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    Warped Effect for Proffesional Background
    Published  06/26/2006 | Special Effects
       




    1. Start a new document with 60x10 and select Transparent

    Create New Document

    2. Use the rectangular marquee tool and draw a 30px by 10px selection on your canvas. Then fill it with black.  Now, go to Edit->Define Pattern.

    Fill The Selection

    3. Create a new document 800x600 with white content


    Create New Document

    and create a new layer, then go to Edit->Fill and use Select Pattern, and in the Custom Pattern options, select the pattern you just created in the previous step.

    Fill with Custom Pattern

    4. Apply the polar coordinate filter. Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates


    Apply Polar Coordinate Filter

    5. Now apply this gradient overlay layer style to the layer.

    Gradient Overlay Layer

    6. Create a New Layer, link the new layer and this layer together, then go to Layer->Merge linked

    Merge Linked

    7. Duplicate this layer. Change the Blending Mode to "Multiply" and go to Edit->Transform->Rotate Then just rotate this layer by just a few degrees to offset it from the original. Repeat the above 2 steps, several times but change the Blending mode to "Overlay" and "Screen" and "Normal". 8. Now link all the layers together (except the background) and go to Layer->Merge Linked. Applied Filter->Blur->Radial Blur

    Apply Radial Blur

    My Results:

    Final Background