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Colorbursts

This tutorial will demonstrate how to make a simple colorburst effect. If I were to explain more, it wouldn't be simple, so let's get started.

Open a new Photoshop file with a transparent background. Select a foreground color you want to use by clicking the Color Picker. Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool () and create stripes the span the full height of the image. The easiest way is to zoom in once or twice by hitting Alt++ (Mac: Option++), draw the rectangles, and fill them by hitting Alt+Backspace (Option+Delete). Do worry about spacing your lines perfectly unless you want your colorburst to be perfectly uniform. You can also make your stripes different widths as I did.

Deselect any selection you still have by hitting Ctrl+D (Command+D). Go Filter>Distort>Polor Coordinates. Select Rectangular to Polar. That's pretty much it. If you feel like adding some advanced extra frills, you can take a look at what I did in the following step.

To add a little variety, I changed the color of three of my stripes in step one to a lighter shade of blue. Next, I applied layer effects to the image (see Lighting Effects Tutorial). Then, I right-clicked on the layer in the Layers Palette, chose Blending Options, and added Drop Shadow and Satin effects. Lastly, I used the Gradient Tool to add a faint white to gray diamond gradient in the background.

Tutorial provided by: Spoono.com

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