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As with pretty much every tutorial I’ve ever written we begin with a radial gradient. This one is pretty harsh and goes from a reddish brown colour to black. Here are the exact colour codes:

Foreground colour - #922f00
Background colour - #000000

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Creating a realistic water surface in Photoshop is quite a challenge because it is the distorted reflection of the surroundings that makes the water look liquid. The displace filter is an excellent tool for making this distortion.

The displace filter “shifts pixels” in an image according to the brightness values of a displacement map. You can use any .psd file as a displacement map (if saved with “Maximize compatibility”). Read more »

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In a previous post someone well spoted that I was playing with “Arabic” numbers, which are in fact Indian numbers (the circle means 5 and the dots are zeros.) It’s the Westeners who use Arabic numbers such as: 1,2,3.

I’m fascinated by the look of the Arabic script. It’s out of this world. If Spielberg would have invented a writing for a new planet it may have been similar in looks to the Arabic script.

I think Arabic calligraphy is a form of art that has superseeded any other culture in its category. It’s highly complex and has many layers of meaning.

I won’t to go into details. You start doing that here if you wish. Allow me to just touch upon the subject and show you a few interesting examples.
http://creativebits.org/inspiration/arabic_calligraphy

“Step-and-repeat” is the term used for the process of duplicating an object and spacing. Read more »

Prepare the object you want to make a reflection for. Don’t forget to place it on its own transparent layer.

http://www.studiolina.com/tutorials/psp/lessons.asp?item=reflection_b

This tutorial will show you how to make a reflection with your Photoshop. I used Photoshop CS2 when creating this tutorial, but I guess it does not make any difference even if you do it with Photoshop CS.

Picture used on this tutorial is Australian Parliament House in Canberra, by Free-StockPhotos.com

Step1: Open your image, copy your background layer, and fill your background layer with white

to continue click here Creating Reflection with Photoshop CS

File->New yada Ctrl+N) ile teni bir sayfa acioruz. Ben 500×500 olarak açtım.
Sonra D tusuna basiyoruz ve Toolbar dan Gradient tool seciyoruz ve sayfanizda
shift tusunu basili tutarak asadakigibi bi çizgi çiziyoruz…

Ve elde Ettiğimiz Görüntü Aşağıdaki gibidir.

Menuden Filter->Distort->Wave gidiyoruz ve asaidaki gibi ayarliyoruz..

Menuden Filter->Distort->Polar Coordinates seçiyorz çıkan kutudan Rectangular To polar seçiyorz ve ok e basıyoruz

Layerimizi duplicate ediyoruz (Layer->Duplicate Layer ya da Crtl+J)
Duplikate etiimiz layeri tikliyoruz : Menuden Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation ya da ( Crtl+Alt+U )

ayarlari asagidaki gibi yapiyoruz

Orijinal layerimizi tikliyoruz ve Menuden Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation ya da ( Crtl+Alt+U )
yine ayarlari asagidaki gibi yapiyoruz

layerlarımız resimdeki gibi olacak

Tekrar orjinal layerimizi tikliyoruz ve Menuden : Filter->Distort->Twirl Angle: +150°
simdide duplicate layerimizi tikliyoruz ve Menuden Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontal sonrada t Filter->Distort->Twirl değer olarak: -150°
evet simdi Duplicate layerimizi tikliyoruz ve Bleding mode u difference yapiyoruz …

iste bu kadar……..
  

http://www.photoshopdersleri.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=166&Itemid=15

First, start a new document, I used an equal size preset of 500×500.
Create a new empty Layer (Shift + Ctrl + N (Mac: Shift + Command + N)), just above the default document background Layer.

Next, set the Foreground Color to a variant of blue (I used #7AA6E and set the Background Color to Black #000000.

Next, go to ‘Filter/Render/Clouds’ to that your first effect is similar to what I have captured below.

Next, go to ‘Filter/Render/Fibers’ and select a setting that your comfortable with, so that you can see (though in vertical direction) varying crests of waves within the render. (My settings are captured below)
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