Create a nice colored fusion twirl.
May 14th, 2006 by Posted in Adobe Photoshop, Special Effects
1. Create a new image (File > New or Ctrl+N): 
2. Create a new layer (Layer > New > Layer or Shift+Ctrl+N).
3. Press D on your keyboard to reset your colors.
4. Edit > Fill (this will fill in the layer to the color black): 
5. Filter > Render > Lens Flar: 
6. Repeat step 5 about 4 more times, but in the Flare Center option set the flare to different places: 
7. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds, your result should be similar to the image below: 
8. Filter > Brush Strokes > Accented Edges: 
9. Filter > Distort > Pinch: 
10. Filter > Distort > Twirl: 
11. Duplicate the layer (Layer > Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).
12. Set the layers Blending Mode to Lighten: 
13. Filter > Brush Strokes > Dark Strokes: 
14. Filter > Blur > Radial Blur: 
15. Filter > Distort > Twirl: 
16. Filter > Distort > Pinch: 
17. Filter > Distort > Twirl: 
18. Duplicate the layer (Layer > Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).
19. Filter > Render > Difference Clouds (now your image should look similar to the image below): 
20. Lets add some color now, go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U (make sure Colorize is checked): 
21. Set the layers Opacity to 50%: 
22. Select the previous layer and also add some color by once again going to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U (make sure Colorize is checked): 
23. Set this layers Opacity to 75%: 
24. Now go to the 1st layer we made and also add some color by once again going to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U (make sure colorize is checked): 
25. Your final result should look similar to the image below: 
