How to Create a Blast Effect With Project Dogwaffle
Start a new project in Project Dogwaffle., Assuming your blast is in the sky, like a nova explosion, create your background of a sky., Start making changes to the sky settings., Before starting on the blast effect, select primary and secondary...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Start a new project in Project Dogwaffle.
For the purposes of this article, it will be 800 X
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Step 2: Assuming your blast is in the sky
It doesn't have to be 'earth-like' at all, and you can dress it up however you want it! Click on Filter >>Render >> Sky... , Just change one at a time and watch for the change.
That way you can learn what each control does.
One of the sliders that is a lot of fun to try is the gradient index! ,,, Holding down your mouse draw a straight line in a direction.
Here, the options are large bloom and 6 star elements. , Moving the mouse in different directions will help your star elements point in different directions and not be stacked on top of each other. , Whenever there is a blast of some type, there is a lot of movement.
Do this with the Zoom Blur... option. , After that, move the cross hairs, so that they are centered in your blast zone. , Click on Convolve >> Color Emboss... , This will allow you to save it as a .jpg.
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Step 3: like a nova explosion
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Step 4: create your background of a sky.
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Step 5: Start making changes to the sky settings.
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Step 6: Before starting on the blast effect
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Step 7: select primary and secondary colors that you want to use
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Step 8: such as shades of red
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Step 9: light and dark.
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Step 10: Right Click on the gradient/flare icon and select Nova.
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Step 11: Select the center of where you want your blast/hyperspace effect to be.
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Step 12: Do this a few times
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Step 13: adjusting the number of star elements and size of the bloom
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Step 14: until you have a look that you like.
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Step 15: Create a look of movement.
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Step 16: Set the Factor and Quality until you have the look you want.
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Step 17: Accent your explosion by applying some color embossing.
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Step 18: To save your work
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Step 19: export it to File >> Export >> All plugins >> General file converter.
Detailed Guide
For the purposes of this article, it will be 800 X
800.
It doesn't have to be 'earth-like' at all, and you can dress it up however you want it! Click on Filter >>Render >> Sky... , Just change one at a time and watch for the change.
That way you can learn what each control does.
One of the sliders that is a lot of fun to try is the gradient index! ,,, Holding down your mouse draw a straight line in a direction.
Here, the options are large bloom and 6 star elements. , Moving the mouse in different directions will help your star elements point in different directions and not be stacked on top of each other. , Whenever there is a blast of some type, there is a lot of movement.
Do this with the Zoom Blur... option. , After that, move the cross hairs, so that they are centered in your blast zone. , Click on Convolve >> Color Emboss... , This will allow you to save it as a .jpg.
If you want to save it as a .bmp, just choose that option.
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