Teach you to use Photoshop to make cool meteor effects

Author: Nichicon

First look at the effect, like the words with me to start making it

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1. First create a new document. I'm using 300*500 pixels here, and then using the gradient tool to fill the gradient from black to dark blue.

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2. Now the selection Brush tool adjusts the size of the brush to 180-240, and the brush's hardness is set to 0. Then, create a new layer, in the image of the bottom of the spot with a brush to click. It's like the following.

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3. Create a new color adjustment layer, (Layer > New adjustment layer > Color balance):

4. In the adjustment layer, first select the highlight in the tonal adjustment, and then in the adjustment, in the color balance of the color level, enter: -30,5,70 of these values

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5. Click OK to return to the image, now it should want to do the following:

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6. Create a layer and place it underneath the color balance adjustment layer. Now, with the brush tool setting it to a size of 28 pixels, the hardness is set to 0 pixels, holding down the SHIFT key from the bottom position of the canvas's center position to pull a straight segment toward the upper position. Central position control Bad friend please use the Guide line to do the fast intercept key is ctrl+r.

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7. Create a new layer, choose a larger brush, size of about 200-300, the hardness is set to 0. Put it on the first layer of 3

It's OK to click on it.

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8. Select the Smudge tool from the toolbar. Set the strength to 50% and apply some irregular shapes from the Brush toolbar. At the beginning of the first smear from the outside, when the expansion of some later in the external drag. It may take some time to make this adjustment.

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9. Select the Eraser tool from the tool group. Set the eraser tool's opacity to 10%, and then select the brush's size from the brush's bar by selecting an irregular shape in between 30-50, and then clicking on the outside to click More. This will add some foggy, fuzzy textures to it:

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10. Create a layer, place it on top of the original first layer, and then make it a little lighter in the picture:

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11. Using the method described above, apply the Smudge tool first, and use the eraser to wipe out the clutter and blurred texture as shown in the following illustration:

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12. Now, select a small point brush, size 3-5 pixels around, hardness of 0, in the Open Brush palette option to tick "dynamic shape, scatter, and smooth" 3 options to make the following settings dynamic shape is as follows: Size jitter is 100%, control mode is fading, fade value: 300%, Minimum diameter of 3, angular jitter 10% control: Off, roundness jitter: 6%, Control: Off minimum roundness: 25

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The scatter is set as follows: The value of the walk is 1000%, control: Off, Quantity: 1, Quantity jitter: 100%, Control: OFF. Smoothing options default setting is OK.

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13. Now, to create a new layer, with the brush we just set, starting from the center of the light to drag upward, please must be curved drag to the top, otherwise it is not a kind of.

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The figure behind this is my own and additional steps to go in, I do not elaborate on the method. The general tools and commands are pen tool, brush tool shear filter, you can use the method I introduced to make the final effect.

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