Monday, 15 October 2012

Splash Photo with Adobe Photoshop Cs

In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop. The main focus of this tutorial is the use of layer masking techniques, photo retouch and a few filter effects. Have a try!
This is an intermediate tutorial so some steps can be tricky – if you’re having difficulty with it, I suggest you go to the basic section of PSD Vault and practice those tutorials first, then come back and do this one.
Here is a preview of the final effect I have for this tutorial: (Click to Enlarge)
rough figure flatten 3 500x679 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Alternative version with a few more colours:
rough figure flatten 2 500x679 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

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Ok Let’s get started!
To complete this tutorial, you will need the following stock:
Model – by mjranum-stock
Water Texture

Step 1

Create a document (size doesn’t really matter here) with black background, load the model image into Photoshop and cut out the model, paste it on the center of our canvas:
1 paste 500x682 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
We can remove some dark spots on the leg with spots healing tool:
1 spot heal 500x315 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Adjust the brush tip size to around the size of the dark spot, then left-click to remove it:
1 heal before 500x365 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
and you will see the spots disappear after the healing:
1 heal after 500x262 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Make sure you clean up the edge with a soft eraser:
1 clean up edge 500x636 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Add the following 2 adjustment layer to the model layer as clipping mask:
Black and White
1 bw Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Levels
1 lv Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Layer mask on the Levels adjustment layer:
1 lv mask 500x690 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
and you will have the following effect:
1 effect Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 2

We can add some cloud to act as background lighting to the model – you can use a cloud brush or the cloud filter to achieve this effect: (use Free Transform to adjust its size)
2 cloud 500x387 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Also add some cloud behind the guitar for more effect:
2 cloud 2 500x279 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Compress the cloud layer down the move it to the bottom:
2 bottom cloud 500x238 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Use a soft black brush to paint some shadow under the feet, make sure you following the shape of the model’ feet for best result:
2 shadow1 500x320 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 3

Now we can add some water texture. Load the water texture and use Quick Selection Tool to select a portion:
3 sel water 500x309 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Copy and paste the selection onto our canvas and warp it a little as shown below:
3 warp Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Apply the following black and white adjustment to this texture:
3 bw Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Then apply the following Levels adjustment to this layer:
3 lv Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
and you will have the following effect:
3 effect1 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Use the Sharpen Filter to sharpen this texture a bit:
3 after shap Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Duplicate this layer a few times and scatter them around the model:
3 effect 2 500x666 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 4

Draw a ring behind the model with Elliptical Marquee Tool, erase some parts with a soft eraser to create some breaking effect:
4 ring 500x363 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Repeat the steps described in previous step, apply some water texture on the ring, use the Warp Tool to adjust the shape when necessary:
4 warp texture 500x427 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Keep going until the water stream texture cover the entire ring:
4 effect1 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
You can also put some water stream texture above the model layer to create some overlay effect:
5 water head area 500x534 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 5

We can some more water pattern to the image. Go back to the Water Texture and select a portion with a 30px feather Lasso Tool:
5 lasso 500x282 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Copy and paste the selection onto our canvas, move it to the top and apply the following black and white adjustment to it:
5 bw Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
And you will have the following effect:
5 bw effect 500x333 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Duplicate this water layer once and move it to the bottom, use the Warp Tool to warp it as shown below:
5 bottom splash 500x421 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
We want to splash to appear behind the model, so use a soft eraser to remove the front portion”
5 erase 500x290 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
and here is the effect so far:
5 effect 500x612 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 6

We can now add some abstract flying pattern to the image. I decided to create a custom brush for this purpose. Firstly we can create a new document sized 150px * 150px, create a new layer and paint a dot in the centre with a soft black brush:
6 brush Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Use the Warp Tool to warp it as shown below:
6 warp 500x438 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Then bring up the Liquify Filter, set the brush as below:
6 liquify Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Use Forward Warp option to liquify it to this following shape:
6 liquify effect 500x481 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Make sure you turn off the background layer, Hit “Ctrl + A” to selection all, then go to “Edit >  Define Brush Preset”:
6 define 500x264 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
After defining the brush, press F5 to bring the brush option window, apply the following settings:
Shape Dynamics
6 shape dyn Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Scattering
6 scattering Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Other Dynamics
6 other dyn Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Tick “Airbrush”, “Smoothing” and “Protect Texture” options. Use this brush to paint some patterns as shown below on the image:
6 paint 500x649 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Step 7

We’re almost done. For some final retouches we can use the Sharpen Tool from the Toolbox to sharpen a number of areas on the model: (flatten the image first)
Hint: set the strength of the sharpen tool to around 30-40%. Don’t over-sharpen the image.
7 sharpen 500x352 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Duplicate this layer and apply the following Accented Edges filter to it:

7 edge 500x338 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
We don’t want the whole image to have this filter effect, so add the following layer mask to hide centain portion:
7 mask 500x678 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
and you will have the following effect:

7 effect 397x700 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Now you can add a few colours for this image, you can do it via several methods:
  1. Colour balance adjustment layer with mask
  2. Paint with a soft brush on a new layer (set blending mode to “overlay”, “soft light” or “color”)
  3. Play with Channels
You can experiment with the aboves and see what result that brings you.
I have the following final effect: (click to enlarge)
Version 1
rough figure flatten 3 500x679 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Alternative Version with more colour:
rough figure flatten 2 500x679 Create Epic Splashing Human Photo Manipulation in Photoshop
Hope you enjoy this tutorial and find it useful! Till next time, have a great day!

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