You will learn how to create a spiral galaxy here...

§tep 1: Open a new 400 x 400 document. Click "D" to reset your colors and fill the document background with black.


§tep 2: Filter >> Render >> Lens Flare
Brightness: 100%
105 mm Prime
Put it in the middle of your document

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§tep 3: Filter >> Stylize >> Wind
Method: Wind
Direction: From the right


§tep 4: Filter >> Stylize >> Wind
Method: Wind
Direction: From the left

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§tep 5: Image >> Rotate Canvas >> 90 CW


§tep 6: Repeat steps 3 and 4

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§tep 7: Filter >> Distort >> Twirl
Angle: 400
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§tep 8: Click ctrl + u (Hue/saturation) Check the "colorize" box and experiment with different colors.

I did:
Hue: 245
Saturation: 20
Lightness: 0


Final image:

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nice tutorial

Hey try and invert it once you finished it ( ctrl + I )...it looks way kool!

Jay

thank you for great info for beginner like me

Great work man! Nice results!

Nice tutorial.

Thank you for putting this up for us.

Eddie

lol, really kool. you could stop before the spin and do some stuff to it for a kool effect.

Nice tutorial..pretty circumscribed..copes it from my point of view every and result is nice..Super

thanks ... nice tut .. so easy to do it