Lesson 7: Stained glass / Abstract cell background

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another quick and simple background, this time using the stained glass effect.



step 1

open a new project.  I happen to be creating a 1000px by 1000px for this example.





step 2

create 4 to 6 blank layers.





step 3

set the foreground color to white and the background color to black.  Then render clouds on each layer by selecting filter>render>clouds.





step 4

render difference clouds on a few of the layers by selecting filter>render>difference clouds.  I've rendered difference clouds on two of the layers here.





step 5

Now apply a stained glass texture to each layer by selecting filter>texture>stained glass.  Here are the settings I've used for each layer.  You can use what ever settings you'd like, just be sure to use a wide variety of settings between the layers.















step 6

Now set the opacity and blending of each layer.  Again, you can use whatever settings you like.  I set the layer 2 blending mode to overlay and all others above it to multiply.  Then i set the opacity of layers to "random" settings.












when you're done, you should have something like this.





step 7

Now add some color.  Select a layer and press ctrl+u.  Select colorize and then adjust the slider until you get a color you like.





step 8

repeat step 7 with all the other layers.  Here, I've applied the same color to each layer.





step 9

now add some brightness/contrast to give the image some glow.





example

here's a quick render using this background.