[Sejskaler]

Hey guys :D
I have been requested to do an tutorial on my technique in "water manipulation" in photoshop.

Made using this:
Spoiler (Click to View)
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=1697956
https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=1682074


This can not only be done with water, but also with smoke, and a various range of other elements etc..

Well, first of all, what you will need is a bit of experience in photoshop, other than that, you need photoshop, and some water brushes, which i will provide you.
The brushes are actually after your own choice, it can be smoke brushes, etc..
So, first of all, lets get started.
Get some brushes, i will use theese:
Spoiler (Click to View)Water Brushes

Now, make a new document, i use 1920x1080 pixels, because it is my desktop size ;)
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4437/76178700.png[/img]
Fill it with black...

Now, write anything, or make any shape, i am going to make an S, so ill write S with white.

Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1055/84238224.png[/img]

Now, if you are using a letter, go a few times down, if you are making a circle, or something like that (maybe a square) read this :)
Use the marque tool, not the stamp tool, yes you can use it, and if you prefer that, just do as i did with the letter.
If not, please use the marque tool, and right click - stroke, it that way, it would be easier to look at what you are doing.

Now, you have your form, so get your brushes ready :)

First off, make the foreground color white, and the put any brush on a new layer, but only click once, and you would probably like to resize...
like this:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8559/15927434.png[/img]

Now, go to the move tool, the one shown on the picture above.
And move it to position:

Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7949/41536018.png[/img]

press control + t (or edit -> free transform)
Now right click -> warp:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4717/85740798.png[/img]
Then, move the points, till it fits the form of your figure:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/888/96488788.png[/img]

Apply the effect, i have removed the "S" so you can see what's really going on, you should also hide your figure layer sometimes, to watch what you are doing ;)
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/3310/19406189.png[/img]

Now then, for each part of the form, you should make a new layer, add another brush, and warp it :) Also, you should use different brush sizes to differ ;)

Now, mine looks like this:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3131/73077977.png[/img]

Well, this was the hard part (for my defence, the s form is really difficult).

So, here comes the easy part :D
Go to "Layer -> new adjusment layer -> color balance"
Press ok, and make sure it is on the top of every other layer.
Now, mess around with the colors, here is an example of blue:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4074/colorso.png[/img]

Outcome for this:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2800/76132159.png[/img]

Now, i personally like adding my own touch, so i browse up for some flares and brushes :D
Remember, all of this should be underneath the color balance :)

Also, you can't change background, unfortunatly, i have not found an method of that yet :P

Well, there we go, my outcome:
Spoiler (Click to View)[img]http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/708/16815790.png[/img]

Well, that is the tutorial for this time, hope you can use it :)
If i have made any mistakes, tell me ;)

- Sejskaler

[๖ۣۜCoder]

Very best , tutorial, going to try it out now, Well first it seems bored then i got an idea, i will post my idea image , when i will done it , k?

[pewww_]

Very nice tutorial, it is exactly the Tutorial i searched all the time <3<3<3

[Sejskaler]

Very best , tutorial, going to try it out now, Well first it seems bored then i got an idea, i will post my idea image , when i will done it , k?

Fine with me, maybe it could inspire me, and ther is nothing i love more than contructive criticism and inspiration :3

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Very nice tutorial, it is exactly the Tutorial i searched all the time <3<3<3

I am glad that you like it :)
did not know that anyone was really looking for this :P

[Black Hole]

Sexy lookin man, thanks for this ^^ Thanks....derp

[Sejskaler]

Sexy lookin man, thanks for this ^^ Thanks....derp

No problem m8, glad you like it :D I see what you did there... derp

[Pretend]

This is pretty amazing!

Thanks for this tutorial.

Keep it up n_n

[ImInsane2057]

nice tutorial you made there. . .i would try it but the whole water splash effect isn't something i really like but its still a nice tut

[Sejskaler]

This is pretty amazing!

Thanks for this tutorial.

Keep it up n_n

Thank you, seen your gfx around, you are pretty good ;)
I'll keep it up, now i need an idea for a new tut :3

nice tutorial you made there. . .i would try it but the whole water splash effect isn't something i really like but its still a nice tut

What about trying with smoke? ^_^

[Nicemate]

hahaha nice tut anyways i am trying vdo editing now

[Yugen]

Hum this is a very helpfull tutorial thank's you for this it is very great for beginner's.

[Brave]

Nice TuT, this will come In handy for a lot of people.

[Sejskaler]

Hum this is a very helpfull tutorial thank's you for this it is very great for beginner's.

Thank you, i usually do tuts, so they are noob friendly, after all, the newer graphic designers are the once who needs to learn the most ;)

Nice TuT, this will come In handy for a lot of people.

Thank you
Why did you spam that around?

[ZeynTM]

Awesome tut, effect, and member. :D Thank you for tut, and resources!

[Sejskaler]

Awesome tut, effect, and member. :D Thank you for tut, and resources!

Wow, thats alot of praise you got for me there :D

Thank you, for the praising, and also, no problem, mate :D