It’s time to create our first lightning strike. First, double-click on the Paintbrush Tool (B) in the Tools panel to bring up the brush options. Once done, reduce the Fidelity as much as possible to add more anchor points to the path. Check Keep Selected in the ‘Options’ section and hit OK. Now grab the Paintbrush Tool (B) and draw a vertical wiggly line as shown below. Keep the path selected, and in the Stroke Panel choose the ‘Width Profile 4′, to change the Variable Width Profile of the stroke. Go to the Color Panel and set the stroke color to white (R=255 G=255 B=255). In the Stroke Panel set the Stroke Weight to 4pt.