Photoshop Under Water Effect
Step-1 Create a New File – 800×800px.
Step-2 Fill the Background Color with Black
Step-3 Create a New Layer and Fill the Color with Green (Code#234b44)
Step-4 With the green layer selected go to Layer>Group Layer. The layer will be inside a folder in the Layer Palette. Select this folder and go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide All.
Step-5 Select the green layer and go to layer-Layer Mask Reveal all- Filter- Render –Clouds – Filter –Blur –Gaussian Blur-Radius 60-ok
Step-6 Add another layer in layer palette –select brush tool (B) and paint red spot in background-Change Opacity of this layer to 65%.
Step-7 Add another layer and select brush tool and create dark blue spot and Decrease Opacity 20/30%
Step-8 Add another layer -Select the Gradient Tool (G)- Click on the gradient colors to open the Gradient Editor, then change the Type to Noise, the Roughness to 100% and select both Options: Restrict Colors and Add Transparency. Fill the layer with the gradient and then go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate. After that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. I used 30 pixels for the Radius.
Step-9 Add a new layer and then select the Brush Tool (B) and then select Bubble brush , paint some bubbles using white for the color. Group this layer (Layer>Group Layers) and change the Blend Mode of the Folder to Color Dodge.
Step-10 Type your name and go to Layer>Layer Styles>Blending Options. Change the Fill to 0, then select Inner Glow. Use Color Dodge for the Color, 50% for the Opacity and change the Size to 15pixels. After that select Bevel and Emboss. Use Inner Bevel for the Style, 90% for the Depth, Down for the Direction, 1 pixel for the Size, 5 pixels for the Soften. For the Shading options use 70º for the Angle and 16º for the Altitude. For the Highlight and Shadow Modes use Color Dodge with white for the colors and 100% Opacity.
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