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Smeared Light
in Special Effects
Smeared Light

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:
3) Apply Filter>Blur>Radial Blur ...

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Color Burst
in Special Effects
Color Burst

1) Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white. Make sure your background is BLACK.
2) First select the brush tool and go to the brush drop down menu. Use the Butterfly Brush Tool:...

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Gas Storm
in Special Effects
Gas Storm

1) Make a new document, anysize doesn't matter. Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white. Make sure your background is WHITE.
2) Make a new layer and pply Filter>Render>Clouds. Then apply select the background layer and apply Filter......

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Sharp Fire
in Special Effects
Sharp Fire

1. Create a file with black background
2. Set foreground color to white, use paint brush, set pressure to 30% or anything you like, just don't make it too high, draw some lines or dots like this
3. Use smudge tool, try to pull the lines and dots into a fire shape...

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Abstract dots
in Textures & Patterns
Abstract dots

1. Create a 300x300 pixel file, white background, RGB mode.
2. Create a new layer, do a gradient on it as shown.
3. Apply Filter-> pixelate-> color halftone, play around with the properties, maker sure the 4 channels has the same value.
4. Ctrl+u , colorize them ...

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Cracked Metal Text
in Text Effects
Cracked Metal Text

1. Create a new file, white background, then create a new layer, use Type Mask Tool to enter text, it'll create a selection of the text.
2. Fill selection with black to white gradient, from top to bottom
3. Execute Select-> Modify-> Contract, 2 pixels...

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Gel Text
in Text Effects
Gel Text

1. Create new file, enter text
2. Ctrl+click on the text layer, load selection of the text, go to select---> modify --> contract, 4 pixels, create a new layer, fill in selection with a brighter color, duplicate the new layer. you should have these layers now: background, text layer...

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Line Orbs
in Drawing Techniques
Line Orbs

1. Create a 500x500 pixel RGB file
2. Create a new layer
3. Use single column marquee tool,on the left side , 1/4 of the width of the canvas, left click once, now we have a single pixel column selection.
4. Fill the selection with black color.
5. Apply filter---> distort...

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Chaotic Fire Flames
in Special Effects
Chaotic Fire Flames

1. Create a new image, apply filter --> render ---> cloud
2. Apply filter ---> render ---> different cloud, ctrl + f to repeat this filter a few times, until you get something similar to fire
3. Use paint brush to paint half of it black, at the edge of the fire...

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