Creative Effects Challenge No. 188 - Dispersion Effect
Nov 12, 2022 21:11:53 GMT
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Post by tonyw on Nov 12, 2022 21:11:53 GMT
For this Creative Challenge I thought we'd try the popular Dispersion Effect - sometimes called the explosion or disintegration effect but basically they are all done the same way creating a trail of bits emanating from the subject image. There are many videos and tutorials which describe the effect. Here's a video using Photoshop Elements. It does spend a lot of time at the beginning on making a selection of the subject and does add an extra layer towards the end that I didn't use. I found this tutorial a bit easier to follow and if you skip the step of making the liquify layer a smart object it works fine in PSE (It's the one I used in PSE 2022).
The first step is to find an image to start - ideally one where it's easy to select the subject from the background (try Select Subject in recent versions of PSE and PS).
Copy the subject onto two new layers and add a new background layer below both (you can fill it with white and then change it later to anything you want)
Use the Warp tool in Liquify on the first subject layer to extend part of the subject and add a layer mask filled with black
Add a layer mask to the top layer and fill with white.
Now for the brush. You can try a scatter brush that comes with PSE and PS or you can download a dispersion brush - there are lots. See for example www.brusheezy.com/free/dispersion . I used one of the disintegration brushes.
Paint with white on the liquified layer to expose the background and with black on the top subject layer to disperse areas of the subject.
As always experiment - it took me several tries with different subjects to come up with something that looked OK so I'm looking forward to seeing what others come up with .
Here's mine done in PSE 2022 starting with an image from Pixabay - the new background is from Elements and my layer stack is shown in the bottom right.
Have fun!
Tony
The first step is to find an image to start - ideally one where it's easy to select the subject from the background (try Select Subject in recent versions of PSE and PS).
Copy the subject onto two new layers and add a new background layer below both (you can fill it with white and then change it later to anything you want)
Use the Warp tool in Liquify on the first subject layer to extend part of the subject and add a layer mask filled with black
Add a layer mask to the top layer and fill with white.
Now for the brush. You can try a scatter brush that comes with PSE and PS or you can download a dispersion brush - there are lots. See for example www.brusheezy.com/free/dispersion . I used one of the disintegration brushes.
Paint with white on the liquified layer to expose the background and with black on the top subject layer to disperse areas of the subject.
As always experiment - it took me several tries with different subjects to come up with something that looked OK so I'm looking forward to seeing what others come up with .
Here's mine done in PSE 2022 starting with an image from Pixabay - the new background is from Elements and my layer stack is shown in the bottom right.
Have fun!
Tony
