This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to recreate the iconic, Star Wars Millennium Falcon hyperspace
effect.
I prepared this image for us of the iconic, Star Wars Millennium Falcon cockpit.
You can download it from the link in my video's description or project files.
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The first step is to make a new layer under the cockpit by Ctrl or Cmd-clicking the New
Layer icon.
We'll fill the empty layer with black, but before we do, check your foreground and background
colors.
If they aren't black and white, press "D" on your keyboard.
If the colors are inverted, press "x".
To fill it with the black foreground color, press Alt or Option + Delete.
Copy the layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J and temporarily hide the cockpit layer.
We'll make the copy of the black layer into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Go to Filter, Noise, and Add Noise".
The amount is 100%, Gaussian, and Monochromatic.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Go back to Filter, Blur, and Gaussian Blur.
Blur it point 5 pixels.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Levels".
Make the Input black level: 110 and the Input white level: 150.
Shift-click the "Layer 1 copy" to make it active as well and convert the two active
layers into a Smart Object.
Make 2 copies of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J twice.
Temporarily hide the 2 copies and make the original Smart Object active.
Go to Filter, Blur, and Radial Blur.
The amount is 100, the Blur Method is Zoom, and the Quality is Best.
Repeat the filter by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F on Windows or Cmd + Ctrl + F on a Mac.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click Levels.
We want the adjustment layer to only affect the one layer below it.
However, because adjustment layers affect all layers below them in the Layers panel,
we'll need to clip or restrict it by making it into a clipping mask.
To do this, click the Clipping mask icon or you can go to Layer and "Create Clipping Mask".
Make the Input black level 37 and the Input white level 70.
Click the Levels 1 layer to make it active and click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer
mask next to it.
Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker.
Pick a soft, round brush.
Make the Size 700 pixels, the Hardness is 0% and the opacity and flow are both 100%.
Go to the center and click once.
We'll increase the size of the radial zoom effect, but before we do click off the chain-link
between the layer and the layer mask to unlink them.
Doing this allow us to resize or reposition either of them independently of the other.
Make the radial blur layer active and press Ctrl or Cmd + T to open your Transform Tool.
If you see this message, it's just letting us know that the smart filters will be temporarily
turned off while using the Transform Tool.
At the top, make sure the chain-link icon is active between the Transform's width and
height.
In either field, type in 155%.
Then, click Enter or Return twice.
Shift-click the Levels 2 layer to make it active as well.
We'll place them into a folder by pressing ctrl or Cmd + G. Make the Levels 1 copy visible
and active.
Change its Blend Mode to Linear Dodge.
Open the radial blur filter and make the amount 10.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click Levels.
Clip it to the "Levels 1 copy".
Make the Input black level 44 and the Input white level 133.
Make the Levels 1 copy active and click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask next
to it.
With your Brush Tool still active, we'll reduce its size by pressing the bracket key on our
keyboard 2 times, so its size is 500 pixels.
At the center and click once.
Shift-click the Levels 3 adjustment layer to make it active as well.
Then, place them into a folder.
Make the "Levels 1 copy 2" layer visible and active and change its Blend Mode to Linear
Dodge.
Open the Radial Blur filter and make the amount 20.
Double-click an empty area of the layer to open the Layer Style window.
We'll be using the Blend If filter to achieve the next effect.
Blend If basically uses the luminosity of layers to blend them together.
The Current Layer is the active layer, and the Underlying Layer represents all the layers
below the active layer in the Layers panel.
By dragging the left, black slider of the Current Layer, we're making the blackest blacks
disappear on the active layer.
In other words, pixels to the left of the black slider will be transparent and pixels
to the right of the black slider will be visible.
For this example, let s drag it to 70.
We'll place all the radial blur layers into a folder by Shift-clicking the "Group 1" folder
to make all three radial blur layers active and pressing Ctrl or Cmd + G. Make a new layer
above it.
Open the Channels panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Channels.
Ctrl or Cmd-click any of the thumbnails to select all the tones.
Open back the Layers panel and hide the folder.
So now, we have a selection of the combined tones of the radial blur layers against a
black background.
We'll fill the selection with white and since our background color is white, press Ctrl
or Cmd + Delete.
Deselect it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D. Double-click the thumbnail of Layer 2 to open its Layer
Style window.
Click Outer Glow and the color box.
In the hexadecimal field, type in 0048FF.
The Blend Mode is Normal, the Opacity is 75%, and the Noise s 0.
The Technique is Softer, the Spread is 0, and the Size is 10 pixels.
The Contour is linear, and the Range is 50%.
Make a copy of the layer which doubles its brightness.
Make the original layer active and click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask next
to it.
Increase the brush's size to 1100 pixels.
Go to the center and click once.
Make the cockpit visible.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!