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Zoom Effect
How to create an interesting zoomed vortex from scratch.
Step 1
Open up a new document, I used 400 by 400, but a good background is between 800x600 and 1024x768. It's up to you.
Step 2
Make sure your colors are reset by pressing
D on your keyboard. Go to
Filter>Render>Clouds. Now go to
Filter>Render>Difference Clouds. You should have an image now that looks similar to this:
Step 3
Now we're going to create some lines to morph into the zoom effect. Go to
Filter>Pixelate>Mezzotint, click on the drop down box and select
Short Lines. Your image should now look similar to the following:
Step 4
Now we're going to actually make the nice looking zoom effect. Go to
Filter>Blur>Radial Blur. Use these settings:
Amount: 100
Blur Method: Zoom
Quality: Best
Now hit
Ctrl+F on your keyboard to repeat this step to smooth it out. Your image will now look like:
Step 5
Now we're going to make some twirls to make it look more complicated.
Duplicate your layer and go to
Filter>Distort>Twirl. Use
200 as the amount. Next,
duplicate the bottom layer and use
Filter>Distort>Twirl again but using
-200 as the amount. Set both of these layer modes to
Lighten:
Step 6
It looks quite boring, so we're going to add some color. On your top layer hit Ctrl+U on your keyboard to bring up the colorize box. Hit the checkmark next to Colorize and mess around with the settings.
Step 7
Repeat step 6 on your other two layers using different shades of the same color with a little variation. You can mess around with different colors and see what you like best. You now have a nice zoom effect for a background.
Step 8
This step is optional, go to
Filter>Render>Lens Flare and add a
35mm Prime lens flare in the middle of your image. Add some text if you’d like and you’re done. Here’s my final image:
