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Neon Disco Ball


An abstract disco ball made out of glowing neon lights.


image 1 1. Create a new document, fill the layer with black, create a new layer then add a Clouds filter (Filter> Render> Clouds).

image 2 2. Add a Mosaic filter (Filter> Pixelate> Mosaic) with a cell size of 50 pixels.

image 3 3. Apply a Photocopy filter (Filter> Sketch> Photocopy) with these settings:

Detail: 24
Darkness: 5


image 4 4. Use the Circular Marquee tool to make a selection of a circle in the middle. Hold the shift key while dragging to create a perfect circle.

image 5 5. Distort the image using the Spherize filter (Filter> Distort> Spherize) with these settings:

Amount: 100%
Mode: Normal


image 6 6. Select the selections' inverse (Ctrl+Shift+I)

image 7 7. Add a Glowing Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Glowing Edges) with these settings:

Edge Width: 5
Edge Brightness: 5
Smoothness: 5


image 8 8. Colorize the image using the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U). These are the settings I used:

Colorize: Checked
Hue: 0
Saturation: 100
Lightness: 0


image 9 9. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J), add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All), then change the blending mode to Screen.

image 10 10. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and add a clouds filter to both of the layer mask.

image 11 11. Select the top layer and use the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U) to se the Hue to 100. Select the middle layer and use the Hue/Saturation tool again but set the Hue to 50.

image 12 12. Apply these settings using the Brightness/Contrast (Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast) tool on both of the layer mask:

Brightness: -25
Contrast: +75


image 13 13. Select the top layer and merge down (Ctrl+E).

image 14 14. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J).

image 15 15. Select the middle layer and add a Radial Blur (Filter> Blur> Radial Blur) with these settings:

Amount: 100
Blur Method: Zoom
Quality: Best


Neon Disco Ball 16. Here is the result that I got.


Author's URL: FotoFects
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