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[Cosmin P.]

Somebody asked me how I do my jet blast, well hopefully this little tutorial will help you!

Here we go:

Step 1:After you take a screenshot, go to Photoshop, press CTRL+O (open file), after doing this press CTRL+J (this will add a new layer In case you don't like how it comes you can simply delete the layer)    rename your layer however you want, I renamed mine Engine Heat.  

Step 2 Grab your Lasso Tool by pressing L on the keyboard and draw  the area where your heat will be.When we have selected the area we go to FILTER->BLUR->GAUSSIAN BLUR and put a value that fits to your screenshot!


Step 3:After applying the gaussian blur we want to distort our image a little to give the impression of heat and movement.To do that go to FILTER->DISTORT->OCEAN RIPPLE, now every screenshot is different and the style of a artist is different so you will change the settings and obtain a perfect distort just like I did.


Step 4:The last step of this tutorial is about Motion Blur,you want youre heat to look as realistic as possible, so you need to add a little motion.Go to FILTER->BLUR->MOTION BLUR, when opened you will see a little wheel, set the angle aprox with your aircrafts and also set the amount of blur.


Of course you can go crazy with your screenshot and add more things, I wanted a simple and straight forward tutorial!Also Excuse me for my bad english...Enjoy

            Cosmin P.

[LA_PHX]

Thanks for the tutorial!

Cosmin P., on Jun 24 2010, 01:11 PM, said:

Also Excuse me for my bad english

You're English is fine.

[-Dexter]

Very good. Good result!

And your English is fine.

[Cosmin P.]

Thank you guys!

[Brandon-M]

Great tutorial Same method i use, allthough if i could have seen this however long ago it would have made things far easier

[jefcully]

Thanks for this good idea about formating image in photo shop Through Tutorial,This Makes so simple that anyone can understand it and try their hand on other picture as well.IT Makes a things lot more easier.

[BrandonF]

I think that the method works, but there should probably be a softer edge on the blur.