Thunder and Lightning in 'Paradise'

The trailer is now renamed 'Stealing Paradise'. Perhaps after being 'strangers' for sometime. After done hundreds of test I finally completed the lightning scene. The original lightning strokes were generated in After Effects but it was thin and too realistic. I ported it over to Macromedia's Flash and retraced it to give more of a cel feel. It is finally composited in Discreet's Combustion to get the over exposure effect at the opening of the cloud.