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Create a Rainbow in Photoshop

By Sue Chastain, About.com

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Finishing the Rainbow

The finished rainbow.
9. Optional: Add a slight gaussian blur to the rainbow to soften the edges.

10. Select the bottom half of the rainbow and delete.

11. Deselect.

You now have a rainbow in its own layer which you can copy to another document or save for future use.

Watch a video version of this tutorial.

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