Using Photoshop you will learn to create various kinds of explosive VFX that could easily be used as game assets, video FX or materials for any other 2D animation projects.

We have fire explosion, water bubble burst, lightning strike and more cool animations waiting to be brought to life. So, let’s get to it!

Why choose Photoshop for your 2D explosion FX?

Being a leading visual editing software on the market, Photoshop also provides a very comfortable environment for creating visual effects.

It is a powerful software, packed with useful tools that are easy to learn and enjoyable to use. Those qualities combined make Adobe Photoshop a go-to software for the majority of visual artists, photographers, and animators.

Making frame by frame visual effects such as 2D cartoony explosions is a fun and rewarding process. Photoshop makes it also an easy one.

What will you get from this course?

This course will teach you how to make your own 2D explosion animation sprite sheet from scratch. No previous Photoshop knowledge, or artistic skills required. Just a desire to learn making your own cartoony VFX!

In this course we will:

– Go over the basics of Photoshop to get ready for working with the software
– Draw frame by frame our own cartoony explosion animations
– Create various kinds of explosion FX including dust, gas and fire explosions
– Test our 2D explosions and enhance them to become powerful VFX
– Export our explosion animations as sprite sheets from Photoshop