Vortex Star Tutorial

1. Open a new canvas, size 500x500 or any size you feel suitable (as long as its a square canvas)

2. Select the gradient button on the tool box window.

3. Select the bog standard back gradient into white (you can experiment with different gradients later as they give differing effects).

4. Hold shift and draw a line one quarter of the canvas down to three quarters of the canvas. So it'll look something like this.

5. Select Filter>Distort>Wave and copy these inputs (You can experiment with these inputs in the future) Make sure you input the maximum settings before the minimum.

6. Colourize the canvas, go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation (alternatively press Ctrl + U) to get this window up.

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Select the colorize tick box and copy these settings or similar ones (again you can fiddle with these later to get diff colors)

7. Go to Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates, and copy these settings

Press ok and you get a vortex effect.

8. Now duplicate the layer you have been working with.... So you have a direct copy of the layer above the original.

Do this by right clicking on the layer in your layer window, and select duplicate layer.

9. Select the Top layer and go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal.

10. Set the layer blending at overlay.

And whoa, you got a vortex star.

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I've written this tut with the assistance of others, but wording by me, so let me know if there's anything wrong enjoy.