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Set the Road on Fire

Filed under: Photo Effects — Fiery Darts @ 6:17 pm

Set the Road on Fire
Start by opening an image of a racing car.
Open another image of sparks.
Using lasso tool create a selection of sparks. Press Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection.
Press Ctrl+Shift+I and delete.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp.
Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown.
Select eraser tool and with a soft brush setting erase any unwanted edges or color.
Also erase fire above the wheel.
Duplicate the layer and place it behind the other wheel.
Similarly create sparks coming out from the front wheels.

Building a Bridge Over Water

Filed under: Photo Effects — Fiery Darts @ 2:43 pm

Building a Bridge Over Water

Start by opening an image with lake or river on which you want to build a bridge.
Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Create duplicates of this layer and place below each other.
Merge all wood layers. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select distort. Adjust the nodes to get a shape like this.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Similarly create other series of wooden stripes. Place horizontally.
Merge these layers. Scale it down horizontally.
Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select distort. Adjust the nodes to get a shape like this.
Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.
Duplicate the layer and place on the other side of the bridge.

Creating Water From a Tap

Filed under: Photo Effects — Fiery Darts @ 11:34 am

Creating Water From a Tap
Start by opening an image of a tap. We’ll create water flowing from the tap.
Using pen tool create path of a water.
Create a new layer and Ctrl+click the path layer to get the path selection.
Fill the selection with white color.
From select menu apply modify>>contract.
Contract the selection by 2 pixels.
Fill the selection with black color.
Similarly contract again and fill it with white and then with black color.
From filter menu select distort>>glass.
Apply settings as shown.
Dupliacte the layer and change the color mode to color burn.
Select blur tool from the main tool bar.
Select both the water layer and press Ctrl+E to merge. Blur the merged water layer.
Press Ctrl+U to open hue/saturation window. Apply settings as shown.
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