Picture editing help! please read.?

Question

all right, so I keep seeing those light swirl things in edited pictures and I want to know if anyone knows how to make them on any editing program.

here's an example: [yes, i know it's a toilet]

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2008/074/6/5/sink_and_toilet__by_jackeastwood.jpg

please tell

Answer 1

image shown is actual photo with timer extended on camera exposure, so person can use laser or sparkler or flashlight to swirl in a pattern in the dark , moving very fast, and only the lighting will show as one solid line that is actually moving during shot as still time lapse ,

http://www.hemmy.net/2007/07/03/light-gr...

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=time+lap...

you could try to use photoshop tools to draw a line with pen, fill with with white, and add feathering with color for glow, but its more fun to try with sparklers,

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