Abstract Ligtning Tutorial

1. Create a new image, prefereably more than 300x300, and create a new layer and fill it with black. Go to Filter - Render - lens flare and create a 80% brightness with 105mm Prime style.
Press ok. No brush away all thos ugly effects around the lens.
Now it should look somewhat like mine.

2. Now we are going to distort it a lot! Go to filter - distort - twirl and choose something like 216° and press ok.

3. To distort it even more, go to filter - distort - wave and choose settings like the ones I used below, or somewhat like them.

4. Now that your lens flare does not look like a lens flare anymore, it's starting to get shape. Now you can either apply the same wave filter several times for a possible better result, or leave it like this.
I chose to leave it as it is. What you can do is to reapply the same wave filter or do another wave, then you can duplicate the layer, rotate it a little, and change the layer settings to f.eks color overlay.

5. Now we are adding some color to it. Do this by going image - adjustments - Hue/Saturation and play with the settings. Here's what I got:

6. Now to put this on your abstract piece, you just drag the layer to the abstract piece and set the layer to screen. Do some erasing at the edges of the layer and ... tada!