Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create Spectacular FIREWORKS!

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to make

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firewalls open a nighttime photo with

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plenty of sky if you'd like to use this

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one I provided its link in the video

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description or project files this

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document is 1280 x 900 pixels with a

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resolution of 150 pixels per inch if

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you're using a different photo make its

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resolution 150 pixels per inch as well

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make a new document to create your

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fireworks to do this press ctrl n on

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Windows or command n on a Mac make the

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width and the height two thousand pixels

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and the resolution 150 pixels per inch

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we'll fill it with black if your

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foreground and background colors aren't

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black and white respectively click the

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small overlapping box icon since black

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is the foreground color press alt or

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option + delete to fit it onto your

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screen press ctrl or command 0 click the

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new layer icon to make a new layer open

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your brush tool and type in 300 pixels

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for its size and 0% for its hardness

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press the f5 key on your keyboard to

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open the brush panel make sure all the

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settings are unchecked but smoothing is

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okay press f5 again to close the brush

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panel invert the foreground and

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background colors by pressing X on your

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keyboard left-click once anywhere on

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your document to Center it open your

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move tool and press ctrl or command a

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and click on the align horizontal

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centers icon and the align vertical

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centers icon

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to delete the selection press ctrl or

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command D change the blend mode to

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dissolve open your zoom tool and drag a

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rectangle over it to zoom into it click

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on the new layer icon to make a new

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layer will merge these two layers by

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shift-clicking on layer 1 to highlight

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both layers and then pressing ctrl e on

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windows or command E on a Mac I'll name

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it sparks the reason we replace the

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layer is because we want the look of

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dissolve but in the normal blend mode

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make the background visible and make a

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copy of the sparks layer will name it

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radial blur go to filter blur and radial

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blur make the amount 100 the blur method

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zoom and the quality best then click OK

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make a copy of the radial blur layer and

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hide it next we'll merge the original

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radial blur layer and the sparks layer

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to do this make the blur layer active

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and press ctrl or command e double click

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on the layer to open its layer style

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window click color overlay and the color

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box pick a color for your first 5 work

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and click OK to close both windows make

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the top layer visible and active reduce

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its opacity to seventy percent then

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press Enter or return hide the

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background and make a composite snapshot

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of this image by pressing ctrl shift alt

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e on windows or command shift option key

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on a Mac hide the two layers under it

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and make the background visible again

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make a copy of the composite snapshot

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and hide the copy make the original

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firework active

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and go to filter and liquify make sure

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the forward warp tool is highlighted

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choose a large brush size and the brush

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pressure is 100 click on the center of

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the image and drag your brush up

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approximately this much then click OK

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press V to open your move tool and drag

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the image onto the tab of your night sky

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without releasing your mouse or pen drag

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it down onto your photo and release make

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a new layer and press B to open your

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brush tool to reduce the size of your

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brush press the left bracket key on your

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keyboard I'll reduce it to 150 pixels

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left click once over the center of the

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burst and then reduce its opacity to

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seventy percent to make your firework

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more vibrant merge these layers click on

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the adjustment layer icon and choose

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vibrance click on the clip to layer icon

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to restrict the adjustment layer to

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effect just the firework and not the

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photo if you don't see this icon because

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you have an earlier version of Photoshop

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go to layer and create clipping mask

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increase the vibrance to a hundred as I

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toggle back and forth you can see the

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difference if you want your fireworks to

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look like they're behind buildings

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structures or other objects I'll show

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you how to do this once we have all the

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fireworks in place merge the layers and

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make a copy of it to enlarge or reduce

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the size of the firework copy press ctrl

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or command T to open your transform tool

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go to a corner and when you see a

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diagonal double-arrow press and hold

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shift and alt on windows or shift +

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option on a mac as you drag it in

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out click inside the transform to

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reposition it I'll ultimately place the

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firework here but I'll temporarily move

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it down to make sure I have enough to

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drag it up when i use the liquify filter

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i'll reduce the size of the liquify

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brush and drag the firework up I'll

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click OK and press V to open back up the

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move tool the more you liquify an image

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the softer it becomes so I'll sharpen it

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by going to filter sharpen and unsharp

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mask I'll make the amount two hundred

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percent the radius 1 pixel and the

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threshold 0 levels to change the color

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of your firework you can use different

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adjustment layers but for this example

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I'll choose color balance click the clip

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to layer icon and play with the colors

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in mid tones for this example I'll sly

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the yellow blue all the way to the left

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as well as cyan red I'll slide the

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magenta green all the way to the right

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next we'll add the unlimited okya meant

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hide layer 1 and make the layer 1 copy

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visible and active drag the five work on

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to the tap of the nighttime photo and

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drag it down onto the image if you don't

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see it it's because it's being clipped

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to release the clipping mask press ctrl

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alt G on Windows or command option G on

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a Mac will change its color but this

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time i'll choose selective color click

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the clip to layer icon and in Reds I'll

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sly the yellow all the way to the left

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which removes all the yellow from the

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firework making it look fuchsia or pink

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to resize it make

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a firework layer active and open your

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transform tool I'll make the fireworks

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smaller and move it in closer when

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you've resized and positioned it press

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Enter or return to hide your fireworks

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behind buildings structures or other

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objects place all of your firework

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layers into a folder to do this make

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sure you have your top firework active

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and scroll down to your bottom firework

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shift click on it to highlight all the

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firework layers and then press ctrl or

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command G click on the layer mask icon

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to make a layer mask next to the folder

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press ctrl or command I to invert the

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layer mask to hide the fireworks invert

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the foreground and background colors and

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press Z to open your zoom tool draw a

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rectangle over an area of your photo

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that includes the sky and the buildings

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to zoom in closer press B to open your

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brush tool and make the size as small as

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you want now carefully brush around the

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outside of the buildings to reveal the

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fireworks

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lastly we'll add reflections of the

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fireworks in the water make a copy of

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the fireworks folder and shift-click on

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the top layer mask to hide it click the

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icon on the upper right corner and

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choose convert to smart object open your

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transform tool go to the bottom middle

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of the transform and when you see a

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vertical double-arrow press and hold

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shift + alt on windows or shift + option

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on a mac and drag it up to squeeze the

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image go to edit transform and flip

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vertical press and hold shift as you

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slide it down pressing shift keeps it

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aligned with the top fireworks when it's

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positioned press Enter or return reduce

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its opacity to forty percent will blur

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it by going to filter blur and motion

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blur keep the angle 0 degrees and make

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the distance approximately 140 pixels

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this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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thanks for watching