Shattering Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a shattered effect in Photoshop

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Tutorial Details

Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5

The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial.

• Model Image
• Paint Brush
• Ray Brush

Now we have everything we need so let’s start.

Step 1:- Create a new file with 1000px width and 2000px height.

Step 2:- Now create a new layer, for this click on Layer> new> Layer. Make sure you name your layers as we are going to use a lot of layers for this tutorial.

Step 3:- Now open the Model image and paste it on our file.

Step 4 - Let’s enhance the colors, so for this click on Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast.

Step 5:- Now create a new layer and select our “Pen Tool”. Then create a path along the right leg.

Step 6:- Right click on the path and click on “Make Selection”.

Step 7:- Now select a hard round brush with # 070708, and use it on the selection.

Step 8:- Create a new layer and select one of the brushes mentioned above. Now select whatever color you like and use it on the selected area.

Step 9:- Now repeat the same process and roughly cover the selection with different brush strokes.

Step 10:- Now select another brush and use it with different colors over the right foot. Don’t forget to create a new layer for this.

Step 11:- Click on the “Eraser Tool” and select one of the dried splash brushes. Then use it on the layer above.

Step 12:- Create another layer and repeat the same process to create some more shattering effect.

Step 13:- Now we’ll do the same with the right elbow. So select the “Pen Tool” and create a path along it. Then right click on the path and select “Make selection”.

Step 14:-

Select a Hard Round brush and use if on the selection, but make sure this time foreground color is # 302b32.

Step 15:- Now we’ll repeat the same process we did on the foot to create shattering effect.

Step 16:- Create another layer and select the ray brush mentioned in the assets. Keep the color # ffffff and use it on the sides.

Step 17:- Now change the foreground color to # ed1c24 and then use these on the left sides.

And now our shattering Photo manipulation is done. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. We’ll be back with more interesting tutorials. Till then keep designing!