callmemitchs's avatar
Wouldn't it be easier to just set the fireworks layer to screen? I'm fairly new to photoshop, but i think it makes all the black see-through. Sorry if I'm wrong...
Fune-Stock's avatar
It works well if you´re only using one photo of a firework, if the sky is black enough, and also depending on what sort of image your pasting it on. But if pasting multiple shots on top of something and converting all to screen will make the borders of the images visible. Prepping all the shots with the method showed in this tutorial will get rid of all those borders and make the build of more complex explosions much easier. :)