Feel the heat as you make an image of the suns surface in 7 steps.
1. Create a new document (400×400) with a transparent background. Press the key D
2. Go Filter > Render > Clouds then go Filter > Render > Difference clouds. Press Ctrl-F 3 times.
3. Filter > Render > Lighting Effects and set the Style as Flashlight.
4. Filter > Render > Lighting Effects and use the following settings:
Style: Blue Omni
Intensity: 100
Gloss: 100
Material: 100
Exposure: 100
Ambience: 50
5. Invert the colors. You can do this either by going Image > Adjustments > Invert or you can press Ctrl-I.
6. Go Filter > Distort > polar coordinates. For the Options, use Polar to Rectangular.
7. Duplicate your current layer by going Layer > Duplicate Layer. Set the new layers Blending mode to Overlay and make the Opacity 50%.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Adobe Photoshop, Image effects, Text effects