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Today we're going to be making a rainbow in space. We'll start off in Phototshop, with a 700x600 canvas, and the first layer should be transparent.
Now there are several ways to do the next step. All we're going to do it make another layer, and make it fully black. This will be our space background. Simplest way to do this is to grab the brush, make it 100% opaque, and colour in the whole layer. Make sure it's all coloured.
Now we're going to make another layer, and start the colours of the rainbow. Just letting you know in advance, we're going to have a different layer for each colour and merge them later. change the brush to the fan one, shown below, and shift click to get a straight line, shown below the brush.
Now make another layer, name it the colour you want (I'm going from purple to red, but you can go whereever), and progress through the colours, making a new layer for each one. This picture represents how colours are in a rainbow due to the spectrum, so bear that in mind if you're doing an abtract colour scheme.
Okay, so as I said, progress through the colours, shift clicking them to make them straight. All on different layers.
Eventually you should have something that looks like this;
And your layers should look like this;
Now go into Image -> Adjustments -> Vibrance, and increase the Saturation all the way. It won't look too different, it's just making the colours more intense.
Now merge all of those coloured layers together, by right clicking them from the top going down, and clicking merge down. Going from top to bottom is important, because if you do it from bottom to top, the first one will merge into the black, and we don't want that. We want all of the colours in one layer, like so;
Now grab our favourite tool, the smudge tool. Make the diameter slightly more than the entire width of the rainbow, and start in the center, and go outwards. when the whole length is done, go back to the center and go the other way. I do this, because going from the side brings un-wanted drag and black into the picture. It also helps to vibrate the tool slightly across the colours, to make them merge a bit more.
Or, if you're feeling a bit more confident, have a go at something with a bit more shape. You can get things like this from some easy movements with the same smudge tool, with a slightly larger diameter.

Now there are several ways to do the next step. All we're going to do it make another layer, and make it fully black. This will be our space background. Simplest way to do this is to grab the brush, make it 100% opaque, and colour in the whole layer. Make sure it's all coloured.

Now we're going to make another layer, and start the colours of the rainbow. Just letting you know in advance, we're going to have a different layer for each colour and merge them later. change the brush to the fan one, shown below, and shift click to get a straight line, shown below the brush.


Now make another layer, name it the colour you want (I'm going from purple to red, but you can go whereever), and progress through the colours, making a new layer for each one. This picture represents how colours are in a rainbow due to the spectrum, so bear that in mind if you're doing an abtract colour scheme.

Okay, so as I said, progress through the colours, shift clicking them to make them straight. All on different layers.
Eventually you should have something that looks like this;

And your layers should look like this;

Now go into Image -> Adjustments -> Vibrance, and increase the Saturation all the way. It won't look too different, it's just making the colours more intense.

Now merge all of those coloured layers together, by right clicking them from the top going down, and clicking merge down. Going from top to bottom is important, because if you do it from bottom to top, the first one will merge into the black, and we don't want that. We want all of the colours in one layer, like so;

Now grab our favourite tool, the smudge tool. Make the diameter slightly more than the entire width of the rainbow, and start in the center, and go outwards. when the whole length is done, go back to the center and go the other way. I do this, because going from the side brings un-wanted drag and black into the picture. It also helps to vibrate the tool slightly across the colours, to make them merge a bit more.

Or, if you're feeling a bit more confident, have a go at something with a bit more shape. You can get things like this from some easy movements with the same smudge tool, with a slightly larger diameter.
