Flashy Portal

Learn how to make a really cool looking flashy portal effect! Very Easy Method!

Create a new document. My document was 500x500px but yours can be diffrent.

Fill your document with black color. Now do: Filter->Render->Diffrence Clouds

Repeat this step by pressing CTRL+f a few times until you have a nice balance.

Now do: Filter->Blur->Radial Blur with the following settings:

Amount: 100
Blur Method: Zoom
Quality: Best

Now you should have something like this:

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Now, do: Filter->Artistic->Plastic Wrap with the folowing settings:

The results:

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Now, do yet another Filter->Blur->Radial Blur with these settings:

Amount: 100
Blur Method: Zoom
Quality: Best

Then do: Filter->Stylize->Glowing Edges with the following settings:

Almost done, now we just need to give it some color. Press CTRL+u, click colorize and go select a color.

You are done now. This was my result:

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I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.