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Creating scorching sun effect |
| Open an image in which there is some sky area visible. |
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| From filter menu select blur>>gaussian blur. |
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| Apply settings as shown. |
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| Change the layer mode to linear dodge. |
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| From filter menu select render>>lens flare. |
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| Use settings as shown. |
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Creating fire animation on a torch |
| Start by opening an image of a torch. |
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| Knock out the arm from background using your favourite cutout method. |
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| Using lasso tool select fire from torch. |
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| Select liquify from filter menu. |
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| Select forward warp tool and drag on fire in a random manner. |
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| Duplicate the fire layer twice and on these two layers apply liquify filter similarly to create random shaped flame. |
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| Open animation window. Hide the two duplicate fire layers for first frame. |
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| Duplicate first frame. For the second frame, hide first & third fire layers and unhide second layer. |
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| Similarly duplicate to create third frame and for this frame hide first two fire layers and unhide third layer. |
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| Press play button to get the preview. Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift to export an optimized gif animation. |
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Creating a Waterfall |
| Start by opening an image of a girl. We’ll create a waterfall out of nothing. |
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| Create a new layer and press Q to enable quick masking. Apply filter>>render>>fibers. |
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| Use settings as shown. |
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| Press Q to disable quick masking. |
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| Create a sky blue to white gradient. |
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| Apply this gradient to the selection. |
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| Press Ctrl+T . Right click and select distort. |
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| Adjust nodes to get the following shape. |
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| Press Ctrl+T . Right click and select warp |
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| Adjust nodes to get the following shape. |
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| Press Ctrl+F to apply the previous fiber effect again. |
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| Change layer mode to linear dodge. |
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