Energy blast

In this tutorial, we're going to create energy blast effect using Photoshop filters

Create a new image. For this tutorial, I used 500x500. Fill the background with a dark color. I used #1b1b32.

Create a new layer then double click on that layer, and name it blast.

Create a vertical line on the blast layer by using the Rectangular Marquee Tool (shown right) (M or SHIFT + M).

My line was 50x500.

Fill the selection by setting your forground color to white (you can press D to reset to default colors).

Then press ALT + BACKSPACE

Deselect by pressing CTRL + D