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Step 1: To bring up your animation toolbar, go to the top of the photoshop menu and select Windows
> Animations. Open the file for the project you want to work on. I cheated a little bit for this and found a donor
of the same car at the same angle, that had the turned lights on. You can also achieve this look by creating a new
layer, then use the brush tool setup with a soft edge and a low opacity.
- Make the center of you lightbulb the brightest point and feather it out with a really low opacity white, light blue or
light yellow.
- I do not recommend using the lens flare since it is destructive to the image, and in my opinion kills the quality of the
chop.
Step 2: Create a new animation frame: Alt+Ctrl+Shft+F. This will be the frame for your headlights
to be on. Click on the first animation frame. Now go up to your layers menu and click on the "eye" icon that will turn
off the visibility of this headlight layer. You'll have to go to your second animation frame now and make that second layer
visible again.
Step 3: At this point you can set the time for your frames to be on and off by clicking the 0 sec at the bottom of
each animation frame. Choose the duration you want. I chose 2 seconds for mine. If you'd like to add a little flicker at the
end, just to grab people's attention keep reading. Add 2 more frames to your animation by hitting Alt+Ctrl+Shft+F twice in
a row. These 2 you want to make sure are set to 0 sec. For Frame #3 you'll need to turn the visibility off on layer 1 in your
layers menu. Once you get the feel for how to set up animations, you can add more layers and add more frames. The possibilities
are endless.
Step 4: Save your masterpiece with File > Save for Web, or Alt+Ctrl+Shft+S.
Save your image as a GIF file for it to read all the frames. You're good to go! Save it on the intarweb
and watch you new creation come alive.
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