Create an explosion effect piece by piece

It is interesting to know that Photoshop can do the same visual effects as in movies, such as vampires, rain falling . Here are the pieces exploding effect.

Open the image you want to do (Figure 1), double-click on the image to convert to Layer 0, press Ctrl + Shift + N to create a new Layer, Layer 1, and drag Layer 1 under Layer 0.

Go to Edit> Fill menu and choose White for Layer 1 . Select Layer 0, click the Add layer mask icon in the bottom row of the Layer palette, go to Edit> Fill menu and select black, the mask icon on the Layer changes to black and the image is covered with a white layer. Select the Brush tool, go to Windows> Brushes menu, click on the small triangle button to the right of the Brush panel, select Square Brushes> OK click on the line Brush Tip Shape on the left, select the square style, select the parameters: Diameter: 30px; Angle: 00; Roundness: 100%; Spacing: 100%. Click Shape Dynamics with the parameters shown in Figure 2.

Continue to click Scattering: Select Both Axes ; Scatter: 500%; Control: Off; Count: 1; Count Jitter: 0%. Select the white facade color, click the square mouse to fill the bowl surface so that a part of it appears there (except for the face, don't paint again), double-click on Layer 0, the Layer panel Style appears, select Drop Shadow with the following parameters: Blend Mode: Multiply; Opacity: 75%; Angle: 30; Select Use Global Light, other parameters to default> OK (Figure 3).

On this layer, right-click and choose Duplicate Layer , select the mask icon, go to Filter> Blur> Radial Blur menu with the parameters: Amount: 20%; Blur Method: Zoom; Quality: Good> OK . Finally select the Flatten Image menu to merge it into one (Figure 4).

With only palm trees and a few layers of effects, you have created a unique effect.