Photoshop Material Series: water

One day it's okay to talk to friends about the material made of water, for water I think 3D software can do very well, but friends said Photoshop can do very well, immediately showed me once, he used the skill is very good, in fact, to make a flexible and chrome metal, of course, learned things can not be exclusive, Now I will introduce the production process to you.

1, open Photoshop to create a new file, the size of 400x400 pixels. Everyone note that I have narrowed it down by 50% for each example, which is convenient for us to show the effect. Press D to set the color to the default value, the foreground color is white, and the background color is black. Then select the Filter menu Filter>render>clouds make the foundation of the water material.

2, select the Filter menu Filter>blur>radial Blur, use the following settings: amount:38 Blur method:spin Quality:good (if you do not mind waiting, or your machine fast enough, you can choose best), Then select the filter Filter>blur>gaussian Blur,radius set to 2.

3, continue to select filter Filter>sketch>bas Relief, set as follows: Detail:13 smoothness 10 Then select Filter Filter>sketch>chrome, set to Detail:5 Smoothness 2.

4, good, the critical moment came, we want to start coloring. In fact, there are many ways to achieve this step, here I introduce the commonly used methods. Drag the top layer onto the icon to create a new layer and copy the layer, then click on the eyes in front of the layer to hide it, then go back to the original layer and select menu Image>adjust>channerl Mixer.
Then follow the settings I've described below: Move the blue ruler triangle to the left at the red output channel, move the green ruler triangle to the far right in the Greens output channel, and move the blue ruler triangle to the far right in the Blues output channel.
Then select the menu layer>new adjustment Layer>hue/saturation,ok, move the triangle in the palette with the hue and saturation adjusted until you reach the blue color you're satisfied with. Next, click on the hidden layer on the panel, adjust the blending properties of the layer to color Dodge, and then adjust its transparency to 5-10%, this layer can make the bright area brighter, and have divergent effect. You can adjust the hue/saturation layer again, double-click it, or you can adjust the curves value of the bottom layer, press ctrl+m, and finally, as shown in the picture.

5, now you have a good water material, and finally we have to say a continuation of the technique, is how to use it for seamless water material.

OK, first save your file, select menu Layer>flatten Image, select Filter Filter>other>offset, set to horizontal:200 vertical:200, and then, Then use the filter filter>distort>twirl, angle selection 120 degrees. Then use the filter filter>distort>zigzag, set to Amount:10 ridge:5 Pond ripples, so that the final seamless material will have a very good effect, do not believe? Give it a try.

Click CTRL + A, select menu Edit>define pattern, and then create a new file, such as 800x800 pixels size, click the Paint Bucket tool, set the fill to pattern, and then click on the blank new file to see the diagram, which is definitely the same as it Isn't it?

Is it cool to look at the use of water in this 3D text? Ok! We'll see you next time!