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Making Tsunami

Author: FotoFects More by this author

Added: Mar 31, 2005 Rating:  Average Rating: 3.37 Votes: 43 Position: 4599 of 13056Average Rating: 3.37 Votes: 43 Position: 4599 of 13056Average Rating: 3.37 Votes: 43 Position: 4599 of 13056Average Rating: 3.37 Votes: 43 Position: 4599 of 13056Average Rating: 3.37 Votes: 43 Position: 4599 of 13056 Level: Experienced Software:  Photoshop

Random curved shapes forming a tsunami.

image 1 1. Create a new 640x480 pixels document with a black background then create a new layer.
image 2 2. Use the Circular Marquee tool (M) to create a selection of s circle. Fill the selection with white and deselect (Ctrl+D).
image 3 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

image 4 4. Change the opacity of the current layer to 50%.
image 5 5. In the Actions pallet (Alt+F9), create a new action and choose a Function Key.
image 6 6. With the action recording, duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J).
image 7 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

image 8 8. Transform the layer (Ctrl+J) with these settings:

W: 160%
H: 65%
Angle: 60.0º

image 9 9. Distort the image using the Polar Coordinates filter (Filter> Distort> Polar Coordinates) using the Rectangular to Polar method.
image 10 10. Stop the action and press the function key you've defined in step 5 about 15 times.
image 11 11. Delete the 2nd layer from the bottom, link all of the layers except for Background then merge linked (Ctrl+E).
image 12 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

image 13 13. On the top layer, press the function key you've defined in step 5 about 5 times.
image 14 14. Link all of the layers except for Background then merge linked (Ctrl+E).
image 15 15. Transform (Ctrl+T) the layer with these settings:

Width: 40%
Height: 40%
Angle: -90.0º

image 16 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

Tsunami Tutorial: Final Result 17. Crop the image.


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