Open Adobe Photoshop make a new document with these settings:
Width: 400
Height: 400
Resolution: 72
Mode: RGB colour
Content: Transparent
filter > Render > clouds.. you should have this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast1.gif
filter > Sketch > Chrome with these settings:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast3.gif
You should now have something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast2.gif
filter > Blur > Radial Blur with these settings:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast4.gif
You should now have something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast5.gif
filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges with these settings:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast6.gif
You should now have something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast7.gif
filter > Blur > Radial Blur with these settings:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast4.gif
You now should have something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast8.gif
filter > Change Colour ( Ctrl + u ) with any settings but I used these:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast9.gif
You should now have something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...als/blast10.gif
Now you can leave it here or go a little further to get what I think is a better result.
Ok now select all ( ctrl + a )
Copy ( ctrl + c )
Paste ( ctrl + v )
move to top left corner
Paste ( ctrl + v )
move to top right corner
Paste ( ctrl + v )
move to bottom left corner
Paste ( ctrl + v )
move to bottom right corner..
merge the layers you just moved into one ( ctrl + e )
You should now have something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...als/blast11.gif
now change layer style to lighten! you get something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...als/blast12.gif
filter > blur > radial blur with these settings:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...ials/blast4.gif
you should get something like this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...als/blast13.gif
now this doesn't look so good.. so were going to change the colour of layer 2
Change it to a nice red.. I got this:
http://iski.uni.cc/i...als/blast14.gif
Here is the first one I made.. only I kept to blue ; )
http://iski.uni.cc/i...s/blast_big.jpg
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
Copyright zip_mc
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Edited by zip_mc, 10 October 2004 - 02:51 AM.














