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Step 23: Set the blending mode to Linear

Dodge (Add) to see the effect of the light

streaks. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) for

Free Transform, scale the effect down to

fit the height of the light structure, and

position the left edge of the bounding

box on the left edge of the light. Hold-

ing the Shift key, drag out the right-center

point to the other side of the document.

Right-click inside the bounding box, and

choose the Perspective option. Click-and-

drag the bottom-right point downward

to widen the side of the texture that’s

opposite the light. Press Enter to commit

the transformation.

Step 24: Duplicate the Light Streaks

layer, flip it horizontally with Edit>Trans-

form>Flip Horizontal, and then use the

Move tool (V) to drag this layer to the

other side of the light. With the Light

Streaks copy layer active, Shift-click the

original Light Streaks layer in the Lay-

ers panel to select them both, and press

Command-G (PC: Ctrl-G) to group them

together. Name the group “Light Streaks

Group.” Add a layer mask to the group

and use another Black, White radial gradi-

ent, as we did on the Flare layer, to mask

out the effect as it travels away from the

lighthouse. If the light streaks seem too

sharp, just run the Motion Blur filter on

each layer again to soften the effect, but

try a Distance value around 400 Pixels.