Firey Blast Wallpaper Background
Start a new document, whatever size you want, this effect has no purpose other than a nice background for your wallpaper or something... so lets make it BIG!. Im making mine : 1024x768 Now, lets fill this with one of photoshop's integrated patterns.
Go to Edit->Fill, and for Contents: Use: select Pattern.
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Now go to: Filter->Distort->Polar
Coordinates:
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Go to: Filter->Blur->Radial
Blur. Press CTRL+F a few times (say 4? ) to reapply the filter.
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Go to: Filter->Artistic->Plastic
Wrap
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Now go to: Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp
Mask
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Now go to: Filter->Distort->Polar
Coordinates
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Go to: Image->Rotate Canvas->90CW Then: Filter->Stylize->Wind. Then Image->Rotate Canvas->90CCW Now go to: Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates
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Now go to: Filter->Blur->Radial
Blur Now go to Select->Color Range Move your cursor over to the image (cursor will turn to a color picker) and click on the WHITE at the center of the image, this will select all the white in the image. In the Color range window, set the Fuzziness to 150. Then Click OK.
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Now to to SELECT->Feather, and enter 10px for Radius. Then go to: Filter->Distort->Ocean Ripple:
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Now, inverse the selection: Select->Inverse. Then: Filter->Distort->Pinch: Amount: -70% Now press CTRL+D to deselect.
Now, just play around with your color balance, or hue/saturation to change the color.
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