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    Cool abstract background
    Published  08/12/2008 | Designing
       
    Cool abstract background - part 3


    Use the last tool to create the next layer belonging to the same earlier made bubble.

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
    Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    Gradient’s parameters:

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3 

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    Make a mouse click on the same layer on Add a mask option situated on the bottom part of the layers’ palette and use simultaneously the Brush Tool (B) of black color to erase easily a part of the bubble’s surface.

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3 

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    Using the Ellipse Tool (U), try to make another highlight on the bubble’s surface.

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    The layer’s parameters: Fill 0%
    Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    Gradient’s parameters:

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3 

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3 

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

    Next we need to combine in a group all the layers composing the circle (press Ctrl button to mark out the corresponding layers and then hold on the left mouse’s button while moving the marked layers on Create a new group selection). Make many copies of this last made group and select again the Free Transform option to change the copies’ sizes and place them on the picture the same way demonstrated below.

    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3

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    Create cool abstract background in Photoshop CS3 Cool abstract background
    Being able to create effects from elsewhere is a great way to learn Adobe Photoshop. Here I will take you through the steps used to create abstract background from bubbles and waves.