Photoshop CS3: How to Create an Abstract Background
This tutorial describes how you can create a futuristic background that you can use either for a website or a dreamy wallpaper.
1. Launch Adobe Photoshop CS 3.
2. From the File menu, select New or press Ctrl+N on your keyboard.
3. In the In the Preset field, make sure the Custom option is selected, and then in the Width and Height fields type 2400 (pixels).
4. After you make sure the resolution is set to 300 pixels/inch, click OK.
5. From the File menu, click New or press Ctrl+ N on your keyboard.
6. Press the D key to reset the foreground/background color. The foreground color is now black, while the background color is white.
7. To fill the layer with black, press Alt + BackSpace on your keyboard.
8. To duplicate the existing layer, click Ctrl+J.
9. From the Filter menu, select Render> Lens Flare..
10. In the Lens Flare dialog, click on the brightest spot (the flare center) and move it to the middle of the circle.
11. Once you have the flare center in the middle of the circle, click OK.
The result:
12. Click Ctrl+T and squash Layer 1 until you have the following result:
13. Press Enter to apply transformation.
14. Click Ctrl+J to duplicate Layer 1, and then Ctrl+T to transform Layer 1 copy.
15. Right-click on Layer 1 copy, while it is in the transformation mode.
16. From the context menu, select Rotate 90 CW. Then, click OK to apply transformation.
17. In the Layers palette, select Lighten from the Layer Blending mode menu:
18. Duplicate again Layer 1 by selecting it and then pressing Ctrl+J.
19. Click Ctrl+T to enter Transformation Mode, and rotate the “layer 1 copy 2” with 45.
20. Then, click OK to apply transformation.
21. In the Layers palette, select Lighten from the Layer Blending mode menu.
22. Duplicate again Layer 1 by selecting it and then pressing Ctrl+J.
23. Click Ctrl+T to enter Transformation Mode, and rotate the “layer 1 copy 3” with “- 45”.
24. Then, click OK to apply transformation.
25. In the Layers palette, select Lighten from the Layer Blending mode menu.
26. The result looks like a flower:
27. Duble-click the Background layer to unlock it.
28. In the New layer dialog, click OK.
29. Click Shift+Ctrl+E to merge all layers into one.
30. Click Ctrl+T to enter transformation mode.
31. Enable the maintain aspect ratio option, and then increase the width and height values to 230.
32. Press Enter to apply the transformation.
33. From the Filter menu, select Distort>Wave.
34. In the Wave dialog, enter 150 in the Number of Generators field and set the wavelength between 649 and 766. Then, click OK.
35. Click Ctrl+J to duplicate this layer.
36. Then, from the Filter menu, select Distort>Twirl..
37. In the Twirl dialog that appears, enter 296 in the Angle field. Then, click OK.
38. In the Layers palette, select Lighten from the Layer Blending mode menu.
39. Now, duplicate the Layer 0 copy by clicking Ctrl+j.
40. Click Ctrl+T to enter the Transformation Mode. Right-click the layer and select Flip Horizontal from the context menu. Click Enter to apply transformation.
41. Now, duplicate the Layer 0 copy again by selecting it and clicking Ctrl+j.
42. Click Ctrl+T to enter the Transformation Mode. Right-click the layer and select Flip vertical from the context menu. Click Enter to apply transformation.
43. In the Layers palette, select Screen from the Layer Blending mode menu.
44. You can duplicate this layer or any layer you have and transform it as you please until you have the abstract image you want.
Now, all you have to do is to adjust the image. By following this tutorial.
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