Beautiful underwater scene - part 2

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step 6


Make a new layer. Now go back to the channels palette and Ctrl Click on alpha 2 channel (on which we applied Chrome). Now go back to the layers Palette and click on the new layer and fill white colour in the selection. Now change the blending mode of this layer to overlay. If this layer is not visible properly the duplicate this laye till you can see it properly and the merge them together.


step 7



Rename the new layer to water 2. Now make a new layer and rename it as light. Now take a large brush with soft edges and paint white colour in the middle on the top edge as shown in the image.


step 8


Now load the selection of alpha 1 channel as in step 5 and make a new layer in the layers palette, rename this layer as rays and fill white colour. Now go to Filter > Blur > Rdial Blur, and apply the following settings
Amount = 100%
Blur Method = Zoom
Quality = Best
And lift the center to the point where you have the source of light in the image. Now Press Ctrl T and use perspective to concentrate the rays at the top. and use the eraser tool (soft large brush) to remove any hard edges and unwanted rays. If you want intense rays thn duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl J and then merge all the rays layers.


step 9


Now move both the light and rays layer below the water layers as shown in the image.


step 10


Minimise this document and open a new document of 8 by 8 inches with black background and make a new layer and fill with black colour. Now go to Filters > Render > Lense Flare and apply the following settings as shown in the image.


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comments on this tutorial:

Alan2641 [lvl 16] [vp 1000] [vote medals 655]:
avatar Alan2641Underwater look is very nicely explained-- hope to use this sometime.
(295 days ago)
mymyb37 [lvl 28] [vp 2000] [vote medals 376]:
avatar mymyb37Very nice, had never seen anything like it before!
(295 days ago)
Endlessly [lvl 4] [vp 42] [vote medals 17]:
no avatarWow that's awesome!
(294 days ago)
anzaar [lvl 6] [vp 1000] [vote medals 127]:
avatar anzaarVery Nice tutorial.
(294 days ago)
xtro [lvl 11] [vp 1000] [vote medals 40]:
avatar xtroNice one, and 5 pages too!
(294 days ago)
glibshaft [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarWow. I'm going to try that!!!! Be quite a challenge to recreate this in Photoshop Elements!!!
(294 days ago)
suresh raja [lvl 25] [vp 1000] [vote medals 184]:
avatar suresh rajaexcellent..well done..keep it up.
(294 days ago)
mom22seans [lvl 9] [vp 236] [vote medals 33]:
avatar mom22seansBeautiful work!!
(288 days ago)
lotfi2samir [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
avatar lotfi2samirgreat job

(285 days ago)
Blacklemon [lvl 9] [vp 3] [vote medals 3]:
avatar BlacklemonVery well explained!
(261 days ago)
moonlit21 [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avataramazing! hard work paid off.:P
(261 days ago)
antotskie_pahzaway [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarWOW!! that's all i can say.. like what blacklemon said, it is very well explained..gotta see some of your work..
(252 days ago)
dabakoto [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
avatar dabakotoperfect...!!!
(237 days ago)
Roendel [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
avatar Roendelso srry to tel you this but....
http://pixelmana.com/?p=30
ripped off ?

(226 days ago)
DesireeSpencer [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
avatar DesireeSpencerThis is just beautiful, and could make great effects on many things..
(222 days ago)
InventiveNerd [lvl 1] [vp 0] [vote medals 0]:
no avatarits ammazing...I am trying now. But page 1 step 4 is not coming for me. Dont' know why. I am using Photoshop CS3

Can anybody help please ???

(16 days ago)






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