Learn an easy way to make real looking water.
1. Create a new image (any size that you want. Use 400x400 for this tutorial).
2. Press 'D' to set the default colours (black and white).
3. Goto Filter> Render> Clouds.
4. Goto Filter> Blur> Radial Blur.
5. Put the Amount: 10. Select Spin for the Blur Method and Good for Quality. Then click Ok.
6. Goto Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur. Put 2.0 for the radius then click Ok.
7. Goto Filter> Sketch> Bas Relief. Use these settings: Detail:15, Smoothness:2. Then click on Ok.
8. Goto Filter> Sketch> Chrome. Use these settings: Detail:4, Smoothness:5. Then click Ok.
9. Next, Goto Image> Adjustments> Channel Mixer. Use these settings: Red:-30, Green:+200, Blue:-142. You can change them around all you like but you should stick to that for now. After that, click Ok.
10. Goto Image> Adjustments> Hue/Saturation. Use these settings: Hue:+11, Saturation:+23, Lightness:-7. You can also use anything that you want but let us just stick with these settings for now. After you finish, click Ok.
You will now have a picture that will look something like this:
