[SKETCHi]

[h1]Aurora Borealis[/h1]Here is an example of what we will be making.


Click Here to download the desert landscape picture I used in this tutorial.

1. Open your landscape picture.
 a. Make a new layer, title it Lights 1.
 b. Select the brush tool. I used a soft 65 pixel brush and 00AEA8 as the color.
 c. Click the brushes tab above the pallets. Use the following settings:
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 d. Set the brush opacity to 40% and brush high flowing arcs. Make three to four overlapping strokes.
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2. Smudging and bluring.
 a. Select the Smudge tool and use the following settings:
 
 b. Begin to smudge from the bottom up, click right under the bottom of the paint. Hold shift and click directly above it. Vary the lengths by clicking higher or lower. To lengthen a specific smudge even further, click the middle of the spike and shift+click even higher above it. Try to keep it on the canvas.
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 c. Filter > Blur > Motion Blur - The distance may vary depending on your canvas size.
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 d. Repeat step 2c.

3. Duping and blending options.
 a. Open the blending options for the Lights 1 layer. Set it to Vivid light.
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 b. Duplicate the Lights 1 layer and title the new layer Lights 2.
 c. Select the Lights 2 layer, Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation + Colorize
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 d. Open the blending options for the Lights 2 layer. Set it to Overlay.
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 e. Move the Lights 2 layer slightly lower than the Lights 1 layer.
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 f. Put the Lights 2 layer under the Lights 1 layer on the layer pallet.
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4. Perspective.
 a. Link the Lights 1 and Lights 2 layers.
 b. Edit > Transform > Perspective - Drag the top right corner down towards the bottom right.
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5. File > Save...

Finished!

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Click the link below to download the PhotoShop file for this tutorial.
Aurora Borealis PSD

[ZT]

Cool tut, reminds me of water color

[SKETCHi]

Got on good-tutorials today... yay! ^^

[Voltage]

awesome i love it.

[SKETCHi]

It got listed on Pixel2Life... finally.

[Mastermoose]

Great tut but whats Aurora Borealis!?

[SKETCHi]

Aurora Borealis aka The Northern Lights

[Nictoe]

Best tutorial on northern lights I've seen yet. Did a few modifications for this one, as I applied Harry's Filters 'Polar Lights" in place of the Step 3 Hue sat colorize adjustments.

[TutorialDatabase]

Got on Tutorial-Database.com today

[Unknewn]

i remember you sent me this one a long time ago.

[Pulse]

Tutorial-Database??