# Burned up images

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/burned-up-images/183833>\
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**Created:** [March 30, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/burned-up-images/183833 "2006-03-30T15:29:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![cameron\_](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@cameron\_](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cameron_)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/burned-up-images/183833/1 "2006-03-30T15:29:33Z")

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I was wondering if anyone knew how to make something with a look similar to this, or if there was a tutorial somewhere that could get me started? Any help would be great - thanks

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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/burned-up-images/183833/2 "2006-03-31T02:25:21Z")

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well lets ignore the target logo as its a different matter to begin with.

if you have an image and you want this kind of effect, try to deconstruct it.  
i can see that theres a layer with lots of red and a bit of yellow and probably some white (or something very bright).  
you could make this layer by just grabbing a brush and painting big patches of color, or you could use the clouds filter to get randomised areas of color.

then, you just need to use blending modes - it varies, but things like overlay, hard light, color burn/dodge are good ones to try. Sometimes you’ll need a few layers to build up the effect, and obviously you can adjust the opacity of layers if it’s not quite right.  
with huge overexposed areas like the white, i find that sometimes its best to make a separate layer of white patches and blend that separately as you have more tonal control then.

good luck 🙂