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    Author: 2007-09-10 08:38:20 From:

    Description: This tutorial is really just a random effect that I came up with after fiddling around in photoshop, but the end result looks rather nice. It shows you have to create what seems to look like a crystal looking mountain with grass on the walkway.

    Start a new document 600x600.

    Set your colors to default black and white by pressing "D".

    Fill your background with black.

    Now go to Filter->Render-> Difference Clouds.

    Press CTRL+F 2 more times to apply it 2 more times.

    Now go to Filter->Stylize->Wind
    Method: Wind
    Direction: From the Right

    Press CTRL+F five times to reapply the wind filter 5 more times.

    Now go to Image->Rotate Canvas->90CCW.

     

    Now go to Filter->Sharpen->Unsharp Mask.

    Amount: 500%
    Radius: 2.0
    Threshold: 0

    Then Filter->Sharpen->Sharpen. do this twice.

     

    Then Duplicate this layer, and hide the top layer. We'll work with the bottom layer now.

    With the bottom layer selected, go to Image->Adjustments->Color Balance.

    For each of the tone balance, set the following color levels.
    Midtones: [-49] [+100] [-100]
    Shadows: [-53] [-100] [-100]
    Highlights: [-48] [-36] [-69]

    Of course, you can play around with these tone balance settings, you can get really nice colors playing with these values.

    Below is what I got in my final using the above settings.