Okay, in this tutorial i am going to teach you how to make a plasma orb. If you dont get the tutorial, read it thourougly and u will.
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-Create a document 500x500
-reset your colors
-set your gradient to difference
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Go crazy with your gradient until you get something similar to this.

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Filter Distort Wave

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Duplicate the layer and call it L1
Edit- Transform-
Flip Horizontal--Set layer to
lighten
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Duplicate Layer L1 and call this SF1
--Edit Free Transform- FLIP VERTICAL
set to soft light

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Duplicate Layer SF1 and call this SF2
---Edit Free Transform Flip horizontal
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Flatten the whole image
--Filter Distort Polar Coordinates
-Polar To Rectangle

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Then duplicate the layer
- FIlter Blur Gaussion Blur
-2-4 blur radius
====Set Layer to ligten-gives shiney effect
FLATTEN IMAGE
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Create a color Balance Layer

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FLATTEN IMAGE
heres what i got in the end.