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The Ocean’s Freshness Photo Effects

In this tutorial we will teach how to create fruits wallpaper.

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Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Create a new document (File>New) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 800px by 1024px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch. Using the Rectangle Tool (U), let’s represent a big rectangle reserved for background we want to have.
Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
For this layer click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay:

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.
Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

This is the picture we should get. It should represent underwater scene.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Create a new layer and fill it using Paint Bucket Tool (G) with #003366 color.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Apply the next filter on this layer: Filter>Render>Clouds.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Change the Blending Mode for this layer to Color Dodge.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

We’ve got the next result:

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers panel .
Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Click on the mask and select Gradient Tool (G), open Gradient Editor from Options bar to select Black, White gradient. Apply gradient on the mask from bottom to top part of the layer.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
We’ve got the next effect:
Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Find a stock photo with underwater scenery, as next picture shows it:

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Using the Eraser Tool (E), we may erase all the unnecessary elements, except the water’s surface.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Insert it on a new layer in our main document.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Select after that the Soft Round brush from Brush Tool (B) with the color #669999 and set Opacity to 10% in Options bar.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Use this brush to paint the next whirlwind in a new layer.
Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Create a new layer and apply on it the Pencil Tool (B) for drawing several lines as shown. The color is still the same.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Apply the next filter on this layer: Filter>Blur>Motion blur

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

We should get such a waterspout.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Find several pictures containing the fruits. Remove the background using your favorite tools like Pen Tool (P), Magic Wand Tool (W), Magnetic Lasso (L) or even a simple Filter>Extract and insert it on a new layer in our main document.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

After removing the backgrounds we have to insert the fruits on main document and place them in an arbitrary way.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Make several copies of some fruits and apply the next filter on the copied layer: Filter>Blur>Motion blur. The blurring directions should be set according to the fruit’s placement.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

The top part of the blurred copy should be erased with the Eraser Tool (E) for showing the object’s motion.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Create one more layer now and select the Soft Round brush from Brush Tool (B) with the color #669999 and then try to draw the air bubbles on our picture, changing if necessary the Master Diameter.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

It’s what we should get:

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Add the FRESH text on the upper part of the picture by using Horizontal Type tool (T). Select a font, size and color in the Character panel.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3
Click in the image and type FRESH text. Press Enter to apply the text. Change the Blending Mode for this layer to Soft Light.

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

Create Ocean's Freshness in Photoshop CS3

The picture is finished!

View full size here.

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