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Tutorial: Water Reflections

Water Reflections 
How is it done?
The underwater background in my image is digitally generated in photoshop without using any images. This is how it is done


  1. Create a new canvas and fill it with the gradient tool from dark blue to darker blue. You can choose the tone of your choice.
  2. Create a new layer and go to Filter > Render > Clouds.
  3. Then go to Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap and apply these settings
  4. Before clicking OK, scroll down and click on Chrome and apply the settings and click OK.
  5. With the new layer selected, go to Edit > Transform > Skew and adjust the image as shown to give it some perspective.
  6. Choose the eraser tool and choose a round brush and set the hardness to 0%
  7. Erase the edge of the clouds to create depth
  8. Change the layers preference to Colour dodge
This will create the reflection of water. You can repeat the same steps for the bottom of the sea floor.

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