We want to add a Layer Mask, but a mask that will hide all the layers. Press the G key and you will see they are all nicely tucked away in a folder. Let’s put all the layers into a Layer group.
Select all the layers except for the background: Click on the top layer, hold shift and click on the Layer 0, all the layers between are now selected as shown. Step 10: Using the brush to get amazing results!Īlright, back to our water color image (Thank goodness we only have to create this brush once, and we will always have it for the future). You can now close this new document, weldon’t need it any more, we have our brush. When you fill the page with white and tap once with black, this is what the brush should look like. Name it Watercolor soft, or whatever you like really. Tip: start in the center and hold down the Alt/Option key as you drag to draw from center. Press the D key to reset the color swatches.ĭraw an oval. Set it to1920X1080 with a white background. (Choose the bottom layer and hold down Cmd/Ctrl while clicking the new layer icon, This creates a layer underneath the existing layer)įill it with white, or a faint color. (Turns it into a regular layer).Ĭreate a new layer at the bottom of the stack. Unlock that background layer by clicking on the padlock. This is the very best part of the tutorial and something else you won’t find anywhere else (Don’t you just love the originaltutorials here at PhotoshopCAFE)? We are going to make it look like this was all painted carefully with brushes and sponges. Making the water color look dabbed on with a brush If it seems too dark, change the blending mode to Darken like I have done here (optional). Sometimes you can still see the pattern of the clouds, so let’s soften that effect. See the nice effect we are starting to get? We want to set the background color, so hold down the alt/option key when you click and the background color will be set.Ĭhange the Layer blending mode to Soft Light We now want to set the background to another color in the photo that will complement the yellow. Move the layer between the background copy and OL layers as shown.Ĭlick on the nice bright yellow color from the image. Create a new layer by clicking on the new Layer icon at the bottom of the layers panel. This step is going to add to the overall painterly effect. Let’s hide the outline for now, click the eye to the left of the layer to hide that layer. ( See more about Layer Blending Modes here) Let’s use layer blending modes to hide all the white and just show the black, In the layer’s panel, change the mode from Normal to Multiply. Name it OL (outline).Ĭhoose Filter>Stylize>Find Edges (an oldie, but a goodie). There is so much more we can do to add to realism from the basic filter and this is what will set your work apart from the rest, let’s go! Step 3: Adding an outlineĭuplicate the background again and drag it to the top of the layers stack. You now have the basic water color effect (as seen in preview above). Step 2: Applying the basic watercolor filter
FREE WATERCOLOR BRUSHES PHOTOSHOP CS5 FOR MAC HOW TO
You can find it here picture of woman with umbrella | How to use photos from Adobe stock in Photoshopĭuplicate the Background layer (Ctrl/Cmd+J)
Let’s start with this photograph that I got from Adobe stock. (Click to subscribe to our youtube channel for more tutorials). Making a water color painting out of a photo in Photoshop Spoiler alert, this is fun and addictive! Watch the video and then read the steps and bookmark them as a reference to come back to whoever you need that magical watercolor effect. After some time in the “lab” I have emerged with a potion! I have devised a nice easy way to get a water color effect that is sure to impress. I have looked at a number of real watercolor paintings and experimented quite a lot. The only caveat is the default watercolor filter in Photoshop looks like a filter was slapped on a photo. People just love taking their favorite photos and making them look like traditional water color paintings.
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