Fantasy Poster Water Scene

1. Open your image. 2. Insert a layer and name the layer air and water. 3. Select the gradient tool. Open the gradient editor by clicking on the gradient in the options bar. Select the copper gradient and then hit the new button.

Click the color carrot on the furthest left of the gradient bar in the gradient editor. Click the actual color swatch next to the arrow (not the arrow) and set the custom color to hex #666699. Make sure the location is at 0% Click on the Second carrot and set that color to hex #CCCCFF. Set the location to 33% Click on the third carrot to set the hex value to #99FFFF. Set the location to 67%. Click on the last carrot and set the hex to #0099FF. Set the location to 100%. Click ok.

Set the gradient to linear gradient. Hold the shift key down and Draw a linear gradient from the bottom of the canvas to the top.

4. Click Filter=> Noise=> Add Noise. Set the noise as follows:

Amount=30% Distribution = Gaussian Monochromatic = checked

5. Click Filter=>Distort=> Spherize

Amount= -100 Mode = Vertical only

6. Click Filter=> Blur=> Motion Blur. Set the motion blur to follows:

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angle = 0 Distance = 30

6. Click Filter=> Distort=>Ocean Ripple.

Ripple size =1 Ripple Magnitude =1

7. Right click on your background layer and click Duplicate. Click the layer menu=>arrange=> bring to front. Duplicate this layer 5 times. 8. On Background copy 6, use the lasso tool to select the center large rock formation, being careful not to include the sky. Click add an new mask. Turn off the eyes on the background copy, copy1, copy2, copy3, copy4, copy5. 9. Click on the mask on that layer. Hit your D key and select a paint brush that is soft 21 opacity 50%. Move this paint brush over the bottom edge of the rock's mask, centering on the bottom edge, which will being in some of the sand in. Right click on the layer mask to apply it. Rename layer rock1 by right clicking the layer and select layer properties where you change the name. 10. Duplicate rock1 2 times.

On the top rock1 copy2, click Edit=>flip vertical. Move the rocks on this layer so the bottom of the rocks slightly overlap the bottom of the rock 1 layer. Set this layer to 30%. On the Rock 1 copy, click edit=> transform=> rotate 90 CCW Click edit transform skew. Set the height to 33% width to 200%. Use the move tool and Move so that the bottom side of the rocks on this layer touch the side edge of the rock1 rocks meeting at the very base or the rocks. Set this layer to 25% and to mode=color burn. Link the three layers by clicking the box next to the eye on the rock1 and rock1 copy2.

11. Click on the background copy 5 and turn the eye on. Rename it rock2. Use the lasso tool to select the large rock formation to the right of the center, being careful not to include the sky. Click add an new mask. Click on the mask on that layer. Hit your D key and select a paint brush that is soft 21 opacity 50%. Move this paint

brush over the bottom edge of the rock's mask, centering on the bottom edge, which will being in some of the sand in. Right click on the layer mask to apply it. Duplicate rock2 two times.

On the top rock2 copy2, click Edit=>flip vertical. Using the move tool, Move the rocks on this layer so the bottom of the rocks slightly overlap the bottom of the rock 1 layer. Set this layer to 30%. On the Rock2 copy, click edit=> transform=> rotate 90 CCW Click edit transform skew. Set the height to 33% width to 200%. Move so that the bottom side of the rocks on this layer touch the side edge of the rock1 rocks meeting at the very base or the rocks. Set this layer to 25% and to mode=color burn. Link the three layers by clicking the box next to the eye on the rock2 and rock2 copy2.

12. Apply step 11 to the other background copy layers. With each layer select a different rock for isolation, reflection and shadow production. when you have 6 rocks go to step 13. 13. Click back on your water and air layer. Use the rectangular marquee to select a rectangle that is full width that goes from about the 20 pixel mark to the 140 pixel mark on the left. (use show=>rulers and right click on rulers to insure they are set to pixels.) Click Select => Feather. Set the feather to 50 pixels. Click Filter=>Blur=> Gaussian blur, set to 3.0 pixels. 14. Set the elliptical marquee to a fixed size of 160 wide by 30 pixels high. click in your canvas and move the selection so that it encircles the bottom of the largest rock formation. Click filter=>distort=> ZIG ZAG. Set the ripples to

amount = 50% ridges = 8 style = pond ripples.

15. Change the setting on the elliptical marquee to 130 wide by 30 high. move to the base of a different rock and hit control F to apply the ripple. Move the ripple to the next and hit control F. Continue doing this till you have applie a pond ripple to the base of all the rocks.

16. Save your image for the web as a jpg.