| - Photoshop Tutorials - Swirls Tutorial - By: Shinta |
Learn a facinating effects to use on backgrounds! |
| - Step 1 |
Create a new canvas. On a new layer, use the  to make a circle and fill it with white. |
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| - Step 2 |
| Hold the CTRL Key and click on the Circle Layer. Then choose Select > Modify > Contract. Choose 20 pixels and delete the inside. |
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| - Step 3 |
| Next, distort the ring by choosing Edit > Transform > Distort. It doesn't have to look exactly like the one shown at the left. |
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| - Step 4 |
| Again, Hold the CTRL Key and click on the Ring (Circle) layer. Choose Select > Modify > Contract and choose 1 pixel. After which, Choose Select > Modify > Feather and choose 10 pixels. |
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| - Step 5 |
| Next it to Delete the selected area. Simply press the Delete key twice. |
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| - Step 6 |
Since you've already made the first ring, I will jump from here to tell you that the image on the left was made by duplicating the ring layer several times and simply varying it by scaling, rotating, adding a few filters (like blurs) and changing the opacities of each duplicate. Eventually this is how it will end up. When you're done, simply merge all the ring layers.
Note: If you find that the rings are a bit jagged, just use the Gaussian Blur to smoothen it. |
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| - Step 7 |
| Once merged, hold again the CTRL Key and click on the ring layer. Create a new layer and add some color! I used the gradient tool on this example. |
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