Creating Fireworks
Tutorial in Basics, Effects, Goodies
We will create artificial fireworks with Photoshop. It is great for these days, when Christmas and New Years Eve are coming, when you want to create greeting cards and stuff. We will use ((Pen Tool)) to create the fireworks shape, and ((Brush Tool)) to create the rays’ width and sparkles. Finally, a ((Color Balance)) new adjustment layer to color the fireworks.
Open a new document, 600×400px.
Fill it in with color #1c1727.
Now with ((Pen Tool)) trace 2 points as shown below.
Select ((Brush Tool)), 3px, Hardness: 100%.
Choose white as foreground color.
Go to ((Windows))-((Brushes)).
((Shape Dynamics)).
In ((Path)), right click the trace name and choose ((Stroke Path)).
The type of fill you have to choose will be Brush, of course.
In the new layers, create more curved traces and repeat the previous steps to get something like this.
Select all the layers you draw fireworks in and press Ctrl + E to unify the layers.
Double click the layer to apply ((Layer Styles)).
((Drop Shadow)).
((Outer Glow)).
Accept the changes.
Create a ((New Layer)).
Choose white as the foreground color.
Select ((Brush Tool)), size 200px, hardness: 0%, and draw a point in the middle of the firework.
Change the layer style to ((Overlay))
Create another ((New Layer)).
Then select a white brush, 50px, hardness: 0% and paint the center of the fireworks.
Change the layer style ((Overlay)).
Now duplicate the layer (Ctrl + J) 3 times more.
Create a ((New Layer)).
Once again, choose ((Brush Tool)) and go to menu ((Window))-((Brushes)) to enter these styles.
((Brush Tip Shape)).
((Shape Dynamics)).
((Scattering)).
((Other Dynamics)).
Once you have applied the styles, draw the sparkles and little particles that fireworks have.
Double click the layer to apply ((Outer Glow)).
This is how it will look.
Applying the adjustment layer ((Color Balance)), you will modify the colors.
