Wicked Blast
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Wicked Blast Photoshop Tutorial
Wicked Blast Photoshop Tutorial
Add this intense blast effect to your photos. This Photoshop effect will help add focus to the subject in your photo and is great for adding focus to busy photos.

  1. Open a picture into Adobe Photoshop.
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  2. Then, press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer.
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  3. Now we'll use Photoshop's noise filter to add some noise. This will make the blast more sharp. Go to Filter> Noise> Add Noise and use the settings below:
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  4. Now go to Filter> Blur> Radial Blur and copy the settings below:
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  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+L to use Auto Levels. This is a fast way to increase the contrast.
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  2. Now we need to seperate the blast from the car. First, add a layer mask by going to Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All.
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  3. Then, use the eraser tool to erase in the layer mask the shape of the car.
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  4. Here's the final result of this Photoshop tutorial.
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Comments
to thank
written by Prado, February 20, 2008

Thank you very much it is very simple but very showy

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written by Empoy, March 31, 2008

wow this is cool, thanks... smilies/wink.gif

Nice One
written by Kaz, April 12, 2008

I've found that on the last step if I change the Opacity of the layer to a lower percentage, it's easier to see what you are erasing.

I am stuck
written by Shannon, June 03, 2008

When I go to add layer mast, I don't have that option in my adobe-is there something that I am missing? Sorry, I am new at this.


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