How to Create a Water Splash Effect in Photoshop You can also add other details like bubbles! 2. Copy all of the layers and effects from the bottom portion of water onto the bottom half of the subject. Also, mask out any areas that may be leaking onto the sky or are maybe too bright.Īnd that's it! When placing a subject, use layer masks to split them where the water line is hitting them. Go ahead and size it so that it's covering everything you want it to cover. Lastly, we can change the layer mode to Color Dodge, set the Opacity to around 75%, and place the texture right above the yellow-green Color Fill layer. Next, let's add a Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set to 20 Radius. Take a water texture, and then use Image > Adjustments to turn it to Black & White and set the Brightness/Contrast to -14 and 100 Step 9Īnd finally, let's add some water light reflections coming from the surface onto the lower portion of the water. Again, use these layers to bring some light onto the surface of the water.
Next, add two New Layers clipped into the water surface, one set to Screen and the other to Overlay. We can use this layer to brighten the bottom portion of the water and the skyline. We'll be using different sizes of a soft round brush for our brush shape, set to a Flow of 25% or less.įirst, add a New Layer set to Overlay, placed right above the yellow-green Color Fill layer. For our brush color, we will be using a pale golden orange #ffe6bb color. Let's tie everything together by adding some lighting to the water and sky. We can finish coloring our water with a Color Fill layer set to a yellow-green #73742f color and a layer mode of Multiply.Ĭopy the layer mask from the Color Lookup layer onto the Color Fill layer, masking the Color Fill layer from the sky. Next, let's create a Color Lookup adjustment layer set to MoonLight, with a layer mode of Darken and a 42% Opacity.ĭouble-click the Color Lookup layer and use the left half of the right Blend-If toggles to remove the adjustment from the image's highlights.Īnd lastly, mask out the Color Lookup layer from the sky. First, go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast, setting it to -70 Brightness and 67 Contrast. Now we're going to obscure them even more. That's because we're going to add another Filter > Blur Gallery > Field Blur of around a 55px Blur to the plants, which will obscure any more minor details and leave just their silhouette. When choosing your image, focus more on lighting and general shapes rather than what the image actually is. Let's drop in an image of some foliage below both the water surface and sky layer. If it's stormy, then the water would likely be choppy.Īdd a Layer Mask and mask any excess portion of the sky that may be peeking out of the bottom of the water.Īlso, adding a Filter > Blur Gallery > Field Blur of around a 55px Blur can help the water remain focused. When choosing a sky image, try to keep the mood of the water in mind. Now, let's drop in our sky below the water surface layer. Let's finish up the water surface for now by adding an Image > Adjustments > Brightness Contrast, setting it to -60 Brightness and 45 Contrast. We only want the surface of the water and the waterline. Use a medium-soft round Brush to mask out the image's original ground. A 90% Hardness will give you a slightly soft, smooth edge for the sky. Next, let's add a Layer Mask to the water surface layer and use a semi-hard round Brush to mask the sky. Typically, you'd want to avoid stretching a photo past its original width, but due to the nature of water, we can push it pretty far in this case without it looking distorted. We want to make sure the water stretches across the whole width of the canvas, regardless of the size.
Make sure it's a right-click > Smart Object, so we can resize without worrying about unwanted blurriness. Now, we can place our water surface image over the color layer. Lay down some color ( #425847) using a Solid Color fill layer. You'll be able to apply these same techniques to accommodate any canvas size. Step 1Ĭreate your canvas in any size, portrait or landscape. Let's start things off by creating a split water effect, where part of the "camera" would be underwater and the other half above water. To complete this project, you will need the following resources:ġ.
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