# Lightning

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightning/3602>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [January 18, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightning/3602 "2002-01-18T18:05:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightning/3602/1 "2002-01-18T18:05:55Z")

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Does n e 1 know how i can make lightning? Like in the dreamwave intro at [David gary studios](http://www.davidgarystudios.com/)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightning/3602/2 "2002-01-18T18:56:54Z")

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you have to play with alpha of your text. low low low low low high low low low (that’s not actionscript). I think that the man’s also using a mask. You’ll find a great tutorial on how to do that on this site.

pom

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/lightning/3602/3 "2002-01-19T17:43:23Z")

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you could either do it i photoshop and import some jpgs into flash or do it in flash. I’ve some pretty kewl lighting done in flash using gradients and things like that.