Hey JUBBA! I got a question for ya.

[sintax321]

I was going through some threads and noticed one of your footers. It is a black one with an Explosion to the left and some duplicated text to the right.

How did you do that exploison:q:
DO you mabye have alink to a tutorial or some thing. :smirk:

[Jubba]

I'm guessing you mean this one right?


http://www.livetoskateboard.com/curious/jubbaSig02.jpg


I can whip up a tutorial tonight on how to do it....Not too difficult, but I have a paper to write so I kind of need to do that first...

[sintax321]

Thats the one
No problem. When ever you get a chance. Thanks :)

[Jubba]

Here it is:

Open a new document with a height and width anywhere from 800-1000 (I use 1000 because its easier to start large and then resize the image).

Fill the background with black. Use the lasso tool to select a circle in the middle of the canvas approximately one-third the size of the canvas.

http://www.livetoskateboard.com/curious/im05.jpg
Filter > Noise > Add Noise:


Amount : 400
Distrubution : Gaussian
Check Monochromatic


Unselect so the lasso circle is no longer there.

Filter > Blur > Radial Blur:


Amount : 100
Method : Zoom
Quality : Good

http://www.livetoskateboard.com/curious/im01.jpg

Do this at least twice. More if you want, but twice produces a less smooth feel later on.

Duplicate layer and make it an Overlay.

Select the new layer

Filter > Distort > Twirl:


Approximately 350 in either direction. Really a matter of preference.

http://www.livetoskateboard.com/curious/im02.jpg

Create a new layer, and select Color for its Mode. To get the final colors I use a dark orange. For this example I used #A1771C. Use the Paint Bucket to fill the entire layer with this color.

http://www.livetoskateboard.com/curious/im03.jpg

Now merge all the layers. And apply one final filter:

Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges:


Width : 2
Brightness : 6
Smoothness : 2


http://www.livetoskateboard.com/curious/im04.jpg

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Jubs:cowboy:

[Jubba]

let me know what you think...

[sintax321]

Wicked. I would try it out but I'm at work and my internt is down at home right know. I'll get back to you when I do it and show you what I come up with. Thanks for taking the time to make that tut man. I know you are probably busy so thanks a lot.
=)

[sintax321]

Thanks man:)
Tried it out and it worked perfect