Today’s tutorial is more about showing you a technique that allows you to come up with a bunch of different results by yourself, and while it can easily be used as a standalone wallpaper, for example, you can also add this effect to large projects. The result above is simply some result I came up with, and I am sure it can get much better than that…

1. Create a new document, and fill the background layer with black. See my settings below.

2. Next, use Filter>Render>Lens Flare to create a 50-300mm Zoom flare right in the middle of the image, using the default settings of the tool.

3. Use the Smudge Tool until you get a result similar to what you can see below.

4. Now, go to Filter>Distort>Wave, and use the Randomize feature until you get a decent result.

5. Duplicate the current layer(it should be the only one in your document), and then use the Wave filter on it again. When done, switch the blending mode of the new layer to Screen, and move it around until you get a good-looking result(see mine below).

6. The time has come to use your own creativity now. As an example, I’ll play with the Hue/Saturation settings for each of the two layers of the image.

To achieve the result from the image at the beginning of the article, merge the existing layers, invert the image and play with Hue/Saturation settings. Good luck!