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Go to Select/Feather and enter a value of 5 (again, this depends on the size of your 'crystals' and it is something you can experiment with).

There seems to be this huge craze on crystals going around the design world. Originally the crystals were created in a 3D program and imported to Photoshop where all kinds of coolness is added. In this tutorial I will show you an easy way to create these crystals in Photoshop.

5. Now merge all 3 layers (the original, and the 2 copied layers), so they become one layer. Then whan I did is I got the Eraser tool and touched up some areas which I didn't like (the motion blur made too much of a blur in some areas so I erased parts of it). Then you can repeat the tutorial to make a group of crystals and a neat little effect. An example is to the right. If you click on the image to the right you will see a little picture that I made with this tutorial.

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In this article I'll show you how to make an interesting effect. Using this effect you can create original wallpapers or background for your webpage.

The first step is to select our crystal shape, so Make a new layer on top of your black bg and make a selection similar to mine.

4) Now use EXTRUDE again but this time change the size to 20. Do this 2 times.

1. Start out with a new 250x250 image. Choose a white background.

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