Abstract Stain Glass filter Art

By

Steven Moore

Open a document of any width, height, and resolution of 300 dpi with the color mode set to RGB 8 bit.
First go to Filter>Render>Difference Clouds twice. Second go to Filter>Pixelate>Mezzotint and
set the type to short strokes. Third go to Filter>Blur>Radial Blur. Set the Amount to 100, set the
blur method to zoom, and the quality to best and then click on ok. It might take a few minutes to
render the blur. Do another Radial Blur. Fourth hold Control/Command + J to duplicate the
layer. Fifth Filter>Distort>Twirl and set the angle degree to a positive number. Sixth Duplicate the
swirl layer (select the layer and press Ctrl+J) and flip the new layer horizontally (Ctrl +A to select all,
Ctrl+T to transform, then right click and select  Flip Horizontal). Change the layer blending to
“Multiply.” Seventh click the create fill or adjustments layer icon at the bottom of the Layers
Palette and select Hue/Saturation and click the colorize box and set the Hue at 360, the
Saturation at 99, and the Lightness at +47 and click ok. Eight repeat steps five and six. Nineth
create fill or adjustments layer icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette and select Hue/Saturation
and click the colorize box and set the Hue to 360 the saturation to 100 and the Lightness at +2.
Tenth Right click on the Background Layer and Flatten Image.
Eleventh go Filter>Texture>stain glass and then click ok. Finally right click on the background
and select flatten image.

Open a document of any width, height, and resolution of 300 dpi with the color mode set to RGB 8 bit.
First select the gradient tool and select the foreground to transparent. Pick a color for the
foreground and then select the reflected gradient and then pick different spots and apply the
gradient try to leave some white for texture. Second go to Filter>Render>Lighting Effects. Click
on the ellipse at the bottom and swing it around until it is above the other ellipse. Third step in
the properties box set the ambience to 40 and then click on the white box and select whatever
color you want to fill the white texture of your gradient. Fourth step make sure that the Light
Type is set to spotlight and the intensity is at 78 and the focus is at 69 and click on ok. Fifth step
go to Filter>Render>Lens Flare and click on the top left corner and in the lens type click movie
prime. Sixth create a new layer and click on the elliptical marquee tool and click and
drag just under the lens flare and take it almost to the bottom then press d then x to get
white as the foreground then change the gradient tool to the photobucket and then click
inside of the ellipse. Seventh take the eraser tool and start from outside of the ellipse and
go up leave white at the top and some on the left edge and bottom. Eighth go to
Filter>Blur>Gaussian blur and set it to 3.1 and click ok and then press ctrl/command + D
to deselect the ellipse. Ninth right click on layer one and select blending options select
and outer and inner glow and then select satin and uncheck the inverted box and slide the
distance a little bit and then select the color you want to highlight the satin in and then
click on the ok. Tenth press ctrl/command +t and then click on the warp button at the
top and warp it until it looks good to you and then click the check mark. Eleventh
duplicate the layer and move the copy and make the end of the copy go through the
original and then warp the copy until you get something you like and then click the check
mark. Twelfth press ctrl/command +E to merge the copy and the original and then right
click on the background layer and flatten image. Thirteenth go to filter>sharpen>unsharp
mask and do either high amount and low radius or high radius and low amount and click
ok. Fourtenth place your stain glass image into the abstract and click the opacity in the
layer palette and lower it until you can see the abstract with the lens flare. Save it as a gif file.