Final result of the Coke splash effect.

coke splash effect final

Open a document 500 x 500.

Create a layers and apply black color on it ‘Black’. Hide it for now.

Now create another one layer which we will be using to draw splash.

Select a hard brush 13px . On the brush settings – modify the to the following.

Select red color (#bc0000). Drag the brush upwards to make a dotted line like below.

From the filters gallery apply “chrome” with the settings below.

The brush strokes has been turned into a new splash effect.

Now the color has been changed to grey. We will add color to it in the following step.

Now bring back the black BG which has been hidden to visible.

Select the magic want (B), change the tolerance to 12, anti-alias. and select the white part.
From the Select Menu, select the “Similar”. Press delete to remove the white selections.

Press crtl+U to open the hue/saturation settings. Now lets apply some color to it from the following.

To change the levels of the colors, press ctrl+L. Change the levels to following to give a more live colors.

Duplicate the splash layer and place it to make a complete splash like below. Transform and scale a little and change the angle to give a realistic spray effect.

Tips: You can give a better finishing to the splash by closing the ends.

Now take a bubble brush and with the same settings first we used start drawing along the splash.

Next give some glow to the form.

Take a hard brush 9px. Change only the scattering of the brush to 500%. Start drawing along the splashes.

Apply outer glow.

Make a shape like below and fill it with white. Apply Gaussian blur.

Place the layer just above the black BG layer. Change the transparency level to 70.

Now we will take a can image, and place the effect on top of that. The can image can be downloaded from here

(Due to copyright issue the name has been changed)

Place the can in the lowest layer , above the black BG.

Create a new layer just above the black BG layer.
Change the foreground color – #a40a2a and background color – # 662d91.

Go to the filters and apply radial blur . Move the slider to max and select the method to zoom.

Apply halftone from the filters gallery (default settings).

Place the can below the splash carefully.

The end results.

Download the psd from here.