My third background tutorial, enjoy!
1) Create a new document in any size. For this tutorial, my document will be 640x480 in size.
2) Fill your document with Black by going to EDIT >> FILL with these settings :
Contents: Black
Blending Mode: Normal (100%)
3) Go to FILTER >> RENDER >> LENS FLARE . For the Lens Type, pick 50-300mm Zoom and tone down the brightness to 40%. Randomly place it anywhere.
4) Repeat step 3 until you fill up your whole document. Make sure no two lens flare overlap each other.
5) After, go to FILTER >> STYLIZE >> EMBOSS with these settings :
Angle: 90
Height: 100
Amount: 500
It should look like this :
6) Open up the Levels box (CTRL+L) and use these settings :
Input Levels: 0 0.60 255
7) Desaturate the image (CTRL+SHIFT+U) and duplicate the layer.
8) On the duplicated layer, go to FILTER >> DISTORT >> TWIRL with these settings :
Angle: 200
Set the blending mode to Darken then merge all layers.
9) Duplicate the layer once again and go to FILTER >> DISTORY >> TWIRL with these settings :
Angle: -250
Set the blending mode to Lighten then merage all layers.
10) Open up the Hue/Saturation box (IMAGE >> ADJUSTMENTS >> HUE/SATUARTION) with these settings :
11) For the finishing touch, go to IMAGE >> ADJUSTMENTS >> BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST with these settings :
Brightness : -25
Contrast : +40