> PHOTOSHOP USER>^ JUNE 2017[ 76 ]
But why stop there? You know those cool-
looking, slightly blurred spark elements you see
in movie posters? This brush, combined with
layer styles, can achieve this easily. First, turn
off the Shape Dynamics and Transfer options
in the Brush panel, and make the brush a fairly
large Size, about the width of the document.
Add a new layer and click once to add one
instance of the brush. Activate the Warp fea-
ture under the Edit>Transform menu and use
the grid to manually stretch the particles,
resulting in a sense of movement. Press Enter
to commit the Warp.
Finally, go to Layer>Layer Style>Inner Glow
and play with the settings to turn the particles
yellow, then click on the Outer Glow option in
the list of Styles on the left of the Layer Style
dialog, and play with the settings to create
a darker orange glow around each particle.
Position the particles in the image. Done!
This demonstrates how the discovery of one
effect can lead to another. You’re essentially
being inspired by your own work. Weird but
cool! Let’s move on.Corey Barker