How To Create A Photoshop Vortex

[Ojkatii 0]

Hello, I will be teaching you to make a vortex in Photoshop CS3 or CS2.

(Ugh... My comp froze while I was writing this the first time and lost the whole tut, so I'll try again.

 

First make an image with any proportions. I prefer 1000x1000.

Next pick a primary and a secondary color. You can use anything, and if you don't know what you want, just use White for primary and Black for secondary.

Now go to Layer -> New -> Layer, and press OK.

Then go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds

 

At this point, I have:

 

Now go to Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur, and select these settings:

Amount: 100

Blur Method: Zoom

Quality: Best

At this point, I have:

 

Now go to Filter -> Pixelate -> Mezzotint, and select Medium Lines

Next go to Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur, and use the same settings as before.

 

At this point, I have:

 

Now go to Filter -> Pixelate -> Mezzotint, and select Fine Dots

Next go to Filter -> Blur -> Radial Blur, and use the same settings as before.

 

At this point, I have:

 

Now, you can change the colors and brightness by messing around with the Hue/Saturation.

 

And here is my finished product:

 

 

 

Tell me if you liked the tutorial.

Edited August 8, 2007 by Oj'Katii (see edit history)

[jlhaslip 4]

Can you downsize those Images, please.Some are in excess of 900K which is too large for our Members still on Dial-up.Thank you.Nice Tutorial, by the way.

[Ojkatii 0]

Sorry, I'll downsize the images. And, thanks.[EDIT] Okay, I downsized the images. Is that better?

Edited August 8, 2007 by Oj'Katii (see edit history)

[angad619 0]

Ojkatii, could you please tell me where such a 'Vortex' can be used??I mean I've never seen something like this!

[Ojkatii 0]

Well, I'm not really sure where it can be used. I'm using one as a desktop right now. I also made an avatar and sig out of another.

[Ridwan sameer 0]

heyAngad619. In graphic designing it's common that everything that can be used somewhere. Okjati already has given a good example ( a Desktop Background ). IT can be used on any signs too. An Avatar is good too. Even as a part of a sig. But anyway good work okjati hey maybe you should put a small part on ow to change the colors of the vortex for some Photoshop beginners

[Andy1210 0]

thank you, its nice tutorial :XD:

[html 0]

Really good tutorial keep sharing more and more in adobe photoshop designing which make us easy to learnThanks having such a good tutorial.

[angad619 0]

thank you. I love photoshop tutorials. Learn as you create art itself. You see the results immediately. If you drift away from the tut, you end up with something new!!!

[suberatu 0]

Very helpful guide indeed. It's brief, informative, and the step-by-step screenshots really help newbies get a better understanding of it. Thank you for the tutorial, and I hope that I will find some good use for this soon (probably a sig or avatar as was suggested in previous posts).

[Azteck 0]

wow i did this tutorial but instead of doing the zoom, i did spin first then the mezzotint then zoom then mezzotint and then spin and i came out with like a worm hole looking thing. it's crazy here.

[Azteck 0]

oops.

Edited July 21, 2008 by Azteck (see edit history)

[i_speel_good 0]

Nice and simple, thanks for this small tutorial (even if I know how to make something like this ), it'll help loads of photoshop starters make their first baby steps into the amazing world of digital art.