Abstract Wallpaper

Posted on Sat, 2005-12-10 12:20

This tutorial with guide you through how to make a nice Abstract Wallpaper:


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1. Open Photoshop and create a new document. I'm using 1024x768.
2. Set the Colours to White and Black like this:
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Set the Gradient Tool to these settings:

 
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Now go crazy with the Gradient Tool on the Canvas, do around 50 or 60 strokes.
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Duplicate this layer and press Ctrl + U
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Tick the colourize and set to a colour of your choice.
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Set the Blending Mode to Overlay
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Create a new layer and do the same again. Go crazy with the gradient tool and set the colour of the layer to another colour not using Ctrl + U. Set this layers Blending Mode to Overlay.
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Repeat step 8 2 or 3 more times
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Now on Layers 2, 3, 4 and 5 go to Filter » Render » Difference Clouds. You will have to do these one by one. Render these clouds twice for each of these layers
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Create a new layer and fill with White, set the Blending Mode to Soft Light
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Create a new layer and go crazy with the Gradient Tool again.
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Go to Filter » Render » Lens Flare
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Set to 105mm Prime with brightness set to 100%
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Repeat this 2 more times, but don't use Ctrl + F as this will put another Lens Flare on top of the other one, this is not what we want, So go through to Filter » Render » Lens Flare and place the Flare in a different place.
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Once you have done that go to Filter » Sketch » Chrome
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Set it to:

Detail: 5

Smoothness: 10
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Go to Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur and set to 2px
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Now set the layers Blending Mode to Vivid Light
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This is what I got:

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