This effect was generated in Filter Forge, a Photoshop plugin that allows you to create your own filters.
This snippet allows a texture to be cycled through all orbital phases, at any size and at any angle.
If you have any questions about how to use this snippet you can email me by using the email link above this description.
This snippet uses the ‘Any Angle Rotate’ snippet developed by uberzev and byRo – Thank you.
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