Create Smashing glass effect in photoshop

Final image:

1. Create a new A4 photoshop document with black background.

   Open that image over that black background by moving one document to another with move tool.

   Set the image in center and place into a group folder named Face.

   Now draw a selection(feather 2px) around tongue,after that darken it with burn tool.

2. Make a duplicate layer of the face and select blending mode as soft light and decrease opacity to 21%.

   Name it 'face soft light'.After that add a mask to group folder(Face).Pick a large soft large brush(e.g 400).and gentally move around the face to blend the hard edges into background.

3. In a new tab open a smoke image add make rectangular selection and add it above the group folder and name it mist.Now make width the smoke as size of canvas and then duplicate it and flip vertical and move at top of canvas and set opacity to 37%.Like this:

4.Add a new group and name it as atmosphere and add mist to it.Press alt andclick on create new fill/adjustment layer icon at the bottom of thee layer palette and choose hue/saturation.Check Use previous layer to create clipping mask and click ok then set saturation to -83 and lightness to -30.

5. Now,the time to blend the mist into face:Add a mask to the group folder(atmosphere) And do the same as we done in step 2.and decrease the opacity to your choice that it seems better.

6. Now add up a new color balance adjustment layer at the top of the layers.And set the shadows as red to -21 and blue:+12.After that mid tones ,red:to -68 and blue to +16.At last adjust the highlights to :red to -25 and blue to +19.

7. Now add a black and white adjustment layer at top of all layers, selecting high contrast blue filter from the preset menu.And set the opacity of the layer to 23%.

8. Add a new layer at the top containing image of the broken glass and name it glass And reduce its opacity to around 40%.Draw a series of closed paths around unwanted glass segments, generate path-based selection and fill with black.Crack like:

9. Select the glass layer and select all(ctrl + A) and copy (Ctrl + C) then go to channels palette and click on create new channel icon.Paste your selection into the new channel and label it glass sharp Then using small white brush clean all the black pit holes and dirt.Use the burn tool to accentuate the black shatter lines.At last add a levels adjustment, setting the midpoint to 0.55 and white to 126.

10. Make a duplicate of the layer by dragging its thumbnail into the create new channel icon.Add gaussian blur of 2 pixels(filter>blur>gaussian blur).And give it a name 'glass blur'.Now select duplicate channel(its at the top right fly-out menu in tthe channel palette),then in next window select New under document destination.And save it as face_glassified.psd.

11.Remove the eye from the glass layer and add a new layer below it Then got to Image>apply image And in dialog box select merged and normal as blending.And name composite layer as face glass.

12. Now with new layer,go to filter>distort>glass.And set the distortion to 20 and smoothness to 5.now click the arrow(next to texture) to load the file that you have saved(Face_glassified.psd) And ensure the scalling is at 100%.check the invert option and click ok.

13. Put the eye on the glass layer And set blending mode to overlay and reduce opacity to 68%.Now make a selection from glass sharp channel, target The glass layer and go to Layer>layer mask>reveal selection.Add a drop shadow layer style And set several settings blending mode-normal;swatch-black;opacity-92%;angle-155;distance-24;spread-0;size-8;contour-cone;anti-aliased-on.And in inner shadow apply following settings:Blending mode-hard light;swatch-#a8c9d0;opacity-100;angle-155;distance-3;choke-0;contour-linear; anti-aliased-on.

14. Add a new layer above glass layer name it as small fragments and set foreground color to white and use brush in a stamping way around the cracks.

    Set the mazic wand tool to contiguous and generate partial white selections from the glass sharp channel.Add anew layer,using white soft edged brush paint the glass highlights.And set blending mode to overlay and reduce opacity to 66%.and label it 'glass highlights'.

15. Add a new layer at the top and using a black soft edged brush paint at top and bottom of image.and set blending mode to multiply and reduce opacity to 45%.After that add a new black & white adjustment layer,selecting the maximum white preset.And reduce its opacity to 16%.

16. drag glass layer into masked folder and blend bottom areas.Add new layers to make teeth yellow and black and to make eyes red And set blending mode to multiply.