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AUGUST 22, 2002 Compositing Water Effects in Photoshop
4. Finally, go to our previously created ripple image. Select all (Command-A), and copy the layer you created (Command-C). Now go back to your main image and select Edit > Paste Into. (Make sure that you still have your selection made and that you have the top layer currently selected. This operation will create a new layer with a layer mask directly above your topmost layer.) 
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Once pasted, go to your Layers palette and set the blend mode to Overlay. You might want to take the opacity down a couple notches as well.
Cleaning up You're essentially done now. If you'd like to clean the image up a bit to tone down the ripples or even the edges on the topmost layer, use the paintbrush and a middle-gray foreground color. (You use middle gray to hide details on this layer because the layer is in Overlay mode.) If you plan to animate this composite, make sure you do any manual touching up on an underlying layer or on an additional layer above the ripple layer. Next week I'll show you how to animate this little stream quickly in Adobe ImageReady (to create an animated GIF) and Adobe After Effects (to create a QuickTime movie). But you have to ask nicely! 
In the meantime, if you have more questions, be sure to visit me in the Adobe Photoshop forum here at http://www.wwug.com/forums/adobe_photoshop/index.htm. Contact the author: Dave Nagel is the producer of Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; host of several World Wide User Groups, including Synthetik Studio Artist, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe LiveMotion, Creative Mac and Digital Media Designer; and executive producer of the Digital Media Net family of publications. You can reach him at dnagel@digitalmedianet.com. Prev 1 2 3 Related sites: • Animation Artist • AV Video • Creative Mac • Digital Animators • Digital Media Designer • Digital Producer • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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