Wispy Lines

Tutorial

1. Open a new canvas. I will be using a 400x400px one. Using the Paint Bucket tool , fill the Background with any color that will make white easy to see. For example, I am using black.

   

2. Make a New Layer .

   

3. Use a Paint Brush of any size and make a white blob in the top right corner of the new layer.

   

4. Now go to Filter >> Distort >> Ripple. Set the Amount to 999% and the Size to Large.

   

   You will want to do this filter, with these settings, twice. After hitting OK for the first time, you can use Ctrl + F to apply the same filter again.

   

5. Time to spread this out more. Go to Filter >> Blur >> Radial Blur. Set Amount to 100, Blur Method to Zoom, and move the Blur Center to the top right.

   

   As before, we want to do this exact filter twice. After hitting OK for the first time, you can use Ctrl + F again to apply it a second time. Notice that Ctrl + F applies the last filter used, which is why it did a blur this time instead of ripple.

   

6. We want the lines to be defined, so let's Sharpen it. Go to Filter >> Sharpen >> Unsharp Mask. Make sure the Amount is 500%.

   

   Now we have this.

   

7. To smooth out the lines, do another Radial Blur using the same exact settings as before.

   

8. For the final touch, go to Filter >> Distort >> Shear. Set Undefined Areas to Repeat Edge Pixels. Then, make an S shape with the line.

   

   Here it is!

   

9. Apply it to other images for a nifty addition.