Monday, July 6, 2009

Create Simple, Yet Elegant Abstract Spectrum Lines in Photoshop part 1

In this tutorial, I will show you the method I use to design a simple, yet elegant abstract spectrum lines in Photoshop. You will see how easy it is to achieve this nice effect and you can use it a wide range of occasions including perhaps site header backgrounds, logos, or add extra flavor to your photo manipulations.
This tutorial is suitable for beginners and I included the ways of creating new brush presets and also the use of Pen Tool. You will ample opportunities to practive layer blending, filters and Free Transform Tools. Have a try!
Here is a preview of the final effect: (click to enlarge)



Ok let’s get started!

Step 1
Create a new document with black background, for size I chose 980px * 400px however you can change this according to your own preference. Use 72 pixel/inch for resolution since we’re creating an image used for website.
Now let’s make a new brush preset. To do this, firstly select the brush tool with the following brush:






Then apply the following brush dynamics to it:
Shape Dynamics




Scattering




Other Dynamics





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