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1. Get a digital 'Chaos' download from our website. Make sure you get the eps version for easier color changes and detail manipulation in Adobe Illustrator. Copy the graphic and paste ...
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3. Create a new layer and draw as many gradients as you need until you get a result to suit your taste (check mine below).
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This tutorial is a pretty useful one that even a novice can pick up and dazzle his friends and family with - you don't even need to be that experienced with ...
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Create a new document of 500x700 pixels. Fill the background with a linear gradient using the Gradient tool. The colors ( from the top ) are #5587B0, #91D1E5 and #0C3270. |
Next we need to combine in a group all the layers composing the circle (press Ctrl button to mark out the corresponding layers and then hold on the left mouse's button ... |
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Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select rotate 90. Change layer mode to lighten. Select and merge both the layers. |
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Create a new file of 800 x 600 pixel. Fill the background with black color. Create a new layer by pressing shift+control+n together. Fill this layer with black color too. Now ... |
Have you ever seen those cool looking abstract desktop backgrounds people are making? Turns out they aren't so hard to make! Follow this tutorial to learn how to make some of ... |
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Ok this tut is a simple one. It will introduce you to the use of blend modes and filters.... so open up photoshop and get going. |
Go crazy with your gradient. Click and drag small lines, large lines, diagonal lines, and any other variation you can think of. The point is to get a lot of areas ... |
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Filter>>Distort>>Wave. Leave all of the settings alone, but go ahead and hit Randomize until you find something you like. Repeat Edge Pixels is suggested, but you can have Wrap Around if ... |
Change the layer mode to luminosity. It won't show any effect as of now but later when we add more elements, the effect will be evident. |
Select each blurred layer and press Ctrl+I to inverse the color. Select all the blurred layer and move them above all the layers in layer palette in layer order. |
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Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal. Double click the layer to open layer style window. Change color overlay with the settings shown. |
Make sure your colors are set to default (blank and white) and select the gradient tool. Select the diamond gradient, and select the inverse option and make yourself a nice diamond ... |
10. Now go to Filter> Lighting Effects and choose Omni for the lighting style. This should center the light. You can choose different layers to have this lighting effect, and some ... |
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Duplicate the layer, Filter > Distort > Twirl (angle 248) and Ctrl+F then Filter > Stylize > Find Edges and set the layer blending mode to darken. |
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Press "D" on your keyboard to set colors to default, after that go Filter>Render>Clouds. Then go Filter>Render>Difference clouds. Than press "Ctrl+I" on your keyboard to invert colors. Then press "Ctrl+L" to ... |
Ok, I'v had a lot of people asking me about backgrounds, so to shut youup heres a tutorial on how to do backgrounds the way I do. |
4. Next, you need to drag your gradient about... 30 times or so all over your canvas. try not to make the points so close together when you are dragging each ... |