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Create UnderWater World with Photoshop

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Date: 2009-Nov-23
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In this Photoshop tutorial I will show you easy but very interesting example of creating an undersea world that you may be very useful in the realization of your ideas related to that topic.

1. Create new document with 1024 x 768 pixels Make new layer and select the blue-green (3E6E6D) for foreground color.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
2.Now reset the colors with D key from keyboard. Create a new layer. Apply filter Render > Clouds. Then open filter Sketch > Chrome and set the following settings:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
Set the Blending Mode to Overlay.

Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
3. Reset colors with D key. Create a new layer. Apply Render > Clouds. Then Filter > Stylize > Glowing Edges and set the following settings:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
Set the Blending Mode to Color Dodge.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
Set the Blending Mode to Linear Dodge.

Merge Layers (Ctrl + E). First Layer2 with Layer1, then Layer3 with Layer1.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
4. Fix the middle of the layer, then using the Move Tool (V) get the bottom middle point, right mouse click, choose Perspective and prospect amending approximately as follows:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
Now we get this:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
5. Lets make the bottom. Reset colors with key D. Create a new layer. Apply filter Render > Clouds. Then filter Render > Lighting Effects and set the following settings:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
Press Ctrl + U and correct color on the bottom.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
6. Do the same as in section 4, but in this case moving to the upper middle, and again in the same way that Perspective Produced bottom.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
7. Create a new layer. We make a rectangular shape (from end to end) using the Rectangular Merquee Tool in the center of the image and fill it with blue-green color (3E6E6D). Apply the filter Blur > Gaussian Blur with values around 8 pixels.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
Press Ctrl + T and stretch a layer throughout the vertical length.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
8. Reset colors with D key. Create a new layer. Apply Render > Clouds. Then open filter Stylize > Glowing Edges and set the following settings:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
9. Open filter Blur> Radial Blur and apply the following settings:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
10. For better results transform the layer as shown below.
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
That is all. Approximate you should take a scene like this:
Create UnderWater World with Photoshop
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    • posted on 2010-Apr-26 | 11:54:44 PM
      Fantastic clear tutorial. 2 points one you forget to tell how to blend the last layer and in one of the first pictures it is not readable what mark you give to the chrome smoothness.

      I enjoyed it a lot.
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