The dawn of the creative sea in Photoshop

Authoring tools:

Photoshop 7.0/cs

The graphic creative theme imitates the sunrise at sea. Imitating some natural scenery is a kind of effect that is often applied in the practice of graphic production. By making a study of the effect of sunrise at sea, readers can make the reader master the methods of making such situations, such as "
The Sea Bright Moonlight "and so on.

Graphic Purpose:

Greeting card, cartoon scene drawing and so on.

Creative Skills:

The realization of this idea mainly applies photoshop lighting effect (lighting effects) filter and gradient Tool (gradient tool) and other tools to make the completion.

Action steps are as follows:

(1) New 600x600 pixel image file, RGB color mode. Creates a new layer and fills it with black. Sets the foreground color to black, the background color is yellow, and uses the "filter → render → cloud" command to produce a yellow-black cloud effect.

(2) using the "filter → render → lighting effect" command, in the pop-up Lighting Effect dialog box to set the light source type "full light" light color is orange, adjust the color and relative position of the light source, as shown in the picture, click OK button to confirm.

Figure 1

(3) using the "filter → twist → ocean ripple" command, set the ripple size to 13 in the Open dialog box, with a ripple quantity of 17. Then use the edit → transform → pivot command to pivot the image, then change the size, as shown in the figure.

Figure 2

(4) Select the Elliptical Marquee tool in the Toolbox, draw the selection as shown in Figure 2, click the Add to Selection button on the taskbar, and then use the rectangular marquee tool to draw a rectangular selection over the oval selection, when the two selections are added together as a collection.

(5) Use the shortcut key "Ctrl+shift+i" to select the selection, and then use the shortcut key "Ctrl+alt+d" to set the feather radius to 10. Press the DELETE key to delete the image in the selection, as shown in the figure.

Figure 3

(6) Set the foreground color to yellow and the background color to red, select the Gradient tool in the toolbox, set the gradient to a radial gradient, and draw a gradient pattern in the sun's rise, as shown in the picture.

Figure 4

(7) Create a new layer. Select the elliptical Marquee tool in the Toolbox to draw an approximate round selection and fill it with red as the sun. Then use the Oval Marquee tool to draw an elliptical selection underneath the red sun, as shown in the figure.

Figure 5

(8) Press the "delete" key to delete the image in the selection, as shown in the figure, and then use the shortcut "Ctrl+d" to delete the selection, the deleted graphic effect as shown in the figure.

Figure 6

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(9) Use the Mobile tool to move the drawn sun figure to the center of the water day handover flat line. Select the custom Shape tool in the toolbox, select the bird shape graphic in the Shape panel, add a few birds, and adjust the size and position to fit.

Figure 8

This is the end of the sea morning effect produced, the effect as shown above.