Nice Iced Background Tutorial

[kickmyflip]

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.


Then, we will chrome out this image. Go to Filter/ Sketch/ Chrome and use these settings:


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".
and

4) Hit Shift+Ctrl+E (Merge Visible Layers) or select it from the Layer menu

We are gonna give this image some color now, so lets Image/ Adjustments/ Hue/Saturation and do the following:

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:


Here is another alteration, since all images won&#39;t come out the same way. I used different hue/saturation settings.


I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, it is very quick and easy.

[tacoX]

Wow dude, that looks great dude&#33; Is it ok if I submit it to a few tutorial websites?

I also edited it a bit so all the images would show up - I got some odd error at first but I went and debugged the rest of the code and figured it out. Thanks man&#33;

[kickmyflip]

Yeah go ahead. Anything I post you can submit it.

[soniclnd]

looks like fireworks... nice

[tacoX]

Originally posted by soniclnd@Jan 22 2005, 11:08 PM
looks like fireworks... nice

[snapback]1771[/snapback]

To me it looks a lot like electric flowers or something. One of my favorite tutorials =).

[Dale]

Yeh i agree with TacoX, on eof my favourties aswell. I made a picture for my band with it ^.^

[dolive]

cool as tut , so aweseome&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[jerner]

Incredible, I&#39;ve always wanted to learn theese things :P 10/10 points to this tut. You&#39;re my idol

[Breimann]

If you made the colorize red, it could be a valentines day thing, also. Pretty nice. Simple, yet good outcome... My favorite XD

[SasseR]

very good cooooooooool