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Vortex Effect

Step 1 Create a new 200x200 pixel RGB 72 resolution image with a white background.
Step 2 Now create a new layer by clicking here on your layers pallette. Fill your image with black.
Step 3 Now go Filter>Render>Difference Clouds, do that about three times (hit Ctrl+F about 3 times), or until you have a good contrast between black and white.
Step 4 Now duplicate your layer by dragging your Layer 1 to the New Layer button like in the gradient tutorial.
Step 5 Now go Filter>Blur>Radial Blur and use these settings:
Amount: 75
Blur Method: Zoom
Quality: Good
...you should have something like this:


Step 6 Now with your duplicated layer selected (Layer 1 Copy), go to Filter > Distort > Twirl use these settings:
Angle: 638
Step 7 Now with your Layer 1 selected, hit Ctrl+U for the Hue/Saturation options and use these settings (remember to check Colorize first):
Hue: 189
Saturation: 50
Lightness: 0
And now with your Layer 1 Copy selected hit Ctrl+U again and use these settings (clicking colorize first):
Hue: 196
Saturation: 50
Lightness: 0
Step 8 Now duplicate your Layer 1 (the non-twirled one), and drag it to the top of the list in your layers pallette. Now go to Edit>Transform>Flip 180�. Your layers pallette should look something like this now:


Step 9 Now select your Layer 1 Copy layer and set it's blending mode to Vivid Light (I am using version 7 of Photoshop, if you have an earlier version without Vivid Light as an option, I have found that Lighten works almost just as well):


Step 10 Now select your Layer 1 Copy 2 layer and set it's blending mode to Screen:


That's it! There you have your Vortex, my final result came to this:


Remember: Some of the filters look different every time you use them, so you will not get the exact same result with this tutorial that I did. Feel free to change the settings for this tutorial, and send me your work!

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