Photoshop Tutorial: Red Radial Blast
Learn how to create a very dark red radial blast, use your imagination with this!
Category: Filter Effects


Learn how to create a very dark red radial blast, use your imagination with this!

Step 1: Start off with a new 400x400 px document now press d to reset your colors to defaults, now fill your background in with black using the paint bucket tool or pressing (Ctrl + Backspace)

Step 2. Next goto Filter->Render->Clouds, Next Filter->Stylize->Glowing Edges (Settings 3,18,15), now duplicate your layer (Ctrl + J) now with your top layer selected, goto Filter->Blur->Radial->Blur (Settings 100,zoom,best), now colorize your picture i choose dark red, now change your blending mode to "Darken", next merge your layers down (Ctrl + E), now u should have somthing like below.


Step 3. Next duplicate your layer (Ctrl + J), now with your top layer selected goto Filter->Distort->Twirl (Settings 50), now change your blending mode to "Lighten",Next merge your layers (Ctrl + E),Now u should have somthing like below.


Step 4. Now Duplicate your layer (Ctrl + J), now with your top layer selected goto Fukter->Blur->Gaussian Blur (Settings 6.0px),Next colorize your picture (Ctrl + Alt + U), i used a dark blue, change your blending mode to "Color Dodge", now merge your layers down (Ctrl + E), now u should have somthing like below.


Step 5. Duplicate your layer (Ctrl + J), now with your top layer selected goto Filter->Artistic->Neon Glow (Settings -1,44), now change your blending mode to "Lighten", Merge your layers together (Ctl + E), Now u should have somthing like below.


Step 6. Next Duplicate your layer (Ctrl + J), now with your top layer selected goto Filter->Blur->Radial Blur (Settings 100,zoom,best), now colorize (Ctrl + Alt + U) using the settings (360,65,0). Now change your blending mode to "Linear Dodge", now merge your layers together. You should have somthing like below.


Step 7. Now Duplicate your layer (Ctrl + J), now with your top layer selected goto Filter->Blur->Gaussian Blur (Settings 6.0px), now change your blending mode to "Linear Dodge" now merge your layers together (Ctrl + E) now u should have somthing like below add some text and call it good.




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