Turn any photo into a dot grid artwork with these Photoshop actions. You'll get great results with dots that change size. They get larger in brighter areas and smaller in darker areas. Free download available.
Preview of Final Results

Tutorial Resources
- Man – sunshine114
- Sky – Photoxpress
- Background – sxc.hu
- Explosion – sxc.hu
- Fireball – sxc.hu
- Crack – sxc.hu
- Rocks – Creativetuts
Step 1
Create a new document and fill it with white. You can choose the size you want but in this tutorial I choose the width larger than the height. Open background stock. Press C to active Crop Tool and make selection of background as shown below:





Step 2
Open sky stock. You can use another image if you can't download this sky from Photoxpress but a dark one with dramatic look is a good choice. Use Retangular Marquee Tool to make a selection for the part you want and set feather as 20 ( depends on the size of your picture):




Step 3
To make color of the land fit sky, I use a new adjustment layer for land 1 layer with Clipping Mask. On land 1 layer, go to Layer-New adjustment layer-Hue/Saturation:

Step 4
In this step I do a bit retouch for background. Create a new layer on the top. Use soft brush with color #373939 and paint on some parts of sky. I vary opacity of brush as shown below:





Step 5
Open explosion stock. Use Move Tool to drag it into our canvas. Press Cmd/Ctrl+T to scale it down and transform it as shown below:

22 comments on ““The Controller” - Create this Floating Superhero Scene with Sci-Fi Lighting Effects in Photoshop”
Thanks for your tutorial
it was a little long winded
Thanks four your tutorial, and I wish I can make it. But something is lost, I can't find the background and crack.
Wow amazing technique . I didn't understand how to create firing motion blur effect .......... can you explain it .........??
Hi, I am a Sahebrao photo manipulator though I tend to focus more on a “pin-up” style of work. Great to see some I like, so I want more vedio tutorials. thanks!
Hi, I am a superhero photo manipulator though I tend to focus more on a "pin-up" style of work. Great to see some quality tutorials in the field!
I like the idea of this tutorial, it’s very creative and the result looks great.Thanks a lot for sharing with us.
ohhh awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!
guys please hepl me! i cant get the pics. pls email them to me
hello the link to the rocks psd is broken.
I'd just like to say great tutorial - I have a crack for part of my one a week project and this was my result - http://www.flickr.com/photos/magsnorton/8415205138/in/photostream
Wowww..i like it so much. I will try it at home. I hope i can create it..thanks
wish i can make it. I try to make it for my national examination
Amazing Tutorial really
Dearest Sir............Wonderful work done. Thanks for uploading,i hope u will be carry on yrs work. for us .........
Thanks a lot.....
Learner ..... Jehan zeb Khan .....( PAK )
@FazilZuhaib Thanks, buddy! I'm so busy with web work right now, but I promise I'll have some new exciting web and PS stuff soon! :)
Really amazing, gonna try this out.
oh wow haha
Very nice tutorial, thank you!
Thanks Jenny! Your tutorials are awesome as always! :)
I cant wait to try this out. I know it will be major help for me especially with blending.
Superb graphic design tutorials. will be too much helpful and thanks for share...