Feel the heat as you make an image of the suns surface in 7 steps.

1. Create a new document (400x400) with a transparent background. Press the key D

2. Go Filter > Render > Clouds then go Filter > Render > Difference clouds. Press Ctrl-F 3 times.



3. Filter > Render > Lighting Effects and set the Style as Flashlight.



4. Filter > Render > Lighting Effects and use the following settings:

Style: Blue Omni
Intensity: 100
Gloss: 100
Material: 100
Exposure: 100
Ambience: 50






5. Invert the colors. You can do this either by going Image > Adjustments > Invert or you can press Ctrl-I.



6. Go Filter > Distort > polar coordinates. For the Options, use Polar to Rectangular.



7. Duplicate your current layer by going Layer > Duplicate Layer. Set the new layers Blending mode to Overlay and make the Opacity 50%.





Yay you are done! This effect turns out different every time so try it multiple times!

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