Broken glass on iPhone Photoshop tutorial.

Let's break the Gorilla glass on a perfectly good iPhone 4S using image of a phone and image of a broken glass.

Click here to download iPhone image.
Click here to download broken glass image.

Open the iPhone image.

In the menu click File, choose Place and open the broken glass image.

Rotate the glass and resize it just like I did (see picture).

Now hold Ctrl while dragging the corners. You want the glass to fit perfectly on iPhone.

Press Enter when done adjusting.

Set the layer blending mode to Screen (see picture).

Create a new layer (see picture).

Choose the Gradient Tool.

Press D and X to select the white foreground and black background color.

Select the Radial Gradient (see picture)...

... click and drag the mouse to create a gradient similar to mine.

Set the new layer's blending mode to Screen and opacity to about 75%.

Choose the Move Tool ...

... and if needed move the gradient layer so it's center is covering the broken glass hole.

Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool ...

Or what ever selecting tool you're more comfortable with.

...and make a selection around iPhone's glass.

Press Ctrl + Alt + I to invert the selection and press Delete key to delete the selection.

Choose the Eraser Tool ...

... and erase hole in the glass area to achieve more realistic effect.

Press Ctrl + L and adjust the levels a bit (see picture).

Click OK.

Voila, you just broke a perfectly nice iPhone 4S, why would anyone do that?! ;)