Adobe Photoshop / Brilliant Light Streaks

Tutorial by Design Reviver

1. Create a new layer and fill it with black
2. Create a new layer and fill it with white
3. Filter > Render > Lighting Effects - Dark color
4. Create a new layer and set it to Screen
5. Make a circular selection with Marquee Tool
6. Select > Modify > Feather - Feather Radius: 20px
7. Fill the selection with Radial Gradient Tool
8. Duplicate the layer and hide the original
9. Transform the layer and make it flat
10. Filter > Distort > Wave - Number of Generators: 3, Wavelength: Min. 50 Max. 300, Amplitude: Min. 30 Max. 100, Scale: 100%
11. Filter > Distort > Twirl