: How to create this effect in photoshop CS5 First let me start off by saying that I'm a programmer and have very little experience with Photoshop, so thanks for helping me out! I'm trying to

@Pierce403

You could create the initial vector paths in Illustrator, then bring them into Photoshop to style and colour them.

I'd start by drawing a rectangle, then rotate it to the angle you want. From there, dupe it up many times — enough to cover your entire area and then some. You can do this by dragging the first rectangle and holding the option key down (in Illustrator). That will dupe one copy. Keep hitting command-D to Transform Again.

You should now have a bunch of parallel lines.



You can now use Object → Transform → Transform Each to randomize their positions (and or rotation and size). Turn on Random and Preview, and edit the Move values.



Once you're happy with the lines, you can select them all and copy. Paste them into Photoshop as a Shape Layer. You'll now have what you want, in Photoshop, and ready to style as suitable.

It should be possible to get a wide range of effects by varying the source rectangle or Transform Each.

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@Carla748

You can draw the diagonal lines on a logarithmic scale to get that effect. It would be both symmetric and varied.

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