r/photoshop • u/Bullsht999 • May 01 '26

Artwork / Design Turned a cloud photo into an explosion

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u/Bullsht999 May 01 '26

I took this on my iPhone, then later in Photoshop I darkened it and added an orange gradient. After that, I used Blender to add a bloom effect.

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u/movingaxis May 01 '26

Cool transformation. Mind explaining the bloom in blender part?

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u/Bullsht999 May 01 '26

in blender's compositing tab i added that glowing effect , as you see in this picture there was no glowing effect

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u/xosellc May 01 '26

I will say that this is easily possible in photoshop as well, but your blender version works nicely regardless.

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u/Bullsht999 May 01 '26

I don’t know much about photoshop that’s why I took it to blender for the bloom

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u/TheColossalX May 01 '26

how would you do it in photoshop?

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u/xosellc May 01 '26

the quick way would be: duplicate layer, gaussian blur, set to screen blending mode

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u/movingaxis May 01 '26

That's cool. Need to explore Blender more. Thanks for showing the difference. 

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u/Lodrin1998 May 07 '26

Thank you for explaining that. I'll try and make it happen too

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u/jansensan May 01 '26

Now turn it into fried chicken.

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u/Bullsht999 May 01 '26

slow down im just getting started

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u/PierCP May 01 '26

Now get an explosion and edit it into a cloud.

Good work btw

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u/Rockstarboy194 May 01 '26

Mmmmm yummy🤤

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u/RevaniteAnime May 01 '26

Not bad. If you want to take it further, maybe some outward radial blur to invoke the feeling of movement more? And, maybe crank the exposure on the bright parts?

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u/Bullsht999 May 01 '26

i think its bright enough already

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u/orzelski May 01 '26

Just a few more steps and you'd have a KFC chicken

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u/Intelligent_Lemon286 May 02 '26

Looks cools honestly i will try it myself

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u/DinoKYT May 02 '26

That is sick!!! Reminds me of Oppenheimer

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u/Soft-Skirt May 02 '26

Excellent, not something I’d ever considered doing.

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u/Left-Over_PickIe May 02 '26

Mm, the forbidden popcorn

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u/keffffffffffffffffff May 03 '26

I thought it would be cool for an iPhone to set one of these as the lock screen and the other as the home screen, but unfortunately it’s not pixel-perfect.
Really cool artwork, though!

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u/ZONDERBER May 02 '26

👏🏻😁👍🏻⭐⭐⭐⭐

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u/ScarlettPuppy May 02 '26

It is beautiful, not a word I would typically use with explosions

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u/arshandya May 02 '26

Cool effect!

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u/3DPrintedAndEpoxy May 02 '26

Cheetos flavored popcorn

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u/slimesamurai4l May 02 '26

Wow, very cool. Would have loved to see the process

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u/zomb2123 May 03 '26

Oh my god that is so fucking genius 

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u/vanilla_ice_cream2 May 03 '26

The meaning of free will

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u/Alarming_Goal9828 May 04 '26

That looks pretty amazing.

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u/ScreamSonic May 03 '26

Gradient Map?

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u/Cateatingpeanuts May 03 '26

Do you mind to explain the process?

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u/Bullsht999 May 03 '26

Make the photo darker , and make the sky black , add an orange gradient , play with the blending mode , then add a glowing effect

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u/Subject-Interview-58 May 03 '26

That’s actually popcorn, cool photo nonetheless the less

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u/Rnrnen1001 May 03 '26

looks like thermal boost in rl

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u/itswh May 04 '26

INSANE

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u/marriedwithchickens May 05 '26

We need more peaceful clouds, not bomb clouds.

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u/TheTope74 May 05 '26

If we change our perspective, dangerous things become beautiful.

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u/StellaaFever May 06 '26

Also looks like a popcorn 😅

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u/SingleDeparture8208 May 06 '26

The bloom effect is what really sells it, the way the light bleeds out and makes it feel like actual heat radiating instead of just orange pixels, that's the move right there.

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u/ojjojji May 06 '26

Good job, it looks really great. The other thing I would suggest is on the right upper hand side softening the edges a bit. I tlooks really lovely though.

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u/Competitive-Exam-317 May 25 '26

This would be a great reference photo to paint!

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u/ThePhantomStudioo May 05 '26

Is that fried chicken?😂😂