Desert Storm
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By Moderator
Published on 07/17/2008
Adobe Photoshop has all the necessary means to get almost a real desert storm on simple picture only in several minutes.
Desert Storm - page 1
Adobe Photoshop has all the necessary means to get almost a real desert storm on simple picture only in several minutes.
Open our picture. I used this image: Desert stop from Flickr.
Select for the beginning the sandy color as a working color one and approximately the same color for the background color, but it needs to be a little darker than the first nuance.
Make a click on the icon Create a new layer on the Layers palette.
The new layer that we’ve got must be processed with the filter’s option from here: Filter > Render > Clouds. This way the layer will be filled with a texture of sandy color.
Next we need to transform this texture into sand. In this case open the filter’s window Filter > Noise > Add Noise, give to Amount option the value of 12%. Mark Distribution as Gaussian and check the Monochromatic and finally press OK.
This way the layer looks like consisting of a lot of small grains of sand.
Select next step in the menu the selection Filter > Blur > Motion Blur to scatter on the grains of sand in the wind. Set the wind’s direction in the Angle field. Select the 10 value for the Distance field, for ex. and press OK.
Open our picture. I used this image: Desert stop from Flickr.
Select for the beginning the sandy color as a working color one and approximately the same color for the background color, but it needs to be a little darker than the first nuance.
Make a click on the icon Create a new layer on the Layers palette.
The new layer that we’ve got must be processed with the filter’s option from here: Filter > Render > Clouds. This way the layer will be filled with a texture of sandy color.
Next we need to transform this texture into sand. In this case open the filter’s window Filter > Noise > Add Noise, give to Amount option the value of 12%. Mark Distribution as Gaussian and check the Monochromatic and finally press OK.
This way the layer looks like consisting of a lot of small grains of sand.
Select next step in the menu the selection Filter > Blur > Motion Blur to scatter on the grains of sand in the wind. Set the wind’s direction in the Angle field. Select the 10 value for the Distance field, for ex. and press OK.
Desert Storm - page 2
The sand’s layer got a too heavy texture and in this case we need to select the Screen for the Blending Mode to get a harmonious texture on the picture.
Next we need to get on the layer some additional empty spaces. For this operation we’ll pres Add layer mask selection on the Layers’ palette.
Make a click on the mask’s icon for its activation and then press D button to set the black color as a working color.
The background’s color is white.
Fill the mask with a grey texture made of clouds, applying the filter’s selection from here: Filter > Render > Clouds.
We’ll get open spaces on the layer containing the desert storm, but through these spaces the primary picture will be more visible.
Imitating the wind’s blasts on different directions is possible if introducing several more layers, each of them repeating the described operations above.
Experiment On!
Next we need to get on the layer some additional empty spaces. For this operation we’ll pres Add layer mask selection on the Layers’ palette.
Make a click on the mask’s icon for its activation and then press D button to set the black color as a working color.
The background’s color is white.
Fill the mask with a grey texture made of clouds, applying the filter’s selection from here: Filter > Render > Clouds.
We’ll get open spaces on the layer containing the desert storm, but through these spaces the primary picture will be more visible.
Imitating the wind’s blasts on different directions is possible if introducing several more layers, each of them repeating the described operations above.
Experiment On!