Part 1: Creating the basic shape and texture 1. Create a new document. This tutorial uses 400 x 400. Fill the background with Black (#000000) 2. Make a new layer. 3. Use the and make a large circular selection. Hold Shift to make the circle perfectly round; and make sure the circle takes up the majority of the document. NEVER DESELECT THE SELECTION. IT MUST STAY SELECTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TUTORIAL! 4. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. |
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5. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right.Press OK. | |
6. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter. | |
7. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. | |
8. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with: - Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100 9. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with: - Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100 |
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10. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. | |
11. Make a new layer. 12. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. 13. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right. Press OK. 14. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter. 15. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. 16. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with: - Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100 17. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with: - Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100 18. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. Set this layers mode to Linear Dodge, and press CTRL+E to merge the layers again. 19. Make a new layer. 20. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. 21. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right. Press OK. 22. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter. 23. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. 24. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with: - Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100 25. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with: - Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100 26. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. Set this layers mode to Linear Dodge, and press CTRL+E to merge the layers again. 27. Make a new layer. 28. Press Filter > Render > Clouds and then Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. 29. Press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. press Ctrl+L and move the middle grey slider all the way to the right. Press OK. 30. Press Filter > Distort > Spherize, and set the option to 100%. Press CTRL+F which will re-do the Spherize filter. 31. Press Filter > Stylize > Find Edges, then press Ctrl+I to invert the colours. 32. Press Ctrl+U and colourize the circle with: - Hue: 0 - Saturation: 100 33. Duplicate the layer, and colourize (CTRL+U) the Duplicated layer with: - Hue: 40 - Saturation: 100 34. Set the blending mode to Linear Dodge and press Ctrl+E to merge the two layers. Set this layers mode to Linear Dodge, and press CTRL+E to merge EVERY layer into one; except for the background. |
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35. With the fireball layer selected, go into the Layer Styles, and add an Inner Glow any size, with the colour #FFC600. Add an Outer Glow also with the colour #FFC600. Final Product |
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