightning bolts. These were created from scratch using original designs. Includes single bolts, which you could use on their own. You can also put together these brsuhes 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.

13-Lightning Brushes by *DianazDesignz
There are 10 high resolution lightning brushes included in this set.

14-Lightning Brushes by Ailedda
There are 11 brushes created with Photoshop CS3.

15-Lightning brush set by gfx-shadows
There are 16 brushes made in Photoshop CS in this pack. Only 9-10 brushes were used in the preview image below.

16-Lightning brushes by Adaae-stock
These lightning brushes were created using Photoshop 7.

17-Lightning by BBs-Brushes
Here is another set of lightning Photoshop brushes. Compatible with Photoshop 7 and up.

18-Lightning Pack by Big Dave
This set includes a range of lightning brushes useful for creating photo effects and manipulations.

19-Lightning Brush Pack by ~Kingskully
The preview does not do the brushes justice. There are about 45 brushes in all.

20-Lightning brush set by ~gvalkyrie
These are made with a filter. For best results, try playing with the various setting and blend modes in Photoshop.

21-Lightning by ~elestrial
This pack contains 7 brushes of high resolution lightning – great for photo manipulations and digital paintings.

22-Lightning Brushes by Ailedda
There are 11 brushes created with Photoshop CS3.

23-Lightning Brush Set 1 by ~Dudeshibby
There are 9 lightning brushes for Photoshop CS2 in this set.

24-Lightning by *ttbloodlusttt
There are 11 brushes included in this set.

25-Lightning Brushes by ~wyckedBrush
There are 5 lightning brushes in this set that work in Photoshop 7 and up as well as Photoshop Elements 2 and later versions.

26-Lightning Bolts by Cary_HMS
This set contains 13 different Lightning Bolts for your stormy backgrounds and whatever else you can think of.

27-Lightning brushes Vol. 2 by ~Bull53Y3
There are 7 lightning brushes in this set compatible with Photoshop CS2 and higher. Size of each brush is around 1120-1540 pixels.