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Making Tsunami

Author: FotoFects More by this author

Added: Mar 31, 2005 Rating:

Level: Experienced Software: Photoshop

Random curved shapes forming a tsunami.


	1. Create a new 640x480 pixels document with a black background then create a new layer.

	2. Use the Circular Marquee tool (M) to create a selection of s circle. Fill the selection with white and deselect (Ctrl+D).

	3. Use the Offset filter (Filter> Other> Offset) to apply these settings: Horizontal: -320 pixels right Vertical: -240 pixels down Undefined Areas: Set to Transparent

	4. Change the opacity of the current layer to 50%.

	5. In the Actions pallet (Alt+F9), create a new action and choose a Function Key.

	6. With the action recording, duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).

	7. Use the Offset filter (Filter> Other> Offset) to apply these settings: Horizontal: +5 pixels right Vertical: +5 pixels down Undefined Areas: Set to Transparent

	8. Transform the layer (Ctrl+J) with these settings: W: 160% H: 65% Angle: 60.0º

	9. Distort the image using the Polar Coordinates filter (Filter> Distort> Polar Coordinates) using the Rectangular to Polar method.

	10. Stop the action and press the function key you've defined in step 5 about 15 times.

	11. Delete the 2nd layer from the bottom, link all of the layers except for Background then merge linked (Ctrl+E).

	12. Use the Canvas Size tool (Image> Canvas Size) to apply these settings: Width: 100 percent Height: 300 percent Relative: Unchecked Anchor: Top left Canvas extension color: Background

	13. On the top layer, press the function key you've defined in step 5 about 5 times.

	14. Link all of the layers except for Background then merge linked (Ctrl+E).

	15. Transform (Ctrl+T) the layer with these settings: Width: 40% Height: 40% Angle: -90.0º

	16. Colorize the image using the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U). These are the settings I used: Colorize: Checked Hue: 200 Saturation: 100 Lightness: -30

	17. Crop the image.