Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Step 5
Now we can really just use our imagination and simply duplicate this “lines” layer a few times, rotate and resize each duplicated layer until the outcome is desirable:
Here is my effect so far:


Merge the duplicate layer together.
We can also add a bit of glowing effect to the spectrum lines. To do this, simple duplicate the merged layer and apply the following Gaussian Blur settings: (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur)


Change the blending mode the duplicated layer to “Linear light” and you will have the following effect:


To add some final touches, remember we created a new brush preset in Step 1? We can use it to add some nice dots on the abstract line.
Create a new layer called “dots” on top of all other layers, grab that brush preset and simply paint over the lines:


Then Change the layer blending mode to “Overlay” and you will have the following effect:


Duplicate this “dots” layer and change the blending mode of the duplicated layer back to “normal”, then reduce its opacity to 15% and erase some excessive parts.

You will have the following final effect:


Ok that’s it for this tutorial! Of course you can further enhance this image by adding some more effect, textures and filters.

Here is my final version for this tutorial: (Added a bit of cloudy effect and sharpen the image )


Hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it useful, drop me a comment if you have any question, I will try my best to help you out.
Cheers and have a nice day!





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