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Riverbed

 
This tutorial is NOT to be scripted or made into a "Quick Guide" unless it is for your own personal use. 
 

To do this tutorial you will need a working knowledge of PSP. If you are new to PSP, or have a problem doing this tutorial, you can find me at Raven's PSP forum, be happy to help you out.

You also need to download my Rough gradient.

 

Open a new image, any size, and Flood Fill with the Rough gradient.
Use these settings.

 

 

 

Go to Effects>Geometric Effects>Wave.
Use these settings.

 

 

Got to Effects>Geometric Effects>Spiky Halo.
Use these settings.

 

 

 

Go to Effects>Noise>Add. 
Use these settings.

 

 

 

Set your Foreground Color to White
Go to Effects>Artistic Effects>Hot Wax Coating
 

 

 

 

Go to Effects>Blur>Motion Blur.
Use these settings.

 

 

 

Go to Effects>Blur>Gaussian Blur.
Use these settings. That gives you your basic riverbed. 

 

 

 

To give it an underwater look, duplicate your riverbed background as a new layer.
Go to Layers>Duplicate.
Set the Layer Blend Mode to Multiply.
Add Jasc's corrugated mask and lower the opacity. 
Mangle that layer anyway you like to give some shadows to the water. 
Keep this layer on top.

 

 
Add a new Layer for Jasc River Rocks tubes.
Place your rocks, use the Magic Wand to select them.
Keep your selection active, click on the background on your layer palette.
Go to Selections>Promote to Layer.
Open your Layer Palette,
Move your promoted layer up over rocks. 
Set the Layer Blend Mode to Multiply.
Open your Layer Palette, right click on your promoted layer.
Go to View>Current Only.
Click the red x off, on your rock layer to show that layer also.
Right click on that layer, go to Merge>Merge Visible. 
Blur it just a little.
Right click on your layer again, go to View>All.
 



Jasc Corrugated mask
You'll find it with the extras on the CD.



Jasc preset shape


Take the fish shape out of the preset shape and color it. Add it as a new layer, use a little motion blur on it, duplicate it and resize it a few times. 

You can do a lot of experimenting with these settings to get different effects.

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Experiment, and have fun!

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