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Wave explosion Photoshop Tutorial Soon

April 11, 2008

Today I took 2 hours to do another reader’s request. I have to say, this image was really cool to make because I didn’t know how to even create that effect in the first place. But it turned out to be easier than I thought. Now I just need to write the Photoshop tutorial.

Well I don’t even know how to describe the effect, it’s such a Heroes Peter Petrelli power of mind wave explosion, . Seriously, it’s a sort of explosion that this guy saw on a video and wanted to know how to do it. Below you can see the end result.

Besides that, I’d like to share some information about the site. It had a huge traffic last month of over 930k visitors and more than 1.6 million page-views; it was a record. We’re all really happy with that and we want to thank all of you for visiting the site.

We are also going to give away 2 favicon slots. These 2 slots will be to promote our visitor's sites. Each one will be there for a full month and by the end of that month, we'll change the favicons. So remember, every month we will give these 2 slots away. Wanna be the first one to get your site favicon here? Drop us a comment!

You can check the tutorial at http://psdtuts.com/tutorials-effects/create-a-powerful-mental-wave-explosion-effect/

Winners of the Favicon slots

  • Raj
  • Jonathan Solichin 
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My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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60 Comments

haby11/16/2009

yeh realy very nice tutorial

Alex1211/09/2009

pls psd file plss

Anonymous08/17/2009

"It just look great" How did you create, really I inspired to do this thing.

anamika08/10/2009

Cool tutorial

wanake07/22/2009

very tricky process

LAD06/17/2009

Dude, you rock. Im always like,,, how do they do that?
Still, you have a gift my friend. Great work. PS: thank for the tutorial.

HamBoneZ12/05/2008

I just found something very similar to this tutorial on the Internet... I don't know if Fabio took his inspiration from this or the guy took it from Fabio but we can see at the very end of the video the effect in motion. Really nice!

go see it : http://christopherhewitt.com/Projects/?Things_Fall_Apart.mov
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We <3 HamBoneZ !

sazagow10/06/2008

nice ^6

grafi-ray10/03/2008

Awesome tutorial..cool effects =)

dany09/28/2008

Damn cool effects!!!
Just wow, im learnin to create effects.
tried doin one but not as cool as dis.

dnt really knw how to post it up thou

MangoeN09/23/2008

God Bless U ... Keep the others Tutorials.....

godonholiday07/12/2008

you have to see the end of this clip

http://www.fwatheater.com/video/short-film/272/things-fall-apart.html
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Learn it, pass it on.

Michael13705/21/2008

I tried it out and it turned out awesome!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26611021@N08/2511479625/sizes/o/

Mukarram05/07/2008

Hi...Now what shud i say , or where my words stand in front of this world as they already know The Gems.....I think you are so special human being between us as God gave you the gift & now you are sharing it with us....
Amazing Stuff ....

Take care

Anonymous04/30/2008

ola fabio, admiro muito o seu trabalho, conheci os mesmos atraves do site psdtuts, so tenho uma pequena reclamação (se posso chamar assim), vc ja pensou em acrescentar no seu site o idioma portugues/br?, assim como eu acredito que muitos brasileiros ficam meios que "perdidos" ao tentar aplicar o seu efeito, no idioma ingles.

parabens amigo

afg8904/27/2008

This is so awesome. I worked for me. Thanks

Chaos04/17/2008

Hi Fabio, I did the tutorial and I work
I am grateful for this fantastic effect
I hope to visit my blog impressive to me
Say that this is my job http://design-digitaldream.blogspot.com/

Cameron Rad04/16/2008

Very nice! Read the tutorial... Good job!

b04/15/2008

Well done.

Daniel04/14/2008

Outstanding effect!as usual great work !

Anonymous04/14/2008

It is really amazing and a powerful Effect. Keep it Up and... dont forget the Tutorial ;)

Digital Juice04/13/2008

can't wait :) looks like a neat tut! :)

Skeku04/13/2008

Cool! I think that effect is the same that can be viewed in Devoid of Yesterday clip "Things Fall Apart"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS4wG904xBw

Brian04/12/2008

Looking great - can't wait for the tut!

ibrahim1x04/12/2008

briliant

Anonymous04/11/2008

Awesome outcome there mate. Top work as always.

Darren04/11/2008

Looks like an AMAZING tutorial! can't wait! favicon slot? yes please!

nitos04/11/2008

WOW.. I want to see how can I made that! :D
your awesome!..
and wow.. great stats :)
Im already suscribed for that tutorial!!!
hehe
thanks abduzeedo!!

Timmy04/11/2008

Looks like it'll be awesome, like usual.

You kick some serious ass dude.

Grant Friedman04/11/2008

Really cool tutorial! Congrats on the traffic! I'd love too have a free favicon! Too bad my new site is about a month away from being finished...

TommiL04/11/2008

Awesome!! i want it now ^_-

Markus04/11/2008

Psycho! Awesome result.

Yesterday i had a problem in dreamweaver, can you help me with that. But if you know how to put text on a picture, then please share! (I am a little newbie) :S

Skalla04/11/2008

hey Dude

Awesome works you are making, just wanted to say that.
keep up that excelent work!

I Already learned a lot from you.
looking forward to the upcoming tuts

Greetings

Skalla

Matt O.04/11/2008

Mirko, just for the record.

When I said, "I hate how you tease us with the results before you post the tutorial! :P"

Notice the :P at the end of the sentence... I said it all in good fun.

Jacob Cass04/11/2008

Jacob for the win :) Look forward to the tutorial

Anonymous04/11/2008

WOW! Looks great, but the shadow of the explosion just looks awesome to me! :)

giackop04/11/2008

uoooooooooo this is sick.. looking forward to try this!! congrats again..
(only 2 hours.. mmm i hate you ;) )

Constantin Potoac04/11/2008

Oh God!

I just can't stop looking at it and thinking that it looks better than the one I showed you. You just "explode" me away. ;)

Congratulations.

Constantin Potoac04/11/2008

It seems that Fabio managed to make exactly what I asked him to do.

You have done an amazing job Fabio. Thank you so very much for this.

abduzeedo04/11/2008

Hey guys, I will write the tutorial this weekend, but I wanted to show you the end result for opinions... it will be published next week I think.

Thanks a lot for the comments ;)

Stoo04/11/2008

Teaser!

mirko04/11/2008

FROM:
Where is the tutorial?!
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Bogus (not verified) 04/11/2008

FROM:
I think I'm in love...

I hate how you tease us with the results before you post the tutorial! :P
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Matt O. (not verified) 04/11/2008

I think let the man "abduzeedo" a little bit time to generate the tut!
And don´t be so greedy!!!

Ok dude´s ;-)

Salva04/11/2008

w0ow i can wait for this tutorial!!

Salva04/11/2008

w0ow i can wait for this tutorial!!

Shobhit04/11/2008

We all are still waiting for the WONDERFUL tutorial :))

Thanks a lot in advance...

jayhan04/11/2008

Hi, your site is definitely a very inspiring one, i like the posts and tutorials been useful! Will wait for the tutorial :D

Shobhit04/11/2008

We all are still waiting for the WONDERFUL tutorial :))

Thanks a lot in advance...

Jonathan Solichin04/11/2008

Amazing results there, it looks like the 2 hours paid off! I'll be honored to get my favicon featured on this site! Great idea. Keep on churning all these good stuff :)

Bogus04/11/2008

Where is the tutorial?!

Matt O.04/11/2008

I think I'm in love...

I hate how you tease us with the results before you post the tutorial! :P

Jonathan Connolly04/11/2008

That is a heck of a lot of hits! I need a fav icon! I have new website going and need some hits. Love all your work, big fan, keep it up.

matt04/11/2008

Great site! Some very cool tutorials. I have got you on rss feed now on my google homepage now. :D I'd definitely go for one of the favicon spots. but maybe in a month or two after i get my redesign up.

cheers!

Raj04/11/2008

Looks great!

And I'd like one of those favicon spots :D

Hcmlopes04/11/2008

awesome effect. cant wait too see the tutorial. PS.: thx to you I've learned alot these past weeks. Keep up the good work

Anthony Short04/11/2008

I've been reading your feed for a while, and I thought I'd drop in and say gratz on the page views. Thanks for all the tutorials :)

Gimper04/11/2008

Hi abduzeedo, can't wait for the tutorial mate! looks awesome :)

Anthony04/11/2008

Can't wait for the tutorial, looks good, I want to see how you created the part around the edge of the circle (the reflection of the cloud) looks good as always :)

Anonymous04/11/2008

so how did you create it?! I don't see the tutorial part

Artsteez04/11/2008

this looks like it will be fun!

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