Shattered glass effect tutorial

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Opus
Aug 31, 2003
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Hello,

I’ve looked through all of my old PS tutorials and done numerous searches on the internet for this, and can’t seem to find any that fit what I need.

I’m looking for a tutorial that will walk me through making a photograph look as if someone had been looking into a mirror and then completely shattered it from the center. Shards of glass lying around in a circular pattern, sort of like the cut pieces of a pie. I’m looking for a VERY good tutorial on this–not something too simplistic, but even if it is, that can get me started. I know how to cut the pieces, but it’s the edge effects once the mirror is broken that I’m having trouble envisioning how to do.

I appreciate anyone’s help that they can offer.

Thank you,
Opus

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MrJumbles
Sep 1, 2003
what do you mean by edge effects? I did a quick tryout and produced an image with a background
and each piece in its own layer above . I added a bevel,drop shadow etc. to each layer to give a glass shard effect.
or you could position each piece then merge the layers into one and add the layer style then.

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Hello,

I’ve looked through all of my old PS tutorials and done numerous searches on the internet for this, and can’t seem to find any that fit what I need.

I’m looking for a tutorial that will walk me through making a photograph look as if someone had been looking into a mirror and then completely shattered it from the center. Shards of glass lying around in a circular pattern, sort of like the cut pieces of a pie. I’m looking for a VERY good tutorial on this–not something too simplistic, but even if it is, that can get me started. I know how to cut the pieces, but it’s the edge effects once the mirror is broken that I’m having trouble envisioning how to do.

I appreciate anyone’s help that they can offer.

Thank you,
Opus

—
"Thank you for your submission. We are not interested in your work at this time. That doesn’t mean we didn’t laugh, it just means we didn’t laugh hard enough." –Carla’s rejection letter number 5.
http://www.carlarene.com
http://www.opusgraphics.net

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Opus
Sep 1, 2003
Maybe a bevel would work. But generally, the bevel will affect the space just inside the edge of the glass, as well as just beyond the edge. It will LOOK like it was beveled. I’d be interested to see your example and see if that’s what I was thinking of. Shards. Yes, that’s the word I’m looking for. Thanks.

Opus

MrJumbles wrote:

what do you mean by edge effects? I did a quick tryout and produced an image with a background
and each piece in its own layer above . I added a bevel,drop shadow etc. to each layer to give a glass shard effect.
or you could position each piece then merge the layers into one and add the layer style then.

—
"Thank you for your submission. We are not interested in your work at this time. That doesn’t mean we didn’t laugh, it just means we didn’t laugh hard enough." –Carla’s rejection letter number 5.

http://www.carlarene.com
http://www.opusgraphics.net
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Opus
Sep 2, 2003
Oooh, good idea. Thank you, yes. Does anyone know of a good one to point in toward?

Opus

Harold Morgan wrote:

The effect your’re looking for sounds very similar to a bullet hole effect. Maybe you could find a technique searching under that phrase?

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http://www.opusgraphics.net

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