Nebula Effect

This effect is something that Otaku figured out while pretending to work on a science project. Behold.

Start out with a plain black image. This one was 5" x 5", but it shouldn't matter. Feather the lasso tool with something like 40 pixels. (I know, I hate feathered selections too) Now create a random ellipsoid selection. This'll be your nebula outline. Now, with red as foreground color and black as background color, render clouds.

Now, create a new layer. Expand the selection by about 10, and replace red with blue. Render Clouds again. Now, give the blue layer an opacity setting of about 25-30%. Flatten the image.

Now, create another new layer. Create a new selection. It should be small and towards the center of your nebula. Replace blue with yellow. Render clouds. Seriously cut down the opacity (I used about 12%).

Now go to the background layer and twirl it slightly. I used 50%. Now, flatten the image, go to the center of your image, and render a Lens Flare.

Your nebula is complete.