CREATIVE EFFECTS
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Curl and copy
Go to Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates,
set Rectangular to Polar and click OK. Press Cmd/
Ctrl+J, grab the Move tool and check Show Bounding Box.
Click the box, right click and pick Flip Layer Vertical, then
Flip Layer Horizontal. Drag it down so the two lines meet.1
Make a tapered line
Open the black starting image (or simply make a plain
black image). Grab the Line tool from the Toolbox, then
go to the Tool Options and set the colour to white, Width
10px, Arrow Head: At the End, W 100
L 5000
. Drag a
line from left to right, then go to Layer>Simplify Layer.4
Copy and skew
Make two more lines, then open the portrait. Use the
Move tool to drag the lines on to the portrait. Position
the first line. Press Cmd/Ctrl+J to duplicate it. Rotate and
resize the second line so it looks different. Drag the corner
points while holding Cmd/Ctrl to skew the shape.3
Add a glow
Use the Eraser tool to erase the half of the line you
don’t need. Highlight the layer below and do the same.
Highlight the top layer and press Cmd/Ctrl+E to merge. Go
to Layer>Layer Style>Style Settings. Check Glow, then Outer
Glow. Pick a blue and set Size 13, Opacity 100. Click OK.6
Wrap around the arm
Once you have a series of lines that appear to wrap
around the arm, highlight them and press Cmd/Ctrl+E
to merge them. To make this wrap around the arm, simply
switch to the Eraser and remove part of it. To vary the colours
of the lines, press Cmd/Ctrl+U and adjust the Hue slider.5
Build it up
Continue building up the effect by duplicating the
lines and transforming them in different ways, making
the lines wrap around the dancer’s arms and body. To make a
glow more intense, duplicate the layer, then go to the Layers
panel and change the blending mode to Linear Light.