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How to create abstract colorful rainbow background

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December 26th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop , Designing Final Image Preview Create a new document ( Ctrl+N ) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1920px by 1200px ( RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch . Select then the Paint Bucket Tool...

December 26th, 2009 by ART-D Posted in

Adobe Photoshop

,

Designing


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Final Image Preview

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Create a new document (

Ctrl+N

) in

Adobe Photoshop

with the size

1920px

by

1200px

(

RGB

color mode) at a resolution of

72 pixels/inch

. Select then the

Paint Bucket Tool (G)

to fill the new background layer with black color.

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Next we’ll select the

Rectangle Tool (U)

, to represent many colored lines of different size. The colors are indicated bellow:

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We’ve got the next lines:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Using the same tool, continue representing the colored lines, keeping the same image as below (leave the same intervals between the lines as it is demonstrated below).

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next composition:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Take the same

Rectangle Tool (U)

to draw several more lines.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

For this line click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next gradient on the line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Represent another 2 lines:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Apply for these lines the same settings for

Layer Style>Gradient Overlay

:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next gradient on these lines:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Using the

Rectangle Tool (U)

, try to make two more lines.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

For the upper line click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Add

Layer Style > Gradient Overlay

for the lower line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next gradient on the lines:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Using the same mentioned tool above, try to represent two more lines.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Apply the next

Layer Style > Gradient Overlay

settings for the upper line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Add

Layer Style > Gradient Overlay

settings for the lower line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next effects on the lines:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Next we’ll combine in a group all the layers containing the colored lines (press

CTRL

button to select the appropriate layers and then hold on the left mouse’s button when dragging the selected layers on

Create a new group

option).

Merge Down

the group layers by pressing

CTRL+E

. Next we need to warp this layer, select

Free Transform

command by pressing

Ctrl+T

, click the

Switch Between Free Transform And Warp Modes

button in the

Options bar

and use the control points to distort the lines the same way as it is shown below:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next result:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click the eye icon next to a layer containing the lines to hide its content for a while and choose the

Rectangle Tool (U)

to represent several more lines. The colors are indicated bellow:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next lines:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click on

Add a layer style

icon from bottom part of the

Layers panel

and select

Gradient Overlay

settings for the lines’ layers (from top to downwards by turn). Start with the red line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

Click in the color bar to open the

Gradient Editor

and set the color stops as shown. Click

OK

to close the

Gradient Editor

dialog box.

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4

We’ve got the next gradient on the line:

How to create abstract colorful rainbow background in Adobe Photoshop CS4


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