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Posted on 07/11/06 4:53:18 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply  |
Turtle Underwater
I'm having trouble getting this sea turtle to appear as if it is cruising just below the surface. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 
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Posted on 07/11/06 5:46:07 PM |
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David Asch
Tech Support Posts: 1913 Reply  |
Re: Turtle Underwater
Here's how I did it. I cut the turtle out from the background. Placed it above the water layer. I then created a Solid colour adjustment layer using blue from the water. This was clipped it to the turtle's layer. The blend mode was set to color and the opacity lowered so some of the turtle's original colour shows through. I then duplicated the water layer and placed it at the top of the stack. Again, I lowered the opacity to around 50%. You could also add a little distortion, such as Ocean Ripple which would place the turtle a little farther beneath the water (refraction).  _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 07/11/06 5:59:13 PM |
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rufus
Destructive Demon Posts: 243 Reply  |
Re: Turtle Underwater
First I distorted the turtle using the liquify filter to give the impression that it was being viewed from the side so that it matched the perspective of the water. I then dupilcated the background twice and placed these above the turtle as shown. I desaturated the top layer and changed the blend mode to Hard Light and the opacity to 39%. On the next layer I changed the blend mode to Soft Light and finally I changed the opacity of the turtle layer to 91%. All of these values were arrived at by looking at the image and judging which seemed best. rufus  |
Posted on 07/11/06 11:49:03 PM |
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Dek_101
Apocalyptic Artisan Posts: 175 Reply  |
Re: Turtle Underwater
Here's my effort .. I wanted to try and give the impression of the front end just breaking the water whilst it's rear end was just beneath the surface ... I placed the turtle on top of the water layer, added a water layer on top of that with a layer mask .... revealed the head and it's right flipper using the layer mask ... then created a new left flipper with a drop shadow on top of this layer to try and make that apper slightly above the water line.  |
Posted on 08/11/06 1:26:19 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply |
Re: Turtle Underwater
David, Rufus & Dek - Thank you for the great ideas and instruction! John |
Posted on 08/11/06 5:28:48 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Turtle Underwater
And for comparison, here is the real thing. (Vanuatu)  |
Posted on 08/11/06 8:12:58 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply |
Re: Turtle Underwater
Excellent! Thanks! |
Posted on 08/11/06 8:52:07 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1818 Reply  |
Re: Turtle Underwater
I duplicated the the sea pics, and sanwiched two copies of the turtle between them, then reduced opacity of the top layer to give a realistic impression that the Turtle was under water in the shallows; afterwich, I painted out with a very low opacity Eraser brush the top bit of the turtle while still on the top layer of the sea pic. The second turtle was converted into a shadow, but not before I distorted the turtle that remained under water. 
PS I had to use the patch tool to remove the floating woman. 
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Posted on 09/11/06 3:10:09 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply |
Re: Turtle Underwater
Looks good! Thanks, Michael John |