Flower on the Water
In this photoshop tutorial I’ll show you how to create a water reflection. We used a flower as an object being reflected in this tutorial.
Step 1.
Open a photo with a flower. Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool and draw the flower out.
Step 2.
Create a new document without background and drag the flower in it holding Ctrl (call this layer “Flower”).
Step 3.
Create a new layer (call it “Water”). Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool and create a rectangle like shown in the pic.2. Apply Filter > Render > Clouds (use Hue/Saturation to your liking). Press Ctrl+D and drag the “Water” layer under the “Flower” layer.
Step 4.
Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool and draw the lower part of the flower out. Apply Layer > New > Layer via Cut (Shft+Ctrl+J) and set the opacity -> 50%.
Step 5.
Choose the “Water” layer. Choose the Elliptical Marquee Tool and create an ellipse like shown in the pic.3. Apply Filter > Distort > ZigZag with the following settings: Amount->60%; Ridges->6; Style-> Around center.
Step 6.
Now add a dark sky. And that’s it.
Photo Borders
In this article I’ll show you how to make different styles of photo borders using different filters.
Step 1.
Open the photo. Go to channels pallete and create a new channel (Alfa 1).
Step 2.
Choose Rectangular Marquee Tool and create a rectangle. Then apply Select > Inverse; and Edit > Fill…(use: White).
Step 3.
Apply Select > Deselect and then apply Filter > Pixelate > Color Halfone (choose parameters yourself).
Step 4.
Go to RGB channel and apply Select > Load Selection… (use: Alfa 1). Then apply Edit > Fill… (use background).
There are several examples using different filters:
Filter > Brush Strokes > Sprayed Strokes
Filter > Distort > Ripple
Filter > Scetch > Water Paper
Filter > Texture > Stained Glass.
And that’s it.
Crisp Text
Step 1.
Create a new 500X150 pixels document with the black background. Print the text.
Step 2.
Apply Layer > Rasterize > Layer and then Image > Rotate Canvas > 90CCW.
Step 3.
Apply Filter > Stylze > Wind and use the following settings:
and then press Ctrl+F to reapply a second time.
Step 4.
Apply Filter > Stylze > Wind and change the settings: Direction->From the Left and then press Ctrl+F to reapply a second time.
Step 5.
Apply Image > Rotate Canvas > 90CW and then Filter > Distort > Ripple with the following settings: Amount->65%, Size->median.
Step 6.
Now drag the text into your picture.
Step 7.
Create a new 500X150 pixels document with the black background. Print the same text but with another colour and drag the text into our actual picture behind the white text. And that’s it.
Bullet Holes on the Metal Surface
In this article I’ll tell you how to make realistic bullet holes on the metal surface.
Step 1.
Create a new 250X250 pixels document with black background. Create a new layer.
Step 2.
Choose the Brush Tool and draw the circle with unequal borders with light-grey colour (b7b7b7). Set the diameter of the Brush Tool 100 pixels and draw a big point in the center of the circle with dark grey colour. Choose the diameter 19 pixels and draw the black “hole” in the center with unequal borders like shown:
Step 3.
Choose the Dodge Tool (with the parameters: Range->Highlights; Exposure->20%) and draw several lines from the border to the center.
Step 4.
Miniaturize your document and now drag the bullet hole into the metal surface. And that’s it.
Ice Text
In this article I’ll show you how to make the frozen text.
Step 1.
Create a new 500X400 pixels document. Then choose the Horizontal Type Tool (T) and print the text. Press the right button of the mouse on the layer and choose “Rasterize Layer“.
Step 2.
Apply Filter > Noise > Add Noise and use the following settings:
Step 3.
Press Ctrl+E and then apply Filter > Pixelate > Crystallize and use the following settings: Cell Size -> 3.
Step 4.
Apply Filter > Stylize > Find Edges and then Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with Radius: 1 pixel.
Step 5.
Apply Image > Rotate Canvas…90CW.
Step 6.
Apply Image > Adjustments > Invert (Ctrl+I) and then Filter > Stylize > Wind and use the following settings:
Step 7.
Apply Image > Rotate Canvas…90CCW and then press Ctrl+U and use the following settings: Hue->215; Saturation->65; Lightness->0; colorize->ON.
And that’s it.
Background Color
In this Photoshop tutorial we will tell you how to change a background colour of the photo.
Step 1.
Open the photo where you want to change a background color.
Step 2.
Press Quick Mask Mode (Q) and choose the Brush Tool (B).
Step 3.
Fill the background by the Brush Tool like in the picture one.
Step 4.
Press Standart Mode (Q) and apply Select > Inverse (Shift+Ctrl+I).
Step 5.
Apply Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation (Ctrl+U) and choose the colour you want. See how you changed the background color of the photo using Photoshop 7.
And that’s it.
