Step 6 - Add Some Spray Now we are going to create a sort of energy spray coming off of the energy beam. To start, press F5 to open your brush preset editor. Now select the 1px brush and apply the settings shown in this image. Once you have this new brush set up, take out the Smudge Tool and select the 1px brush we just made. Now smudge the dots and the base layers, and you should have something like this.