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Breathtaking Underwater Apartment Photo Manipulation

Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1 - Create the Photoshop docum ent

To start things off, lets open a new image file, go to the Menu bar and click on File > New, then when thebox opens, locate the Preset drop-down menu and click on A4 from the menu, or you may input followingsettings:

Width: 2480 pixels

Height: 3508 pixels

Resolution: 300 dpi

Color Mode: RGB Color; 8bit

Background Contents: White

A landscape type of canvas is what we need for this image, so we would need to rotate the newly createdlayer; when the new layer opens, go to Image > Rotate Canvas > 90 CW.


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Step 2 - Create the water room

In this step, we will create a room filled with water. To start, lets open our fine stock image: ApartmentStock 2. After youve opened it, we wont be doing anything to it, except moving it to our A4 canvas.Activate the Move tool (V) and drag the image to our canvas and then activate the Transform tool(Ctrl/Cmd + T) to scale the image to fit our canvas.

To use the Transform tool, drag the small box/s to a direction which would successfully transform theimage.

Now, we would need to change our rooms color tone. On the Menu bar, go to Image > Adjustments >Color Balance or you may simply hit the shortcut key which is Ctrl/Cmd + B and then input the followingvalues:

Color Balance: -40, 0, +10

Tone Balance: Midtones

Preserve Luminosity: Checked


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Next, we will be changing the ceiling into water! Open the stock image: Water and drag it to our canvasusing the Move tool (V). Upon moving, lets change the name of this layer to water ceiling to avoidconfusion throughout the creation process. To rename a layer, double-click on the word layer 1 and thetext box would appear and you may now rename the layer.

Notice the ceiling, how do you think we would transform our water ceiling so it would fit the real ceilingsshape? Its easy; we will utilize the power of the Distort tool! Activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd +T)

and right click on our image to bring up the contextual menu, when the menu appears, click on Distort.

So you wont have a hard time transforming the image, a good thing to do would be to reduce its opacityto 40%. To reduce an images opacity, go to the Layer window (to where your layers are located) andchange the % value on the Opacity drop-down menu. Change it to 40%. After youve done that, thetransforming process begins. See image below:


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When youre done transforming, you may increase the Opacity by 30% making it 70%. Now, we will beblending our Water stock image with the ceiling. Activate the Burn tool (O) because we would need this todarken some regions of the water ceiling.

Input the following settings for our Burn tool (O).

Brush size: 500 px


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Hardness: 0%

Range: Midtones

Exposure: 25%

Next, we will be erasing the edges of our water ceiling to make the blending more seamless. Activatethe Eraser tool (E) and use the following settings:

Brush size: 125 px

Hardness: 0%

Opacity: 25%

Flow: 100%


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Finally, lets change its color tone. While the water ceiling layer is selected, press Ctrl/Cmd + B to adjustthe Color Balance of the selected layer and then input the following values:

Color Balance: -40, 0, -36



Next lets create an effect similar to how our eyes work when it is open underwater. To do this, letsactivate the Rectangle tool (U).


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Before creating a rectangle, lets set its color. Click on the Color Picker square located on the tools menuand input the following on the # box.

#: 3bd2ed

With the Rectangle tool activated and the color set, lets create the rectangle.


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After that, lets rename the layer to haze 1.

Lets create another rectangle because we would need to darken the area on the top. Activate theRectangle tool (U) and use the following color settings:

#: 4a7675


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After that right click on the layer to bring up the contextual menu and when the menu pops up, click onRasterize. We will need to do this to make the layer available for editing or so we could apply filters to thislayer. Now that the layer has been Rasterized, go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur from the Menu bar andinput the following settings:

Angle: 90

Distance: 400 px

Our image should now be similar to this:


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Weve filled up the ceiling with water, weve changed the color tone of the room and now well need tochange our floor. Lets open Calm Water stwberrystk; activate the Marquee tool (M) and left-click anddrag a selection area around the ocean and drag that region to our canvas using the Move tool (V). Afterit has been moved to our canvas, rename that layer to water floor.


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Now lets activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) because we would need the help of our Distort tool tofit our Calm Water stwberrystk stock image into the floor. With the Distort tool activated, move thesquares to fit the floor. Once again, so you wont have a hard time transforming the stock image, reduceits Opacity to 50%. See image below:


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Next, change its Blending mode to Soft Light and its Opacity to 50%. Well also need to change its colortone to blend with the rest of the images; with the water floor layer selected, hit Ctrl + B to adjust theColor Balance and input the settings below:

Color Balance: 0, 0, +45



Lets check and see how the image looks right now:


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Before we proceed to the next step, lets group the layers that weve created. To create a group, select allthe layers that weve just made and press Ctrl/Cmd + G. Notice that by doing this all the layers will behidden, you may unhide it by clicking on the Play button located to the left of the Folder icon of the newgroup. You may now rename the group, I recommend renaming it the Water room but you can use anyname you wish. You may also press the Create New Group button located on the bottom of the Layerwindow, which is in between the Create New Fill layer/Adjustment layer button and the Create New Layerbutton.


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STEP 3 - Insert the Lady in the Water

What were going to do on this step is that we would be inserting a lady who is swimming in the waterroom. Now lets open the Fairy S 15 stock image. Lets activate the Magnetic Lasso tool (L); we will beusing this tool to cut the fairy from the rest of the image and move it to our canvas.

After drawing a selection area around the lady, you can now move it to our canvas. Drag it to our canvasusing the Move tool (V) and then rename the layer to lady in the water.


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Now that the lady in the water is in place, lets change her color tone to make her blend in. With thelady in the water layer selected, press Ctrl/Cmd + B to activate the Color Balance adjustment tool andinput all the values below on their respective fields:

1. Color Balance: -90, 0, +26

1. Tone Balance: Midtones

1. Preserve Luminosity: Checked

2. Color Balance: -60, 0, 0

2. Tone Balance: Shadows

2. Preserve Luminosity: Checked

3. Color Balance: -10, 0, +15

3. Tone Balance: Highlights 3. Preserve Luminosity: Checked

Now after youve done that, lets change the Brightness/Contrast of the ladys layer. To change adjust theBrightness/Contrast, go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast located on the Menu bar. Input thefollowing settings when the B/C box opens:

Brightness: +12

Contrast: -10


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Due to the increased brightness, we can hardly see the ladys face, so a good thing to do is to Burn herface! Yes, we will use the Burn tool (O) to darken the light on her face. Activate the Burn tool (O) and usethe following settings:

Brush size: 500 px

Hardness: 0%

Range: Midtones

Exposure: 15%

Note: To be accurate in Burning, change the zoom level to 50% or more in the Navigator window.

Finally, reduce her Opacity to 70%. The image should be now similar to this:


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Step 4 - Create the bubbles

In this step we would be adding the water bubbles to add a realistic water texture and atmosphere to ourimage. Lets open the Aquarium Bubbles stock and drag it to our canvas using the Move tool (V) and thenrename the layer to water texture 1.. Upon moving it to our canvas we would need to transform itappropriately for composition purposes. Activate the Transform tool (Ctrl/Cmd + T) and resize the image.See image below:

Now we would need to remove some bubbles that would potentially ruin our composition. To do that,activate the Healing Brush tool (J). Once again, remember to left-click and hold to bring up the menu incase the Healing Brush isnt the default button on the toolbar. Using the Healing Brush tool (J) is similar tothe Clone Stamp tool (S) but in this case, it doesnt exactly clone a part of the image, but instead itchooses a source point and then it heals the region and therefore replaces and mixes the pixels whichyou Alt/Opt clicked on earlier. So activate the Healing Brush and follow the image below:


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After that, we would need to erase a distracting part of our water texture 1 layer. Activate your Erasertool (E) and use the settings below:

Brush size: 500 px

Hardness: 0%

Opacity: 100% Flow: 100%


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Now that thats done, lets change the layers Blending mode to Soft Light, and its Opacity to 60%. If youdnotice, that texture alone isnt enough so we would need more than one texture to get the right feel forthis image. Click on our water texture 1 layer and press Ctrl/Cmd + J to duplicate it. Once duplicated,rename the layer to water texture 2 and change its Blending mode to Overlay and the Opacity to 20%.The result should be similar to the image below:


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Next, lets utilize another Solid Color adjustment layer. Input the following value on the # box:

#: a3e2ff

Then change its Blending mode to Color Burn and its Opacity to 60%.

Finally, lets add a Gradient Map filter still through the Create new Fill layer/Adjustment layer button. Letsutilize the default gradients; pick the Black and white gradient.


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Now that were almost done, go to File > Save as and save the image as a PSD file so you may accessthe whole image with its layers, in the future if you deem to make some changes.

Step 6 - Give the image a dreamy atmosphere

In this step, we would be making the image look soft and dreamy, therefore, making it look magical.

To be able to do that, we would need to flatten the layers. To flatten, right click on any layer and pickFlatten Image from the contextual menu.

Now were ready to do this step. While the image is selected, go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and inputthe following value:

Radius: 16.0 px

The image is blurry, now is this the dreamy atmosphere that we want to achieve? No. To make it dreamy,change its Blending mode to Lighten and its Opacity to 60%.


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Final Results

Documents

Underwater Apartmen