Step 1: The beginning of the energy explosion
Create a new image of 640px by 400px image.
Go to Filter > Render > Fractal Explorer.
Go to the tab Fractals and choice Snow_Crystal and press Apply and OK
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur
Use the following settings.
Blur type: Zoom.
Blur outward is checked.
Blur Parameters, Length: 256.
Step 2: Improve the explosion
Duplicate the explosion layer.
Flip the copy vertically (Layer > Transform > Flip Vertically).
And change the blend mode of the top layer to Burn.
Step 3: Add some lens flare to the explosion
Create a new layer (this layer has to be on top) an fill it with black.
Go to Filter > Light and Shadow > Lens flare.
Place the center of the lens flare about 10 pixels out of the center.
And change the blend mode of this layer to Addition.
Step 4: Give the energy explosion an extra boost.
Create a new layer and fill it with white.
Lower the opacity to 80 so you can see the underneath layers.
Activate the Ellipse select Tool and make a selection of the center of the explosion.
Make sure the foreground color is set to black.
Go to Edit > Stroke selection.
Click on Line style and set the Dash Pattern to Dense dots.
The other setting are the standard setting (line width: 6px, solid color, ...)
With the opacity of this layer back at 100 you'll get this.
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.
Use the following settings.
Blur type: Zoom.
Blur outward is checked.
Blur Parameters, Length: 256.
Change the blend mode of this layer to Soft Light and lower the opacity to 80 and the energy explosion in finished.
July 15th 09
Nice trick like it
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July 23rd 09
I had a lot of fun trying this for myself. Thank you for the tutorial.
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July 30th 09
Nice tutorial! For once i didn’t mess up while doing a tutorail lol, there is always a time in every tutorail i do, that i mess up for forget to add something! lol this is the first one that i didn’t mess up on! =D
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August 3rd 09
I cna’t find the Fractal Explorer in the Filter>Render. Is this a photoshop tutorial?
Anybody can help.
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admin Reply:
August 3rd, 2009 at
Maybe you have an old gimp version. This tutorial is made with Gimp 2.6.
The Fractal Explorer filter is one of the standard filters of Gimp 2.6.
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August 6th 09
you can get a lot of different effects by changing up the combination of blend modes, play around a little and see what you get
awesome tutorial too, I got lost once but it was my fault
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August 14th 09
great tutorial! So far I’ve found it very simple and easy to tweak based on different needs.
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August 28th 09
thanks!..i did great for my 1st try in gimp…very helpfull…thanks!!
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September 1st 09
Thanks for this tutorial, appreciate it.
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September 2nd 09
Very good and simple, I love abstract creations!
I really appreciate this tutorial ^_^
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September 8th 09
your tutorial is more useful for basic learners like me
NOTE: TRY TO GIVE MORE TUTORIALS
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September 16th 09
i can’t burn this.. in the step 2.. what is the storke for that blend?
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September 20th 09
I am very new to Gimp. Hmmm… guess the word ‘Wow’ comes to mind. Thanks much for this tutorial!! Loved it!
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October 18th 09
I love this but the only problem I had was I had to use motion blur twice
when I only did it once it left dense red circles.
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valeriu Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at
unselect all,
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