Change Colors and using white, make a smaller white color cone inside the yellow cone.
Using the layer options pallet, drop the transparency down to about 85% (that’s why you needed to paint this on its own layer. If it was on the picture, the shot and the picture would become more transparent!)
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Now go to Effects> Blur> Gaussian Blur and using your own judgment blur your flash.
![](http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m251/ender098/gunshots12.jpg)