Alien Glow Background

1) Open a new document (300x300) - once opened fill the layer black, then go to filter > render > lens flare, do this mulitiply times. (position them however you wish) Here is what i can up with:



2) Click filter > sketch > chrome. I used these settings (detail:7 smoothness:5) - now lets add some colour.. so press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘U’ - here’s the settings i used: (play around with these settings untill you find somthing you like)



3) Duplicate this layer, and set the mode to ‘lighten’. Click filter > disort > wave (click randomize 3 times) now press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘E’ (this merges the layers both layers into one layer)



4) Duplicate the layer again, click edit > transform > flip horizontal and set blend mode to lighten. Merge this by pressing ‘Ctrl’ and ‘E’.



5) Duplicate the layer one last time, click edit > transform > flip vertical and set blend mode to lighten, Merge this by pressing ‘Ctrl’ and ‘E’. Heres your final result:



Optional: Using the colour hue/saturation ‘ctrl + u’ you can change the colour of this effect very easy.. here is what i got by change the colour:



Using the above methods exactly.. but changing the colour on stage 2 to a lighter green, i made this: