Photoshop Tutorial: Exploding Text Effect

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Lets get started. All stock download links are in the description.

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Lets start off by heading up to File - New.

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Width: 1900 Pixels by Height 1280 Pixels.

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Change the background contents: Black.

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Then hit ok.

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Ok again.

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Select the Type Tool. (T)

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I'll use a stock font. Calibri Bold.

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Font size: 83pt.

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I'm going to type EXPLODE.

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Select your Move Tool. (V)

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Position the text in the center.

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Head down and select Mask.

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Make sure your foreground color is set to black.

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Select the Brush Tool. (B)

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I'm going to select a brush for blending some of the text.

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Download link for brushes are in the description.

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I want to blend/fade some of the text, like so.

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I'm going to head up to the brush picker and rotate the brush for the bottom of the text.

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Start fading the bottom like so.

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Once you're done. Select a different exposion brush.

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Start adding the effect like so.

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Be sure to use different size brushes.

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Create a new layer, Rename it to effect.

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Change our foreground color to white.

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Zoom in using your Zoom Tool. (Z)

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Now, lets start adding the effect.

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Select the Brush Tool. (B)

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Select one of the explosion brushes.

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Increase Brush Size: ]
Decreae Brush Size: [

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Take your time on this part!

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Increase Brush Size: ]
Decreae Brush Size: [

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Use different brushes, so it does not look like a pattern.

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This part I will speed up to save you some time!

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CTRL + 0 to zoom back out.

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That's starting to look good!

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Lets select another brush, this time make sure it's much larger.

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I'm going to add larger particles.

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Rotate the brush if needed.

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Next thing I'm going to do, is add a cracked texture.

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Using your Move Tool. Drag and drop onto our main project.

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Make sure it's below the "Effect" layer.

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CTRL + T to select the texture.

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Resize the texture as needed.

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Hit enter when you're done.

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ALT + Click between the two layer to create a clipping mask.

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Use your Move Tool if you need to adjust the texture position.

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Lets duplicate the texture, CTRL + J. Or drag the texture onto create a new layer.

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Move the new texture above the "Effect" layer.

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CTRL + T to select the texture. Increase the size.

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The size should be as big as the explosion.

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When you're done. Hit Enter.

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ALT + click between the two layers to create a clipping mask.

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As you can see, it makes a great difference.

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You can also move the texture, by selecting the Move Tool.

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I'm going to add a stardust image I created.

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Using your Move Tool. Drag and drop onto our main project.

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Position the stardust image in the center.

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CTRL + T to select the image.

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ALT + SHIFT while dragging the corners outwards. Enter when done.

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Right click on the stardust image. Convert to a Smart Object.

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I'm going to rename this layer to Space/Dust.

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I'm going to change the Blending Mode to Screen.

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Head up to Filter - Blur - Radial Blur.

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Blur Method: Zoom

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Quality: Best

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I'm going to blur it about 7.

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Then lets hit ok.

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Bring down the opacity level to about -62

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I'm going to select the top texture.

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Create a new adjustment layer. Select Gradient Map.

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Click on the Gradient Presets.

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Select a nice gradient.

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I'm going to select a purple to blue. First Color code: 6367f9

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Hit ok when done.

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Blue Color Code: 14e1de

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Hit ok when done.

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Ok again.

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Change the Blending Mode to Soft Light.

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Bring the opacity to about 40%.

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I'm going to add one more dust image.

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Using your Move Tool. Drag and drop onto our main project.

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Position it however you'd like.

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That's it!