In this quick Photoshop tutorial I am going to show how to create this digital looking background using a couple of filters and some lighting effects.
Open Photoshop and create a new document and copy these dimensions.
Make sure your foreground and background colours are set to black and white, create a new layer and name it “digital background” then run the Clouds filter ( Filter > Render > Clouds )
Next run the Gaussian blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur ) over the clouds your just created. Set the radius to 35. Try to get a nice smooth look.
Run the Halftone Pattern filter ( Filter > Sketch > Halftone Pattern ) set size to 5, contrast to 4 and pattern type to dot
Now run a Motion blur filter ( Filter > Blur > Motion blur ) set the angle to 57 and the distance to 30.
We’ve got the basic background effect with a couple of filters, now to add some colour, light and shadow.
To add some shadow were going to add a gradient layer ( layer > new fill layer > gradient ) when the dialog box comes up name the layer “Shadow” and set the layer mode to normal.
Set the gradiant going from black to transparent, the angle to 62 and the scale to 100%
Now to add a bit of colour, add another gradient layer ( layer > new fill layer > gradient ) when the dialog box comes up name the layer “Colour” and set the layer mode to overlay.
You can pick any colours you like, I set my gradient going from red to green, the angle to 35 and the scale to 100%.
To give the effect a bit more edge were going to add some TV lines by adding a pattern overlay, but first we need to create the pattern.
Open a new document and copy the settings below.
Use the pencil tool to colour the top pixel black so you have something like below.
Select all ( Select > All ) now with the document selected define a pattern ( Edit > Define Pattern ) and when the dialog box comes up name it ‘TV lines’, once your done you can close the document, there is no need to save it.
Now to apply the TV Lines pattern, with the digital effect document selected apply a pattern fill ( layer > new fill layer > pattern ) when the dialog box comes up name the layer “TV Lines” and set the layer mode to overlay.
Pick the pattern you just created and hit ok.
That’s basically it.. you can play with it a bit more, apply some lighting filters, add some text, etc… get creative
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