In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a crazy explosion, like a mix of Magneto's ability with Peter Petrelli's power. We will use images and filters to produce this wave explosion effect. Even though it may look like a difficult tutorial, it's really not that hard.
Final Image Preview
Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Click the screenshot below to view the full-size image. As always, the full Photoshop file is available via our PSDTUTS Plus membership.
Step 1
Open a new document. I used 800x600px. Look for a road photo on the Internet. The one I used can be downloaded here. After downloading, place the photo in your document.
Step 2
Now we need a photo of a person. The one I used can be found here. Once you have your photo, it's time to extract the guy from the background. Using the Pen Tool(P) create a path like in the image below. After that go to the Paths Palette and create a selection from that path. Then go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal Selection. Lastly, I named this layer "dude."
Step 3
Go to Edit>Transform>Scale and reduce the size of the guy. Then go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. We do that to match the light direction.
Step 4
Go to Image>Adjustments>Curves. The idea here is to darken the guy a little bit so he will fit better with the background. Use the image below as a reference.
Step 5
Holding Cmd/Ctrl click on the mask thumb of the "dude" layer. That will create a marquee selection of the guy. After that create a new layer. Rename it to "shadow" and fill it with black. Then go to Edit>Transform>Distort and move the vertices to make the shadow in perspective. The last thing here is go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur.
Step 6
Grab the Ellipse Tool(U). Select Paths instead of Shape Layer. Create a Circle, like the image below. After that grab the Direct Selection Tool(A) and adjust the bottom of the circle.
Step 7
Create a new layer. Rename it to "clouds." Then go to Filter>Render>Clouds. While holding Alt, click on Clouds. After that go to the Path's Palette and create a selection from the path and mask the layer.
Tip: As you will be using the Render>Clouds, you will probably need to apply the filter several times until you got the clouds just right. Keep working with it until the light and dark areas are in a good position.
Step 8
Go to Filter>Liquefy. In the Liquefy Dialog Box select the Bloat Tool (B). Then for the settings use: Brush Size 550, Brush Density 100, Brush Pressure 100, Brush Rate 60, and Turbulent Jitter 75.
Then select the Show Backdrop Option. That will allow you to see the clouds and the background. It will be necessary to use the Bloat Tool in the right place. Click a few times and deselect the Show Backdrop. Then you will see the effect and will be able to repeat it more times in the correct place.
Step 9
Change the Blend Mode of the cloud layer to Soft Light. Then create another layer and rename it to "Clouds 2" and repeat Steps 7 and 8. We will need another cloud to make it more turbulent. This time, however, use Multiply for the Blend Mode.
After that, create yet another layer. Rename it to "Clouds 3" and repeat Steps 7 and 8. For this layer use Color Dodge for the Blend Mode. The last thing here is with the Eraser Tool (E) delete some parts. This layer is used to give highlights to the clouds.
Step 10
Group the "Clouds 3" layer and go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal All. After that, select the Brush Tool (B), give it a black color, and mask some parts of the clouds that are close to the ground.
Step 11
Select the "Clouds" layer and go to Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen More. Then repeat this Sharpen filter on Clouds 2 and 3 layers.
Step 12
Create a new layer. Rename it to "Glow." Fill it with white and go to the Path Palette. Create a selection from the clouds path as we did in Step 9. Then mask the layer.
After that go to Layer>Layer Style>Outer Glow. Use the default settings. Then go to Layer>Layer Style>Create Layer. This command will create another layer from the Outer Glow. You can delete the white layer and leave just the Outer Glow layer.
Step 13
Create a folder called "Lights." Move the "Glow" layer to this folder. Next select the "Glow" layer. Then go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal All. Then select the Brush Tool, black for the color, and start masking the glow. We need just the outline; however, some bright spots in the middle will give a nice result.
Step 14
Create a new layer beneath the clouds group. Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool create a selection like the image below. Fill the layer with black and use 40% Opacity.
Step 15
Go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal All. After that select the Gradient Tool(G) and use a black and white gradient. Then mask the layer, like in the image below.
Step 16
Duplicate the layer and go to Layer>Layer Mask>Apply. Then go to Edit>Transform>Distort. Repeat the same thing we did for the shadow of the guy on this layer. Group these two layers and rename the group to "Shadows."
Step 17
Create a new layer right above the road photo. Go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Then go to Filter>Distort>ZigZag. Use 100 for the Amount and 5 for the Ridges. For the Style use Pond Ripples.
Step 18
Now go to Edit>Transform>Distort. Distort the layer until you get the right perspective. After that, change the Blend Mode to Overlay. Again, as we are using Render Clouds, the results may vary so you might need to erase some parts to make it more realistic.
Step 19
Create an Elliptical Selection like the image below. Then fill it with black. After that, create another Elliptical Selection, but smaller. Then delete that part of the layer. With the Magic Wand Tool(W) select the black part of the layer.
Step 20
Duplicate the road's layer and select it. Make sure that you still have the Marquee Selection from the Step 19. Then go to Layer>Layer Mask>Reveal Selection. You can delete the black ellipse layer from the Step 19 or just hide it.
Go to Layer>Layer Styles>Bevel and Emboss. This is another way to create the ripple effect. You could use Displace as well.
Step 21
Go to Layer>New Layer Fill>Gradient. Use Radial for the Style. For the colors use #ddc396 and #2f1e00. Change the Blend mode to Color Dodge.
Step 22
Here I used another image from Stock.Xchng, image. Just place it on top of all layers and change the Blend Mode to Overlay.
Step 23
Now let's make some adjustments. First, lets darken our Magneto dude a bit more. Select the Burn Tool(S) and burn the back of the guy. After that, change the Blend Mode of the "ripples" layer to Soft Light. You can delete some parts of the clouds as well.
Step 24
Create a new folder, beneath the "dude" layer. Name the group "power" and change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge. After that, create a new layer inside of this group. Then using the Brush Tool with white color, create some lights coming from the hands of the guy. Tip: use a regular brush with 0% for the hardness.
After that you create another layer. Use some brushes to add more effects. I used some abstract brushes from http://brusheezy.com. Then add a Pink Outer Glow Layer Style.
Step 25
Import the truck image, you can download it at image. Then with the Magic Wand Tool(W) select and delete the background of the photo. Leave just the truck. After that go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Move the truck to the side of the road.
Step 26
Go to Image>Adjustments>Curves and make the truck a bit darker. After that, using the Rectangular Marquee Tool(M), create a rectangular selection a bit bigger than the truck. Then go to Filter>Blur>Radial Blur. For the settings use Amount 2, Method use Spin, and set Best Quality. Next go to Filter>Blur>Motion Blur. Then use -75 degrees for the angle and 3 pixels for the Distance.
Step 27
Now we will create the truck's shadow. To do that select the Truck's layer, click with the right button of the mouse and choose Select Pixels. Then create a new layer and fill it with black. Put this layer beneath the truck layer and go to Edit>Transform>Distort. Distort the shadow to make it look more real. Then go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Change the Opacity of this layer to 60%.
Step 28
Group the truck and the shadow layer and rename it to "truck." Then organize your folders in the Layers Palette.
Conclusion
You can add more elements to the image, like a traffic cone or more cars. But always change the curves in order to make the objects have the same lighting. That will make the image more realistic. For some effects, there will be many other ways to achieve a similar result. Experiment with different methods of achieving an effect, like we did with the ripples. Finally, stick with the ones you think are the best for that image.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Planit Designs April 15th
Amazing. Great work again Fabio. Much love.
( )Jos April 15th
great tutorial. loving the outcome!
( )LAi April 15th
wow….i love it..im into it……..
and i love all you work…..such a beautifulllll art….
( )simon April 15th
nice, good work, Fabio!
( )JPOG April 15th
Good stuffs Fabio.
( )BukYMast3R April 15th
Very innovative
( )Tom Weber April 15th
Wonderful effect! I didn’t think something like this could be done in such a simple way. I really like how you used the free stock from stock.xchng! Thanks for this!
( )Daniel April 15th
Wow!
By the way I love Heroes
Daniel
( )Colo April 15th
WOW!!! That’s an excelent job!!!
( )zwc101 April 15th
Nice work Fabio. I’ll be trying this at home
( )Dranixolf April 15th
Awesome! Gratz Fabio! this is a very realistic and cool effect!
( )Constantin Potorac April 15th
Thank you Fabio. Thank you!
( )Timmy April 15th
Freaking incredible! You’re the man Fabio, hands down.
( )kenneth April 15th
totally cool! serious!
( )godonholiday April 15th
WoW! great work.
( )Wouter April 15th
Wow , nice effect nice outcome
Keep up that good working !
( )David April 15th
Seriously…this is awesome!
( )Roy April 15th
Absolutly amazing
( )Coconut Pete April 15th
Amazing stuff, Wish I could make the result my wallpaper
( )BroOf April 15th
thats f***ing amazing thx for sharing this!!!
( )Salva April 15th
AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEE
( )giackop April 15th
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh fabio is a genius!!
( )Abhijeet April 15th
Yeah fabio u r awsomeeeeee thanks
( )František Navrkal April 15th
I am always eager to see your tutorials, mate. Great ideas, maybe a bit uneffective ways to achieve those effects, but the outcome still rocks.
( )John April 15th
Hey … This is definitely super!
I´m impressed about your work. Great job!
( )Carlos April 15th
Good tutorial, but I hope you respect constructive criticism. I feel that the final outcome doesn’t feel finished. There are two routes that could be gone down, but when creating images like these there needs to be a ’semantic field’ in picture terms so to speak.
I think that you should have either gone down the dark route and made the guy seem evil and given the image a dark ’semantic field’ or gone the good route, and made it more fantastical with sparkles and glows and such.
Very good tutorial, I just feel it needs to be finished.
( )Colin Stein April 15th
no offense to anyone on here, but this is probably the best or at least the coolest tutorial i’ve seen on psdtuts!
( )Markus April 15th
Is it possible!? That is the most awesome tutorial on this site! Serious! :O!
( )kremalicious April 15th
what a complex, creative and awesome tutorial! thanks for that.
( )Enes Kaya April 15th
WOOOOOOOW, very amazing
( )Shane April 15th
Wow! What a tutorial.
An amazing bit of work, and the final result is stunning.
Thanks for posting!
( )Daniel April 15th
outstanding work here ! thanks for this awesome tutorial.
( )Zach April 15th
very cool. saw the post on ur blog about the tutorial coming out soon. very impressive.
more please :{)
( )Fynn April 15th
Freakin’ awesome!!!
( )Jin Y April 15th
nice effect. 2 things:
1) if you’re creating a shockwave/bubble effect, then the objects behind the bubble should bend like if it were behind a glass, though as not much
2) also to create more realism to the final finish, you should’ve motion blurred the person(hair, shirt, etc), or nearby objects a bit, to make the shockwave(ripple) more believable.
( )godonholiday April 15th
Step 8? is that filter/liquify done with the mask selected or the cloud layer the mask is on? cheers
( )Adis April 15th
Hi,
WOW great effect nice job!
Keep up the good work..
Thanks!
( )kailoon April 15th
Amazing!
( )Danny April 15th
This is an incredible tutorial. I’ve always wanted to make such a cool effect, thanks!
( )Sean Farrell April 15th
THAT IS SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
( )Terry April 15th
pretty cool… i draw manga and this could be used for a neat cover effect.
( )eddy was here April 15th
woohooo!!!
( )goldenthunder April 15th
Awesome! I was excited for this one! Thank you!
( )omarterrones April 15th
this is absolutely fantastic!!!
( )james April 15th
your just too great fabio…too great
( )my man
Ben Griffiths April 15th
The tutorials here just get better and better, thanks!
( )Matt Radel April 15th
VERY strong. You guys have been rockin’ out some killer stuff. Keep it up!!!
( )Andrew D April 15th
Now this is a PSDTUTS tutorial!!!
( )Arnaud April 15th
Fucking works
( )sticktacular April 15th
this is really cool! awesome effect
There is one thing i noticed, and that is when you are looking through the bubble, everything seems distorted, right? Well, shouldnt the guy look distorted too if I, the viewer, is looking at the person through the bubble?
great tutorial though!
( )David April 15th
very very nice!
( )McLovven April 15th
http://www.dstrukt.com/personal/things-fall-apart/
( )Stanley April 15th
seems very long, I’m going to check this out when i get home. I love that effect
( )Paulo Sales April 15th
this is the stuff…!
( )Grant Friedman April 15th
Pretty sweet Fabio!
( )Lamin Barrow April 15th
This is a great piece of digital art work. As always i find works very inspirational Fabio. Thanks for all the effort.
( )fleox April 15th
funny!
( )skut April 15th
amazing
( )Jarryd B April 15th
A really awesome tute. Great. Will definately need to try this one.
( )Joefrey Mahusay April 15th
Perfect Tutorial Fabio. I like this effect. Thanks for sharing
( )nitos April 15th
wow thank you.. I thought It was going to be in your website!
( )hand April 15th
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for sharing it with us.
( )Aminur Rahman [aka Tom R] April 15th
wow, this is awesome
( )Flaunt April 15th
very inspirational. a true example of what a creative mind paired with this program can do
( )Erika April 15th
Incredible!
( )Cameron Rad April 15th
Hey Fabio. Did you try filter-distort-spherize instead of the bloat tool? I was just wondering if that is easier or if it just didn’t work.
O and Great Job!
( )mahc8a8 April 15th
It seems that the truck is out of proportion, too small.
( )LouieP April 15th
awesome.
( )Deezul6 April 15th
Wow! This is incredible!
( )Art-TC April 15th
w0w! Incredible!
( )Kim Dolleris April 15th
Hehe… Actully pretty nice there Fabio!
( )Mbithi April 15th
EXCELLENT FABIO!!!Had been waiting for this since you said you were doing it!!And you DID NOT dissapoint!!
( )Saswata April 15th
tis is a cool tutorial but i still think the lighting bit needs more than just a bit of curve manipulation! if you look close enough, shades are nt consistent. maybe i look a bit too close…
( )Adel April 15th
one word
Amazing
u really r genius
this is exactly the kind of tutorials I need
thank u thank u thank u thank u
( )D. Carreira April 15th
What a tutorial! That’s GREAT!
David Carreira
( )Px April 15th
Is it just me or does the shadow just seem wrong?
( )Simon April 15th
Check out
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DS4wG904xBw
this is a collective piece by The Ronin and Chris Hewitt. Watch to the end to see a very similar explosion….but in motion.
In my eyes this is one of the best short pieces in recent times…..very very well done.
Enjoy.
( )Defectiv April 15th
Very nice one! Needs a few touches as stated above but looking at just the effect, very, very nice!
( )rasesh April 15th
Amazing
thank u thank u thank u thank u
Its Realy Help Full
( )Harry April 15th
OUTSTANDING TUT
( )Akaichi April 15th
Greatest job!!!very coooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!
( )Spyece April 15th
Awesome! i like this. Also i love PSDTuts as it is always up with the best.
( )Adil April 15th
AWSOMEEEEEEEEEE, Great Tut Fabio!!!
( )Phoenix April 15th
Awesome! Tottaly stuned!
( )lizardboi April 15th
Cool! I like Second Sight and Psi Ops, i almost hear the noise of this effect – whoom!
( )Has.n April 15th
Very very gud, its the best tutorial!!! Thank u man!!!! Its very useful for other works!!!!!
( )Johan April 15th
Yep yep cool!
( )Alessandro Giglio April 15th
Great tut, Fabio!
( )Xavier April 15th
Awesome tut!
( )wildwise April 15th
really smart
( )Nameless April 15th
This is awsome! Just like in Dstrukt’s showreel 2007 (Check it out: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_v5_ZmQmkIc)
( )Constantin Potorac April 15th
Yes well I was the one that suggested Fabio to make that amazing effect. And it seems he did an amazing job.
( )Constantin Potorac April 15th
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mFq2uClwxOo&feature=related
( )Chris Spooner April 15th
Great idea with a fantastic outcome!
Chris
( )Pedro Henrique April 15th
totaly crazy brother…
( )very very very cool….
Fabio Sasso April 16th
First thank you all for the comments, I’m really happy you liked the tut.
Now, I agree that the image needs more adjustments I have done some from the original to this one for the tutorial… however the idea for this tut was to show how to create that explosion bubble as Constantin had requested me
@Cameron Rad: I tried that filter but for me liquify was the easiest one to adjust the size of the bubble…
( )Harry April 16th
Awesome tut still Fabio check my outcome at
http://nibblett.deviantart.com/art/Transformers-on-a-road-82904708
The bubble didnt work with the idea but still awesome
( )Ben April 16th
Stunnig effect, i think i’ll use it in an upcomming project.
( )Artsteez April 16th
amazing as always.
( )LOWPOP April 16th
If someone curious, or in love with design, any way it goes, check out the DSTRUKT showreel, this idea comes from this guy , on an incredible motion design scene. Awesome tutorial by the way, didn’t thought i could understand the mechanisms of such an effect. The problem is : now everyone will use it. haha. Anyway, if you want to see this picture in motion : dstrukt motionreel 2007 ( one of the best ).
( )Gimper April 16th
superb effect! thanks fabio
( )ZaFaR April 16th
FABIO! You had done wonderful job, I specially thank u to share tutorials, plz some more get it brother.
( )del-fuego April 16th
Great tutorial.
As PX mentioned earlier though, the shadows are going the wrong way. The figure is lit from above and to his right slightly, therefore his shadow should extend out in front of him, not behind, as it does.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining…. I’m very impressed with the tutorials I’ve seen on here and this one is fantastic.
( )vidya April 16th
reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy GREAT work! n awesome
thanks a lot 4 writing ths tutorial
( )BenRulz April 16th
gret stuff…amazing design…good job..!!
( )KEV April 16th
AMAAAZZZZINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGG!
I TRIED IT BT..I HAD ISSUES HOW CAN WE GET IN TOUCH!
( )Cameron Rad April 16th
Thanks Fabio. I tried the spherize filter and i didn’t like the look it gave it. I also tried liquifing the road a bit and it turned it turned out pretty good. Thanks again.
Cameron
( )ROHIT SAWANT April 16th
Greate tuturial
( )Joshua Michie April 16th
…now how did they animate it in after effects? or was that in photoshop as well?
( )Skeku April 16th
Very good tutorial. Like I said in Abduzeedo, same nice effect than “Things Fall Apart” made by “Devoid of Yesterday”
( )Dan April 16th
WOW – BLOWN AWAY. I never post comments on websites BUT this is by far one of the best i’ve seen on PsdTuts. Great job Fabio – Keep up the good work.
( )Milton Pacheco April 16th
Really awsome tutorial. I like how it has a movie poster look to it. Nice job!
( )Ignician Website Design April 16th
Fabio stuff you are teaching us is just incredible.
( )Carolina April 16th
Excellent tut.
( )Mads April 17th
GREAT!
( )Will April 17th
Awesome effect, nice to move away from the glowing neon effects. They are cool, but perhaps alternate them :p
Will
( )Engage Interactive – Web Design Harrogate
Codered April 17th
Thanks for the tut, but what can i do if i want to use a high resolution image , because when i use the Liquify Filter , the max size of brush is 600, it doesnt fit my clouds
( )Batsirai Musuka April 17th
Wow!!! mindblowing. l’m new to this site and l would love to say great job to every1.
Fabio U rock!!!
( )JamesH April 18th
Wow,
I never comment on tutes here, but this…
this was incredible, NICE WORK!
THANKYOU!!
( )Chris April 18th
excactly the same effects as in this video:
( )http://www.dstrukt.com/personal/things-fall-apart/
Evan April 18th
great tutorial! Pro effect done like a pro. Maybe crack the street lines or have them bend. Maybe even have the guy elevating!
( )mirel April 18th
on of best tutorials ever..TY
( )Bert April 19th
Very great tutorial thx man!
Only I think on the final outcome it looks a bit pixely, and a bit too blurey, would be cool if it was HQ and some objects a lil sharper.
Grtz, great effect!
( )Katalog Stron April 19th
One simple word: AMAZING EFFECT.
( )Virtualboss91 April 19th
Great Tuto Thanks ,
This is my picture :
http://img369.imageshack.us/my.php?image=destructionvx0.jpg
( )socialtalker April 21st
Excellent! this tutorial gives me an idea for a perfect design of a web site i have. Cant wait to start on it. Thanks!
( )Tanie projektowanie April 21st
Amazing! Really amazing!!! BIG Respect!
( )QBA April 22nd
really cool……if only i could do ..the %10 of that ,,jaja
( )Hai Nghiem April 22nd
Unbelievable. It is wonderful tutorial. Great Job. Thanks
( )naidokdin April 22nd
GOOD…
( )ty April 23rd
not bad but definetly not amazing, i cant believe this site is ran off wordpress lol, what did everyone become wordpress noobs in a year or what? lol
( )Qbrushes April 23rd
nice work fabio.. i think if there was a ripple effect added to the ball it would have looked a little bit better..
( )STVerschoof April 24th
I hope you guys see what I see, the tut is amazing but it still says abduzeedo so the credit goes to them guys! anyway, nice tut
( )soccergrlx0x April 25th
Great job. One comment though – I think your shadows could use a bit more work. The shadow on the guy is actually going the wrong way if you look at what direction the sun is hitting his shirt. Also I’m not so sure about the shadow of the truck. Just some thoughts & minor critique but other than that thanks for sharing!!!
( )FlashRipper April 25th
Cool! Nice work! 5+
( )Arif April 25th
Awesome effect
( )Pepekun April 25th
Those Technical my remember much to Cell Vs Goku and see to a Son Gohan fighting versus cells jr,. And also in Heroes serie.
( )Gabriel April 26th
Not much to say, just “Mindblowing”
( )Chris Barnett April 26th
Great tutorial. Love all you do. Can’t wait to try it out.
( )st elmo April 27th
This is an amazing tutorial i gotta addmit but could someone perhaps help me?
i’ve been fine up untill step 7 i know how to make a selection from the path but i’m not so sure wether i’m masking it right because when i use the bloat tool in liquify it doesn’t work =/
It’s probably something very simple but i’d appreciate it if anyone could help. =]
thanks.
( )afg89 April 28th
I tried this and i got a spectacular effect for my website. Thanks you.
( )SaberRider April 28th
Great Tut….
this is my work……
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/6329/explodingguy2ft4.jpg
( )Gama April 29th
Incredible man, it is very very good. Congrats
( )Silviu April 29th
incredible
( )John Rice April 29th
Very nice.
( )sanmus April 30th
cool
( )iuliux May 1st
sweeeeeet
( )Raido May 1st
wow, that is soo cool. will try out as soon as I can.
Great work dude!!!!
( )Umakant May 1st
gr8 one
( )Shokwaav May 1st
I’m trying to do it but how do you make a selection from the path?
( )Dave May 2nd
Really awesome ^^
( )Samantha May 2nd
Amazing!
( )My soft version http://www.flickr.com/photos/sam-imagine/2456442035/
Mira May 2nd
Amazing. Great job.
( )Tan May 2nd
omg i love this tutorial!
but i’m an intermediate editor so i haven’t learnt everything
could someone please tell me how to do step 7- making a path etc
PLEASE HELP ME I NEED THIS FOR A SKL PROJECT BY THIS WEEK!
thank u!
PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME
( )BMD-Media.com May 2nd
That is UNREAL Fabio! Great work
( )Tan May 2nd
omg i love this tutorial!
but i’m an intermediate editor so i haven’t learnt everything
could someone please tell me how to do step 7- making a path etc
PLEASE HELP ME I NEED THIS FOR A SKL PROJECT BY THIS WEEK!
thank u!
PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME
( )bobmartien May 2nd
OMAGAD ! GREAT TUTO !!!
But not easy :’(
( )Daniel Fischer May 3rd
Very nice tutorial.
Here is my quick try at it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielfischer89/2460094353/
( )Qbrushes May 3rd
can’t seem to replicate this effect 100% like yours :l
( )kenan hudabi May 4th
wooow! excellent tutorial… thank you abduzeedo
( )tokkra May 4th
Incredible result !!! …Great tutorial..Bravo !:)
( )jim May 5th
could you please help me?…. i cannot select the man from the picture using the pen tool… i do admit that i am a newb at things like this so if anyone her could help it will be very much appreciated
( )Thot Kall May 7th
This troubled me…
( )Amazing effect, really good idea but too little details for someone to follow this tutorial step by step.
I had to stop half way through cause it looked wrong and did it my own way in order to look like yours.
Something is missing or isn’t clarified there, check it out.
spriggig May 11th
Either the yellow painted center line on the road is much wider than I’m used to or your character is way, way out of scale to the road image. (I did the same thing in a poster once except my guy was too big for the road, no one ever noticed.)
( )xXloaD May 12th
oh and ur not using the same PS im using… wich one r u using??
( )xXloaD May 12th
… idk why but my result looks way uglier than urs…. i didnt get nothing right from the liquefy part… it just looked….wrong and different……………….. plz someone help?
( )Joshua May 12th
Cool……….
( )I’m gonna use this, but I’ll try to innovate with the idea of course.
Great tutorial.
dan May 13th
this is un clear get stuck frequently generally not very good. seen better.
( )div May 14th
Awesome Tutorial ! I am speechless about that outcome
( )TH May 14th
Very cool, great tutorial!
( )denker May 15th
excellent tutorial
( )mamoun al bibi May 15th
Great idea
( )Yashpal May 20th
but 7 step was not clear
( )if u would do this
w’ll ever great tutes.
thnx
Somendra Goswami May 20th
Amazing designs
( )shadow May 22nd
Wow!!! I have gone through hell to find a force field effects tutorials for photoshop,
some required adobe after effects to accomplish the whole process..
But NEVER did I Imagined that only here in psdtuts would I find the very best tutorial in my entire search in the net for the force field effect thingy!! Your the powder inside the bomb Fabio!!! Salamat for sharing this tutorial!!! Your the man!!
Keep up the good work here guys!!!
All of you here at psdtuts are the best!!!
( )maloy May 22nd
Amazing, Thanks
( )Sarfaraz May 23rd
Awesome, Good Work Keep going
( )Rafael Fornaris May 26th
wauwwwww
( )DeadPresidentDesigns May 31st
This is a really sweet effect…. gotta love the blending modes
( )knight online June 1st
Thanx
( )HavikWorld June 1st
Tite!!!!
( )Rookie artist June 2nd
MORE POWER TO YOU FABIO. MAKE MORE PLS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS
( )Cole June 5th
This was awesome! The only problem is that the street lines are are half the width of his body, making it look like he’s three feet tall. But none the less, it’s a cool effect.
( )chlebta June 6th
this is great work and thank
PLZ help me i cant do step12
( )help plz
nev June 6th
look rely outstanding but when useing HR pic,the max. size of bloat brush(600 px) is much smaller then the bublle..hmmmm
( )good tut,thow..
Noon June 8th
holy frickin’. *mouth hanging open*
( )Demian June 9th
Hi. I came to halt the 8. step! You would be able to send it onto my e-mail, because what is written down here I cannot be out of it! The sphere does not want to accumulate in the cloud!
( )Viewer June 10th
Wow, it looks nice but its hard to make…
( )abdelRahman June 11th
No words can describe what beautiful this tutorial is
( )stebanqui June 17th
Excellent
( )André Monte Blanco June 19th
Very good!!!! nice tutorial!
( )Brijesh June 21st
my hero….
( )great WORK…
izoel June 25th
Great, but that was a minor at step 25 , window mirror from opened door of truck, your forget to remove it?
( )santosh kumar June 26th
woho……………….
( )ALBANIAN July 1st
Very Very nice !!
:D
NexT..
( )bilal July 2nd
Huh ! not clearly explained… cant make the circle properly
( )stuck at the glow thingy.. you should at least include some screenshots of your “Layers Palette”
younginator August 20th
did you ever got resolution to this im so stuck and i don’t know what to do with the masking the glow thing ?
( )Indy July 6th
Great tutorial and an amazing result but one flaw in it I think. The shadow cast by the guy goes in the wrong direction. He has the sun on his back and it’s on the top of the lorry but the shadow drawn on the ground goes backwards?
( )YASIR R July 6th
I like this tutorail this awesome.
( )Christine July 10th
I’ve had a go at this, and this is what I’ve come up with.
http://www.christinelam.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-1296
( )Blaine July 10th
Great Tutorial… only problem is it doesn’t take into consideration that some of us still have Photoshop CS and not CS3 and there are a bunch of differences that do not allow us to make the same changes. :’(
( )GrOoVe_SaLaD July 12th
My version : http://perso.numericable.fr/~jeparies/enr1.jpg
( )viar July 12th
awesome tutorial….thanks! i’ll try to make one like that
( )absolut-desing July 12th
this is an perfect tutorial very very cool desing
( )godonholiday July 12th
http://www.fwatheater.com/video/short-film/272/things-fall-apart.html
has this effect in full motion! amazing.
( )zawer July 31st
AWSOME
( )great job dude!
what kind of software do u use?
kidkhaos July 13th
my version http://www.flickr.com/photos/28491563@N06/
( )milading July 15th
cool !!nice tutorial
( )GEAN July 15th
bravazo!!
( )http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2670766690_bd9a69403e_o.jpg
Oba July 19th
Awesome effect. Thanks for sharing!
( )Mansoor July 24th
Thanks for Posting.
( )Weldone.
Apollo July 26th
hey fabio
( )im trying to do the clouds but all that gets filled up is the shadow
any ideas??
akkaneko
scholar July 30th
vimeo add video pls.. link pls
( )Juan August 1st
im stuck at the first step when i usen the pen it only makes some straight line, i dont kno if he meant the freedom pen tool and when i used the freedom pen tool i outlined the person and i got a black person.
heres is what i got http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm12/bluedrag685/photosho.jpg
( )hakee August 1st
hey that’s so cool!!!!! very amazing
( )just a question??
what kind of photoshop you used and you would need
to create this
dragisking August 3rd
hey can u please post a video this is really hard i got stuck at step 8.
( )chris August 4th
your an alien…. great artwork… tell me your secret…. hehe
( )kEciSakaL August 7th
very very good
( )thanks
Jayjay402 August 13th
Great tut, veyr well written, easy to follow! Thanx! =]
( )kontix August 21st
Great tutorial, simply the best but…
por favor!! que alguien lo traduzca al castellano!! es buenÃsimo y es una pena no hacerlo.
Please do in video, it´s difficult for understand.
Thank you para todos!
( )Chris August 22nd
Wicked! Thanks for sharing Fabio
( )SpendArts August 26th
I love it… nice tut!!!
Hers My outcame
http://b.imagehost.org/0340/SR_Power_004_copy.png
( )Michael August 27th
The Best Tutorial! I learn to many things here
( )Fire_2R August 27th
I’ve got the power from it, thanks.
( )f0ru0l0rd August 30th
Only one piece of criticism,
I think the bubble should displace things, like the truck. Otherwise, perfect.
Very good mock of things fall apart.
( )egzon September 3rd
ua is very so cooll
( )El conchero September 8th
Very good man, even very good!
Much tutorial learned here.
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/251/7/0/Green_Peace_by_elconchero.jpg
( )younes September 12th
amazing tank you
( )Knoxville Website Design September 13th
Good stuff. I wonder though, what the garbage truck was doing way out there in the country
( )Luis September 14th
Hi, thank you so much for this amazing tutorial, i’ve learned so much! ^^
( )Deva September 18th
I’ve had a go at this, and this is what I’ve come up with.
( )anbu September 18th
i realy nice i never see such a nice tuts nice nice i want more tips and tricks and shortcutkeys please help me
( )guest September 19th
I like it. I want to give you.
( )yeahh September 26th
yoo thiss thingg actually took me a longg timee to doo itt butt!! i kindd of gott it heres what i gott!
( )here you goo!! http://i38.tinypic.com/2ch71jo.jpg
Azzy September 27th
lost for words….if this isnt super then i dont know wot it…thanks
( )Rish October 2nd
cant get past step 2….when i make a selection around the person with the pen tool he turns all black or what ever the background color is set to…Help plz thanks
( )sumair October 2nd
nice work wowwwwwwwww
( )VARUN KUMAR October 2nd
IT`S AN EXCELLENT JOB I WAS AMAZED BY SEEING THE WORK
( )Luke October 2nd
Looks oddly similar to Rob Chiu’s piece – Things Fall Apart. Not saying that is where you got the inspiration from, but if you did a shout out might have been polite.
http://theronin.co.uk/Motion/?Things_Fall_Apart.mov
( )mallika October 4th
very good,
( )i am searching this type of tutorial in photoshop finally i found it
BREEZE October 9th
this tut is very nice. any thank you
( )BREEZE October 9th
any way thank you
( )BREEZE October 9th
awesome!
( )Emely October 10th
Amazing work!!
( )thevemo October 11th
giid efect…thx
( )rodrigoSKATE October 17th
SIMPLEMENTE ADMIRABLE
( )subu October 20th
Dis tut is very amazing. i’m imprsing dis tut
( )dmar October 24th
amazing effect
( )Fabio Sasso October 28th
Hey Guys, thanks a lot for the comments, I really appreciate them
( )Gav November 3rd
Amazing tutorial – Speechless nearly
( )Craig Baldwin November 4th
That is an amazing effect. Thanks for the tutorial.
( )Christine November 4th
http://flickr.com/photos/christinelamphotography/2991281473/
( )Qutub November 7th
Wow! Wow! Wow!
May I link it in my resources section on http://www.vectorpeople.com
( )Lyxanderblue November 8th
This was fantastic. Thanks so much for the tutorial. I had a few problems, and had to improvise a few time. Something always gets lost in translation with these things, but I think the point is to learn a new technique, not duplicate someone’s work. I really appreciate the posting.
Here’s my extremely modified version:
( )http://lyxanderblue.deviantart.com/art/of-Palisade-102962955
wan November 15th
good imagination….cool…
( )DD November 26th
real masterpiece
( )arya December 4th
good lesson? great………. go on
( )Achmad Syarif December 5th
Just a little bit of critics. Both shadows just don’t look realistic to me. I mean, the truck’s and the man’s shadow direction looks like they aren’t come from the same sun. Also, the man’s should be more blurry and distorted by the powerful mental wave explosion.
( )Other than that, it’s great. Thanks!
autumn December 18th
alright i may sound retarded by asking this question but im just trying photoshop and i was wondering how you combine the two photos when you first open photoshop?
( )Ad4pt3r December 20th
This is my version :
http://www.imagesforme.com/out.php/i270788_Apocalypsewavecopy.jpg
( )harmfulwind December 28th
quá đẹp ( very good)
( )Hbc January 5th
good work!
( )shadow January 11th
How do J do step 7,8,9.
( )I don’t know. I sit on this 2 hours and anything.
I have problem.
Mayby who know polish?
jose January 11th
woo nice work you’re the best one !!! cheers
( )Mickael KENIKSSI January 11th
here is my quick version: http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mentalwaveexplosionjg2.jpg
( )brigis January 16th
esta buenisama la idea pero seria mejor si lo publican tambien para los que solo hablamos y manejamos el espanol.
( )dzibril January 20th
the stock photos isn’t free can i get it
( )Nick January 22nd
Nice man thank you !
( )klejdi January 25th
it’s for gimp?
( )klejdi January 28th
is possible to have an action fot this tutorial???please reply…
( )Athishay January 29th
dats great!! BLOWN AWAY..
( )bizilux January 31st
when i go to FILTER > LIQUIFY
i cant change TURBOLENT JITTET to 75…. its set on 50 and its grey, so i cant click it?!?!?!?
can any1 help,
( )tnx
Gian February 1st
The shadow should be shorter… Really nice job anyway!
( )Eugenio Ambrosio February 2nd
Well, i’m planning to do the same , right away ,,, cos dis killed me man i take my hat for you cuz.
( )kadek lion February 2nd
verry cool this………….
( )Keelan February 2nd
When it came to liquifing it and using the layer mask, I kept getting the rest of the background changing but not the clouds as for some reason It was white and placed behind the clouds + not selected … anyone help?
Otherwise think this effect looks great!
( )mhec February 2nd
whoa, soo cool! gonna be trying this for sure! great job!
( )clarkevil February 5th
thank you for this tutorial, that help for make new effects, thanks a lot
( )klejdi February 5th
help me, I can not do that… someone has the action
( )eddie February 6th
can i make this with gimp?
( )Eric Shafer February 10th
Featured here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/10-amazing-effects-from-abduzeedo/
( )meecheekoh February 11th
fabio is really superb!!!! wish i could learn from him personally ^^,
( )thineash February 11th
wow…its realy very very nice.i learn more ideas.thanks
( )organizacja ślubów szczecin February 11th
great idea for tut!
( )Sarah February 14th
Wow this picture is amazing, im stunned by what you made it into. I never actually thought it was possible to make a simple picture that intense looking and realistick.
( )Is it possible to do the same kind of effects witout an apple computer?
Lee February 18th
This is my attempt. Had real trouble getting good cloud renders. Mayby because i had my image set to 300 dpi?
http://leemccartney.deviantart.com/art/Mental-Wave-Explosion-113320570
( )waqas February 20th
cool tutorial
( )BHUPESH February 22nd
GREAT WORK BUDDY
( )U R GENIOUS
Mali Dharam. March 3rd
Nice effect, coool. just amazing. Realy Realy Realy good work.
( )john March 9th
that’s great! i gotta try this
( )Malvika March 9th
Awesome tut!
I couldnt get the ‘bubble’ part right but here is what i did =]
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c126/mmshastri/Crrazyyillusion.jpg
Thanks again!!!!!
( )MARTIN MORENO March 9th
HELLO MY NAME´S MARTIN MORENO AND I´M FROM CULIACAN MEXICO, COULD YOU EXPLAINME PLEASE HOW DO YOU DO THE FORM OF THE BUBLE. thanks
( )james March 10th
The instructions here are so vague that in order to be able to follow them you’d have to be proficient enough with photoshop to be able to create this image without them. In other words, awesome picture but if you think this is a tutorial at least admit it’s a pointless one.
( )mike September 12th
James, learn the basics and then you could take the time to make a tutorial for beginners.
( )crazyman March 13th
wow! that a best totorial what i see!!
( )daro March 14th
If someboty could translate it to polish ?
( )bobby March 16th
owh u editing is very good
( )kandhan March 18th
WOW!!! That’s an excelent job!!!
( )mailtosamar March 18th
u r great. really
( )professional photo retouching March 20th
the tutorial was really long, but definitely worth the time! As a photo retouch specialist you can never think you know it all and this tutorial really emphasises this point.
( )angie March 28th
Yea….i really had a big problem following this tutorial esp the liquify part…it does not work for me and i really hope you could add more details for amateurs like us.
( )desirexd March 30th
Who will be super and do video tutorial. I have problemz with steap 7,8.
( )Please halp me ;]
andrew April 3rd
good tutorieal fabio. nice joooooooooooob.
( )julio April 14th
gracias compa pura vida
( )JesusFreak983! April 15th
Personally, I think it would have looked better if you overlaid blue, instead of brown on the mind bubble. But besides that, I think it looks great!
( )DEV April 17th
o my god that’s amazing & truly creative
( )i like it
keep these kind of great tutorials coming
cheers
christian April 21st
Wow i must be doing something wrong. it wont let me reveal the selection. do you have to have a mac?
( )wat version of photoshop do you have to have?
CgBaran Tuts April 22nd
Wavv great tutorial great effect thanks
( )photo retouching April 23rd
I have followed this tutorial before and have recently re discovered it in my bookmarks. Even the second time round it is great!
( )ANITA April 28th
WONDERFUL !
( )saurabh shah April 30th
simply awesome… !
( )Amanda May 2nd
Okay…after I make the path into a selection (god, I’m stuck on step 2) it won’t let me select “layer mask”. it’s gray and it won’t let me use ie.
( )Joost Meulenbeld May 5th
Hello to everyone who didn’t get step 7 and 8,
( )I didn’t get through it at first too, but I found a way to do it so step 8 works well. Just don’t make a selection of the path, but make a mask directly from the path.
This way step 8 works out just fine.
I don’t know if this has any effect on the rest of the tutorial…
thanks fabio for the great tut
shriya May 6th
wow.. really its very nice yaar
( )Nick May 8th
Once I hit step nine I am so lost
( )Blooooom May 9th
After almost 3 hours, i gave up. It is one of the coolest effects i’ve ever seen, but also one of the worst explained. Try to do it a little more detaljed next time.
( )Hammad Saleem May 10th
OOOww ! Its So Complicated But Very Intresting. Photoshop is like sea which have no limit of deepness. I love it………………….
( )e11world May 12th
That bubble looks amazing. WOW.. I have to try this.
( )Kalevra May 14th
Great Cinema…
( )Wolfman May 17th
Amazing man! And I call myself a grafic designer:P Nice work
( )shah faisal May 18th
u r gr8t man very gud work
( )Nabin Kumar May 19th
wow! that very nice tutorial……[:)]
( )chandra May 20th
nice work,to create a realistic effects one should ve ability to use the tools thats u have,fantastic
( )Shyne May 21st
This is a good effect.. but you cant teach.. i dont know how you even end up where you are.. you need to make videos.. dont do the picture one.. please…
( )Lyrically Sykotikz inc. June 2nd
wow this is very professional work very inspiring
( )Fabian June 2nd
Amazing…
( )Wolf June 5th
Wow this is a googd tutorial thanks men your the best!!!!
( )Ritacha June 6th
wow. fantastic.
( )no coments…
sasi June 11th
Hey, Great Work. But I am not able to get step 2 itself properly. I mean.. I am not able to make the background of the person disappear and bring the person to the road
( )Photo June 11th
Wow! Its GREAT tutorial!
( )Thnx!
You can see same more photo-knigi here:
http://photo-knigi.r
ilaa June 16th
it’s fantastic
( )angel June 21st
can you plzz make a video its kinda hard to under stand im just a beginner and i want to try to make this so i can use it for my album cover pllzzz anybody plzzz help me
( )mark June 25th
great stuff!
( ){AT} June 27th
hi.. i am struk at step 7…plzzzzzzzzzzz help.. tried 4 almost 2 hr bt cnt do in .. need help.!!!!
( )bari July 3rd
wow, masterpiece. i really impressive
( )(sorry for my english)
Mayank July 4th
great Job !
( )Giotto July 12th
Fantastic!
( )Daas July 16th
Excellent tut.
( )elwoode July 19th
What effect, I have to do this all the time for real. Its the only way to stop a taxi where I live.
( )farisio July 22nd
it’s great effect ilike thiis
( )JEMMA HAY July 23rd
GREAT JOB!!! Thanks.
( )javier July 24th
excelente trabajo
( )Billy Bob July 24th
This is good for a laugh:
http://www.foundblue.net/curegravity.html
“This creation was inspired by the name of the band alone. As soon as it was presented to me by my agent, Todd, I knew exactly what to do.”
He knew exactly what to do alright, go to tutsplus.com and claim it was his idea :-p
( )hiduai July 28th
Wonderful turtorial i learn many ideas from this tutorial
( )Gigo July 28th
Ok, so I did you tutorial, using most of the images you used, then i altered it a little..and i made it into a poster that i did not make money from. A lot of people have been calling it stealing, but I just wanted to get your opinion, since you are the originator.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i284/leafael/2009May12_websize01.jpg
I hope understand. Thanks.
( )sheikh abdulla July 28th
so nice work and great practice in photoshop , but this is so long posses to complete the design. r u send me a short posses design and also creative work.
( )no dought this work is so……..beautiful.
thanks
Chris July 31st
The coolest tutorial ever!!
Thx a lot
( )suganprabhu August 2nd
u r a genius artist
( )Darma August 6th
I just wanna say it’s so cool man!!!
( )wowwww~
younginator August 20th
CAN someone please teach me to mask the glow i have no clue what ur talking about every time i do it using the quick mask button i get nothing and its really frustrating me and i need this done in like a week please can someone help me
( )Jeff Freiberg August 26th
I just want to thank you for this cool piece
( )Ted Nugent August 29th
Took me like a half hour just to read through your tutorial. Rocket scientist stuff–it would take me 8 or 9 hrs to even come close to comprehending your force field conglomeration!! I think it would look just as good if you eliminated half of all your complicated steps. What do you mean; “not that hard”??????
( )What do ya have, some kind of PHD in Photoshop or spend 15 hrs every day using the program….
min September 9th
nice art.i like it very much.
( )rebelinkontrol September 13th
this is soooooooooooo sick thanks alot
( )amazing art
really easy steps to take
Aeltari Kareidis September 23rd
I must be the dumbest person on earth, but I have CS4, and after I do the selection with the pen tool on the guy, my paths dont allow the Layers option. All the Layers options are greyed out so I cant do the “show all” step. The pictured option for the path looks like “Load Path As Selection” but the others dont make any more sense either and Layers window remains greyed out.
( )fcgvhbjnkm September 25th
Wow Really cool man o.o!!
( )Thanks for the tutorial!
boone October 3rd
awesome!!!
( )mshael October 4th
waaaaaaaw it’s so nice
( )Medouze October 4th
This tutorial wont help much especailly with little directions. If someone really loves this efect it will take them a long while to figure out what you are trying to get at
( )jmarreros October 5th
great job, thanks for the tutorial
( )anujsehgal October 12th
no 1 Effect boom baby
( )sugumar October 15th
its very nice and cute ….
( )Nicholas C Muleme October 21st
Wow this is a great one
( )an impressed. am going to try it.
spike October 27th
how to do u doing that ,and where we go to get that
( )Sachin Bugade October 29th
Very good. It is the excellent effect you have created.
( )DDDDD November 1st
This is so confusing. could plz explain it clearly!?
( )Sjums November 6th
I see you’re doing it on a mac, that shouldn’t make the big diffrence but still, there’s a problem -.- I can’t even get the path thing from the start(step 2) to work!! I don’t know how it should work, and i’m not even sure what those pics reffer to of it. Is the picture supposed to copy itself or do you have to copy it manually? And what about that path, i don’t relly get what to use it for.
( )dimazgetho November 6th
fantastic!
( )