Cool background Photoshop tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn a way how to quickly make a cool
background in Photoshop. To achieve this we will play with some filters.
Enjoy!
1. Open a new document with these settings:
2. Select the Brush tool, with a round Brush and a diameter around 17px
3. Now draw some random lines on the background layer like this:
4. We will now apply our first filter. Go to the Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur
5. The Radial Blur options window will now pop up. Use these settings:
6. Apply a second filter like this: Go to Filter -> Stylize -> Find Edges
7. You should get something like this:
8. Now go to Image -> Adjustments -> Invert
9. Repeat step 4, then step 6, then step 4 and finally step 8 again and you should get something like this:
10. now go to Image -> Adjustments -> Color Balance and play around with the rgb bars untill you see something you like. Then press OK.
11. To finish it off go to Filter -> Distort -> Twirl and use these settings:
12. Click OK and you're all done!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, now go ahead and play with different settings and document sizes.
