The effect of water droplets produced by Photoshop and the text of water droplets

Raindrops effect Greg Vander Houwen. Adapted from http://www.Photoshoptechniques.com website. Greg Vander Houwen is the founder of the Photoshoptechniques.com website. He is one of Adobe's digital technology gurus and is a member of the company's "Magnificent 7". Greg Vander Houwen An artist-level illustrator. Please visit http://www.netcandy.com/interact/to appreciate his work.

The steps to achieve this "water" effect are all done in a "layer style." So once you create this effect, you can store it and apply it to a layer with hard edge opacity on any transparent area. This also means that you can paint on a layer with a style and show a lifelike effect that looks great.

The following font and document specifications are recommended. This technique incorporates some pixel based filters and point based text, so these specifications are important for the reproduction effect. Image specification: 1117 x 865 pixels (266 dpi), RGB color. Font Specifications: Present, general, 60 points.

1. Add a new layer above the layer to make the wetting effect, and draw the initial droplet shape. Now select Layer > New > Layer and click OK, or click the Create new Layer icon at the bottom of the layer palette. This creates "Layer 1".

Press (D) the keyboard key to set the default color, at which point the foreground color swatch will become black.

Press (B) the keyboard key to activate the Brush tool, and then in the upper options bar, set the following: 19 pixel hard edge brush, Normal mode, 100% opacity.

Now draw a small black spot in layer 1 and wiggle the brush a little while drawing. We'll use this initial shape to build the layer style.

Press (Z) the keyboard key to activate the Zoom tool and click on the water droplets you draw to enlarge it so that you can see more clearly.

2. Build layer styles by reducing fill opacity. In the Layer palette, click the layer 1 thumbnail two times to open the Layer Styles dialog box.

Find the advanced blending section down and change fill opacity to 3%. This reduces the opacity of the filled pixel, but keeps the shapes drawn in the layer. Note: This step will make the black that you draw in layer 1 nearly disappear. "

3. Add a small piece of thick projection. Click the drop shadow name (not the check box) in the effect list on the left side of the dialog box.

In the projection section on the right, set opacity to 100%, change distance to 1 pixels, and size to 1 pixels.

In the quality section, click the down small arrow to the right of the contour curve thumbnail and select the Gaussian curve. This is a curved line that looks like a smooth tilted (S) letter.

4. Add a soft inner shadow. Click the inner shadow name in the effect list on the left side of the dialog box.

In the structure section, set blending mode to color depth, opacity to 43%, and size to 10 pixels. "