We are now going to create bomb exploding effect using Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial may help you in adding the pictures for making animation in Adobe Image Ready. First, create a new PSD image. Assign your required image size. Better to keep the image size small since the brush size and Gaussian Blur tool must be used extensively. First exchange the Foreground color and Background color. This can be done by pressing D on the keyboard. Now use the paint bucket tool and fill the image background with Black. Create a new layer now as shown. Choose the foreground color to red. You can see the window like this.
Select the brush tool. Use the Brush Mode options and increase the softness and keep the hardness nearing to zero’s size of the brush can be changed as the image size. We need three colors namely Red, Yellow and White. First begin with the read and paint in a random manner. Since you must derive an explosion effect, it is necessary that you paint in a random manner and not circle or any other shapes. After finishing this step use the yellow color (255,255,and 0) and then paint in the same way. This time, paint in such a way that yellow is in the center. Try painting using different shapes and sizes. You can arrive at an image as shown.
Got Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur. Now again try using the same brush with smaller size or smaller radius. Now select the Create an Adjustment Layer in the Hue/ Saturation Palette. You can clip a layer on the image. Once the adjustment for Hue/Saturation is made, the image may change as one shown below.
Use Layer's palette and create a new layer. Try changing the Foreground and background colors. This can be done as before. You can now fill this layer with some other colors which you think, will give maximum effect. Set the Blending mode and make the layer of Color Dodge.
Now open the Level Adjustment Layer from the Layer Palette. Select the Gray Slider and move it right ways to increase the level of the gray. This will depend on the size of the image you select. After finishing the Adjustment you may notice the picture as one shown below.
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