Vortex Effect

Step 1

Create a of any size, I'm using 400x400 for this example.

Now press "D" on your keyboard to reset the foreground and background colors to black and white respectively

Step 2

Go to "Filter->Distort->Diffuse Glow" and apply the following settings:

and click ok

Step 3

Go to "Filter->Blur->Radial Blur and apply the following settings:

and click ok

Step 4

Go to "Filter->Stylize->Glowing Edges and apply the following settings:

and click ok

Step 5

Go to "Filter->Distort->ZigZag and apply the following settings:

and click ok

Step 6

Press Ctrl + J on your keyboard to duplicate this layer.

Change the blending mode of this layer to "screen":

Step 7

Go to "Filter->Artistic->Plastic Wrap and apply the following settings:

Step 8

Apply select Background copy layer and press Ctrl+U and use these color

Next click on the bottom most layer (the background layer) and press CTRL + U on your keyboard to bring up the Hue/Saturation tool. We will use this tool to quickly add color to our piece. Apply the following settings:

Make sure "colorize" box is checked

Next click the top most layer (our duplicate layer), press Ctrl + U on your keyboard and apply the following settings:

Make sure "colorize" box is checked

Try testing different settings in literally any of the steps in this tutorial to get a completely different look or effect. Have fun and experiment!

Here's how mine example turned out: