Explosion Tutorial

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make a nice explosion effect.

1. Make a new picture in 400*400 pixles. Restore the backgroundcolors by pressing "D". Then make a new layer by pressing "Shift+Ctrl+N". Fill your layer with black.

2. Use the "Polygon Lasso Tool (L) and make a figure like mine below.

3.Go to "Filter - Disort - Ripple" and apply the settings like this.

4. Now go to "Filter - Blur - Radial Blur" and apply this settings.

5. Your picture should look something like this now.

6. Rightclick at your layer and choose "Blending Options" and apply this settings.

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7. Finished ! Your explosion effect should look like this now.

Congratulations! You've now made your own explosion effect.