This tutorial will show you how to create a cool background and give it a cool abstract ice effect.
1) Create a New Document, for this tutorial I used 400x400 with 300 resolution. Fill your background with black.
2) Next, we are going to add some lens flares. Go to Filter/ Render/ Lens Flare and add a few lens flares with similarity to this, or be creative and do another pattern.
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_f9729281.jpg
Then, we will chrome out this image. Go to Filter/ Sketch/ Chrome and use these settings:
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_767e9ab3.jpg
3) Now we are gonna make this image come to life. Duplicate the image 3 times. On the top two layers do the following alterations:
a) Filter/ Distort/ Wave <use the Default settings and hit the "Randomize" button, now click OK.
B) Set Blend Mode to "Lighten".
On the third layer from the top do these alterations:
a) Filter/ Distort/ Wave <set Type: Triangles and hit the "Randomize" button, now click OK.
B) Set Blend Mode to "Lighten".
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_aaea1c41.jpg and http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...d/4fece84b.jpg
4) Hit Shift+Ctrl+E (Merge Visible Layers) or select it from the Layer menu
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_40b055d3.jpg
We are gonna give this image some color now, so lets Image/ Adjustments/ Hue/Saturation and do the following:
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_c2ce38b2.jpg
Your image will come out something like this
5)Time to add the final alteration, ice. Select Image/ Rotate Canvas/ 90 CW. Now, Filter/ Stylize/ Wind... When You have done that, Image/ Rotate Canvas/ 90 CCW.
This is your final image:
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_0735af44.jpg
Here is another alteration, since all images won't come out the same way. I used different hue/saturation settings.
http://www.gfxvoid.com/tutorials/ice...h_aa40bd71.jpg
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, it is very quick and easy.
