Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Water Drops

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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for those of you who are first learning

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Photoshop I'm going to show you how to

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quickly create water drops this is an

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updated version of the same tutorial I

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did in 2011 on an earlier version of

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Photoshop open a photo you'd like to add

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water drops to click on the new layer

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icon to make a new layer let's name it

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drop open your elliptical marquee tool

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and press and hold shift as you drag out

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a circular selection open your gradient

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tool and click on the bar to open the

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gradient editor click on the 3rd

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thumbnail which is the black to white

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gradient then click OK make sure the

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linear gradient box is chosen go to the

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upper left of the circle and press and

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hold shift as you drag diagonally down

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to the lower right to delete the

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selection press ctrl or command D change

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the blend mode to overlay double click

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on the thumbnail of the drop to open its

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layer style window click inner shadow

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change the blend mode to linear burn the

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opacity to 40% uncheck global light make

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the angle minus 30 degrees the distance

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to pixels and the size 5 pixels

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depending on the size and resolution of

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your photo you may want to change the

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amounts for the distance and size to get

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the same results as we have for this

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water drop

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click on drop shadow make the blend mode

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linear burn the opacity 30% uncheck

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global light make the angle 127 degrees

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the distance 10

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pixels and the size 14 pixels then click

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OK or press Enter or return

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next we'll put a small highlight

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reflection on the drop click on the new

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layer icon to make a new layer we'll

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name it

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highlight invert the foreground and

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background colors by pressing X on your

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keyboard open your brush tool and choose

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a small point size I'll choose 8 pixels

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depending on the size of your water drop

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you may want to adjust this number make

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the hardness 90% press down once on the

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upper-left of your water drop

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let's place both of these layers into a

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folder shift-click on the thumbnail of

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the water drop to highlight both layers

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then press ctrl or command G make a copy

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of it by pressing ctrl or command J drag

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the copy to another spot to enlarge it

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open your transform tool by pressing

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ctrl or command T go to a corner and

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when you see a straight double-arrow

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press and hold Shift + Alt on a PC or

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Shift + option on a Mac and drag it out

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then press Enter or return make another

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copy and this time I'll make the water

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drop smaller if you want to make a water

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drop with an asymmetrical shape choose a

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water drop make its folder active and

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make a copy of it drag it to another

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spot open the folder and make the drop

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layer active go to filter and liquify

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click on the forward warp tool an

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increase or decrease the tool size by

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pressing the right or left bracket key

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I'll make it approximately the same size

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as the drop now drag it to a shape you

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like then click OK

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instantly the water drop changes to the

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shape you made this is Marty from Blue

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Lightning TV

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thanks for watching