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Smeared Light

Author: Ryan Trafford Author's URL: www.thedesignworld.com More by this author

1) Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Now press "D" to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white. Make sure your background is BLACK.

2) Apply 4 to 6 lens flares, I used 35mm prime and scattered them on my canvas:

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3) Apply Filter>Blur>Radial Blur with these settings:

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4) Distort the graphic now, go to Filter>Distort>Wave and use these settings or your own:

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5) Apply color now, CNTRL+U:

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6) Duplicate the layer and set the top layer blending mode to Soft Light.

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7) Emerge the layers together by pressing CNTRL+E.

8) Duplicate the layer once again. Go to Edit>Transform>Rotate 180 and set the layer mode to Screen.

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Now your done, heres my graphic:

Smeared Light