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Colourful Swirl 99

We’re going to make a colourful and good looking swirl with only a few steps!

1. Start out by creating a 800*600 document. Now go to (filter – render – clouds) so you end up with something like this.

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2. Now go to (filter – pixelate – mezzotint) and select short strokes in th drop down menu!

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3. Add another filter (filter – blur – radial blur) and use the following settings, do this twice! In the second screenshot you can see the outcome of this third step!

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4. Add a twirl (filter – disort – twirl) with an angle of 120!

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5. It looks boring right now but you have to duplicate the layer (layer – duplicate layer) and then change the blending mode to lighten! After that add a twirl (filter – disort – twirl) with an angle of -180…

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6. Now it’s just time to colorize those 2 layers! So go to (image – adjustments – hue/saturation) and make sure you check the colorize box! Use the following 2 screenshots as a reference for the 2 layers! But you can always select other colors you like more!

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7. This is what I ended up with! It looks strange but it’s just a nice colourful swirl and can be used for signatures, headers, banners, ads, etc…

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  1. snapdragon says:

    Cool!! Wicked tutorial, this helped a lot!

  2. Neo says:

    Really awesome effect! Appreciate you sharing.

  3. Dave says:

    Nice that was really easy thanks, I had no problems at all thanks!

  4. neveen says:

    Many thanks, but I feel my trial is not as that well as yours… Why? Any way a very nice tutorial.

  5. Admin says:

    Can you post a link to your outcome? Its possible you haven’t used the exact same settings ;) ? Regards.

  6. mehdi says:

    Very, very good thanks. I enjoyed it!

  7. nadia says:

    Really nice.. Plus great effect!

  8. bujji says:

    This is very nice i like it very much thank you, bye.

  9. Tae Babi says:

    This is very cool. I’m happy I learned something new & I’m gonna start using this tutorial more often. Thanks you so much ;)

  10. LostnConfused says:

    I get to the steps for the hue and saturation and cant find the controls to do it and it’s not working, can anyone message me and help me figure this out?!

  11. Luke says:

    Okay I think I get why people aren’t getting the effect they want. The second twirl is at NEGATIVE 180 degrees. Make sure of that.

  12. om prakash says:

    It’s a really good tutorial. Thanks!

  13. Raman says:

    Very excellent tutorial man. Thanks for sharing!

  14. Chris says:

    This one is awesome! Easy to do. Good tutorial!

  15. Chris says:

    Awesome tutorial! Good directions! Thanks

  16. moose says:

    A nice little key short cut is (Ctrl+U) for the Hue/Saturation ;) !

  17. crazy says:

    Awesome tutorial dude… Keep it up!!!

  18. Oxana says:

    It`s awesome! And that was really easy!

  19. Andres says:

    Awesome effect, and it takes 2 secs!

  20. zack says:

    I’ve done everything right up until adding color, it won’t let me adjust the hue, can anyone help please?

  21. someone says:

    Make sure that colorize is checked in the hue/saturation window.

  22. lion says:

    Thank you!

  23. Jaris says:

    Awesome!

  24. tim Hanks says:

    Again a nice piece. Thank you though!

  25. yamini says:

    Excellent effects and easy to make… It looks cool!

  26. sreedev says:

    Thanks for the tutorial. Tt was really cool.

  27. serega says:

    Cool and primitive

  28. piper johnson says:

    Those are some awsome backgrounds!!!

  29. Peter says:

    This is incredible. Haven’t used PS in a year, but this makes me look like a pro.

    Thank you very much.

  30. salil says:

    Nice, good tutorial, it’s good for a photoshop learner.

  31. RUBEL says:

    Very nice… I enjoyed it.

  32. Emily says:

    Great tutorial! It helped a lot! But mine doesn’t look quite as good as yours. D:

  33. Jiwan says:

    It is excellent, nice and easy. Thanks for it.

  34. Precious says:

    Me doing this tutorials really helped me it helped me because I got done with my project I had to do using photoshop. Thanks

  35. mohit says:

    Really nice

  36. xtinewessels says:

    I have always wondered how to make abstract backgrounds. It’s so difficult to do it manually, this was a cinch! Thanks for the tip!

  37. sss says:

    Thank you

  38. rahmah says:

    Good one, I loved it! I’ve learned something new.

  39. vijaysekar says:

    Very nice, its good for photoshop learners.

  40. Miss Ishi says:

    Amazing
    Thanks

  41. Huh? says:

    Wicked SICK!
    Thank you very much :D

  42. Rejauk Karim says:

    It’s sooooooooo nice. Thank you.

  43. Noha says:

    Thanx a lot it’s amazing!!!

  44. zumry says:

    Wow…. Thnx a lot buddy!

  45. Adeel says:

    How amazing! Excellent! Very very grateful for that!

  46. ayesha says:

    This is a great tutorial!!! Honestly, it’s amazing :D !

  47. venomboy says:

    A really big thanks for the tips

  48. Bhavna says:

    Amazing tutorial

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