Photoshop Background - 3

The first example of how to make a Photoshop background is again
with the Gradient, while the second uses the Cloud filter.

1. Make a square file 1800px x 1800px @ 300ppi

2. In the toolbox, have a yellow foreground colour and white as the background.

3. Press G for the Gradient Tool and in the top options bar choose the Linear Gradient.

4. Draw a gradient from top to bottom, while holding Shift to keep the line straight.

5. Create a new layer and draw another gradient from left to right.

6. Set the top layer to Difference mode

7. Create a second new layer

8. Choose a red foreground colour and using the Radial Gradient draw from the centre out to one of the corners.

9. Set the layer to Difference mode.

• Create a third new layer.

• Press X to make white the foreground colour and red the background.

• Draw a Reflected Gradient from the middle down to the bottom.
  This should give red across the top and bottom and a band of white across the middle. If it is the other way round, check the Reverse box in the options bar and draw the gradient again.

• Set mode to Difference.

• Go to Filter > Distort > Twirl and enter a setting of 400. OK.

Try this for creating a Marble Effect.

• Create a new file with a white background.
• In the toolbox, set a foreground colour of dirty pink and a background colour of white.

• Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds

• Apply the filter several times with Crtl + F / Cmd + F to accentuate the marble vein effect.

• Create a new layer, and fill it with white.

• Using the same colours, run the filter several times and set the layer to Difference mode.

• Create a new layer, filled with white.

• Choose a blue as the foreground colour and a white background.

• Run the Difference Clouds filters several times and set to Difference mode.

• Create a fourth layer, filled with white.

• Using the same blue and white colours, fill the layer with a Linear Gradient.

• Set to Color mode and invert with Ctrl + I / Cmd + I.

Other modes will give quite a different result.

When it comes to making a Photoshop background, anything's worth a try.

Photoshop Backgrounds - 1
Photoshop Backgrounds - 2

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