
In this photoshop tutorial I'm going to teach you how to create Northern Lights
Created on: Jan 8, 2010
Created by: Majesticlicks
Program used: Adobe Photoshop cs4
Skill Level: Simple
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Let go. Create a new canvas with a black background and set the background size to 280 by 480. On a new layer create a line using the Line Tool with 3 pixels. Note if you hold down on the shift key while drawing line you will have a perfect stright line. |
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Now we need to, distort the line using Filter > Distort > Shear . Just adjust the line to the preview line curve curves you want and hit OK |
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In this step you need to take the curve line and scale it down then skew
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Select the curve line by holding CTRL and click on the curve line layer. Then press Q to enter Quick Mask. The screen will really turn red . Once in Quick Mask, go Edit > Transform > Rotate 90° CW. If you complete this correctly, you will have double line.
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Then go to Filter > Stylize > Wind (Preview Setting). Repeat the Wind Filter 2 time or more to get the length you want. To repeat filter just go to Filter-Wind or hit Ctrl+F
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Use the Wind Filter again but this time change the Direction to the right. Repeat accordingly. |
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Then go to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90° CCW. This should bring the Mask Layer back right up. 1.Then press Q to exit Quick Mask. Do not deselect. Create a new layer and fill the selection with white. It should look like this. You might want to name the layer "Lights
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Now duplicate the "Lights" layer. To the bottom layer add in Filter > Blur > Motion Blur (Angle = 0; Distance = 10). Make another Motion Blur Filter > Blur > Motion Blur this time Angle = 45 and Distance = 5. You can now merge the two layers ( merge down).
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Now to Add some color. Select the merged Lights layer by pressing CTRL + the lights layer. Go to the Color Palette and select any color you want. You can even use the Color Gradient tool. Once you've chosen your colors, make a new layer and fill in the selection. Set the Blending Mode to Color or Overlay.
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Your done- any questions please contact me at Email |
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