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Liquified Kaleidoscope

Author: FotoFects Author's URL: http://www.fotofects.com More by this author
Added:Mar 31, 2005 Rating:   Level: Experienced Software: Photoshop  

A geometric kaleido pattern with a liquified texture.

image 1 1. Create a new 1000x1000 pixels square document with a black background. Use the "Marquee" tool to make a selection of a circle and fill it with the colour white.
image 2 2. Contract the current selection (Select> Modify> Contract) by 10 pixels.
image 3 3. Delselect and move the circle near the top.
image 4 4. In the "Actions" pallet (Window> Actions) create a new set and a new action and select a function key for it. Click OK.
image 5 5. Make sure that the record button in the "Actions" pallet is recording. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).
image 6 6. Use the "Polar Coordinates" filter (Filter> Distort> Polar Coordinates), select "Rectangular to Polar" and click OK.
image 7 7. Stop recording the action. Apply the action you've created several times so that your image looks like the image in this step. Press the "Function Key" you've specified in step 4.
image 8 8. On any of the new layers created, apply an "Outer Glow" layer style (Layer> Layer Style> Outer glow) with the following properties:

Blend Mode: Screen
Opacity: 50%
Noise: 0%
Color: Red
Technique: Softer
Spread" 1-
Size: 20

Click OK.

image 9 9. Link all the layers except "Background". Copy the current layer's layer style (Right mouse click on layer style and select "Copy Layer Styles") and paste it into the linked (Right mouse click on the layer style and select "Paste into linked").
image 10 10. Merge linked (Ctrl+E).
image 11 11. Use the "Canvas Size" tool (Image> Canvas Size) to apply the following properties:

Width: 300 percent
Height: 300 percent
Relative: Uncheckmarked
Anchor: Middle
Canvas extension color: Black

Click OK.

image 12 12. Apply the action you've created several times so that your image looks like the image in this step. Press the "Function Key" you've specified in step 4.
image 13 13. Link all of the layers except "Background" and merge linked (Ctrl+E).
image 14 14. Use the "Transform" tool (Ctrl+T) to scale the object so that it looks similar to the image in this step.
image 15 15. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J) and use the "Transform" tool (Ctrl+T) rotate it 45º. Position it 45º from the layer below it.
image 16 16. Repeat step 15 for the bottom and left sides.
image 17 17. Link all of the layers except "Background" and merge linked (Ctrl+E).
image 18 18. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).
image 19 19. Use the "Transform" tool (Ctrl+T) to rotate the new layer by 45º.
Liquified Kaleidoscope 20. Here is a cropped area of a high resolution version.