Beginner Tut: How to make an explosion

First create a new project 400x400 pixels. Make sure your colours are black and white like this: http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/Tut1.png


Make a cloud render (Filter > Render > Clouds) and then auto colour it (Image > Ajustments > Auto colour) it should look somthing along the lines of this:

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/Tut2.png



Now click Filter > Distort > Polar cooardinates and use "Polar to rectangular" as the setting.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/Tut3.png



Flip your canvas 90 degrees counter-clockwise (Image > Rotate canvas > 90 degrees CCW).

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/Tut4.png



Add wind to your project (Filter > Stylize > Wind) and use "From left" and "Stagger" as the settings.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/Tut5.png



Now take out your soft brush and brush the left side of the canvas about 2 cm's think (3/4 inch).

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/tut7.png



Flip your canvas again but this time 90 degrees CLOCK WISE.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/tut8.png



Now click Filter > Distort > Polar cooardinates but thuis time select "Rectangular to polar" as the setting.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...yance/tut9.png



This is what your canvas should look like now:

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut10.png



Get your lasso tool out (Press L) and outline the part of the explosion you want like seen in the image below:

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut12.png



Now right click and inverse your selection, then right click again and feather it 15 pixels.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut13.png



Fill this selection in with black to complete your explosion.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut14.png



To add "Firey" colour to this just click the appointed tool in the image and select the gradient map option.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut15.png



Now its time to customize your colours! Make a redish colour on the right side and a yellowish colour on the right. I will let you do this yourself.

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut17.png

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut16.png

http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...ance/tut18.png

DONE!

Not bad :) I might use some day

I repped + u u should do same for me being so kind haha ;) or not

But nice tut

I have a gimp brush that makes same effect then you can just do colorise

Nice Tuotorial.

Its nice. I think I have explosion brushes though. Either way it nice.

Thanks for the rep bear and not to be mean or anything (you seem very nice) but I can only rep you if you made a contribution in a topic like a tut or something. Sorry I just dont belive in false credit.

----Added 27/4/2009 at 2:31 PM----
Oh and can someboy hook me up with that explosion brushe? That would be better then trying to mimic it.

Uhh I don't remember where I got it from. I don't even know if I have it still cuz I had to reformat my older desktop and I recently just bought a new one for my room so I probably don't even have it anymore.

oh ok never mind then.