Vortex Star Tutorial

Vortex Star

[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.http://img61.echo.cx/img61/7483/gradientbutton8wi.jpg

[3] Select the bog standard back gradient into white (you can experiment with different gradients later as they give differing effects)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/9412/grad...lection3sb.jpg

[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.

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/1678/gradientexample5bk.jpg

[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.

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/458/wavefunction3yn.jpg

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

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/5072/colourize7qq.jpg

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

[7] Go to Filter>Distort>Polar Co ordinates, and copy these settings

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/6029/polarcoordinates0pm.jpg

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 wohay, you got a vortex star.....

http://img24.echo.cx/img24/7543/final9jb.jpg

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

i like it .would look good on a sig to.. nice tut m8 :)

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1568/vortex0kq.jpg

this is an effort of mine ..little bit of playing about

i like the effect man nice tut keep them coming

Looks cool, i dont i have seen a tutorial like it so far so good work.

Looks cool, not sure where to use it for though. :)

It's a nice effect, but theres a tutorial that has the same result (it's not exactly the same, but the result does look similar).... heres the link:

http://www.entheosweb.com/photoshop/shiny_...urst_effect.asp

nice tut
I'll try it out later. :)

pretty sweet effect. Nice job.

wow that would be awesome to put onto a sig and then brushed over. THANKS

o for god sake my pic didnt work first time