Creating a Custom Muzzle Flash Bitmap

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Halo Gradients GRD File

This tutorial is how to create a custom muzzle flash, or anything else that can be applied to this.

Step 1:
Download this base picture for the tutorial, or make your own that is similar.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...orial/base.png

And download this gradient map.
http://files.filefront.com/Tutorial+.../fileinfo.html
It will be used in this tutorial

Step 2:
Open up the gradient in a Photoshop


Step 3:
Go to Images>Adjustments>Gradient Map...


Step 4:
Click on the gradient bar


Step 5:
You will see this:


Click on the [Load...] button.
And load in the GRD file you downloaded.


Step 6:
It will come up with this:


Step 7:
Congratulations, you created a muzzle flash bitmap based off of the Halo 3 Plasma Rifle's Muzzle Flash.



You can make other gradients, to create different styles of muzzle flashes. Also other cloudy/puffy shapes can make it look different in shape.