This tutorial will teach you some very useful selection techniques that will allow you to create a cool paint explosion image. Many of the techniques are fairly basic, but aren’t that commonly known and are a real time saver!

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a crazy explosion, like a mix of Magneto’s ability with Peter Petrelli’s power. We will use images and filters to produce this wave explosion effect. Even though it may look like a difficult tutorial, it’s really not that hard.