Get a real rainbow on simple picture only in several minutes
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By Moderator
Published on 08/29/2008
The next lesson we'll try to get a real effect of the rain on a simple picture and decorate it with a rainbow, which must be done also by ourselves.
Get a real rainbow on simple picture only in several minutes - page 1
The next lesson we'll try to get a real effect of the rain on a simple picture and decorate it with a rainbow, which must be done also by ourselves.
I used this image: Coldstream Mill from Flickr.
1. Open our picture and select out of the Layer menu the selection New Adjustment Layer > Curves. Set on the curve two points, giving it the S letter's shape, to enlarge the image's contrast. Press OK then.
2. Select in the menu the next option: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation to create a new adjustment layer. The Saturation slider should be on the -32 value, press OK also after that.
3. Choose now out of the Layer menu another option - New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Press OK to create a layer.
Select in the Color picker window a very dark-blue color or even the black one.
Change its Blending Mode on Multiply and bring down the Opacity's value till 70%.
4. Select Solid Color layer and click on Layer Mask, take then the Brush Tool (B). Give it the black color as a working color. Choose after that a brush of a small diameter with softer edges, giving it the Opacity of 75%, and try to paint very accurately the buildings in the mask.
5. Removing the color out of several details like grass and trees is possible if reducing the level of the brush's Opacity till 50%, after that painting the details with black color. Leave the color on the picture's top half and bottom.
6. Create a New layer and make a click on the Gradient Tool. Click on the gradient preview in the options bar. Make another click on the small black pointer in the Gradient Editor dialog box, the pointer being situated on the right top part of the window. Select in the menu showing up the Special Effects.
We are interested only to preset gradient Russell's Rainbow.
Make a click on light gray 'color stop' over gradient line and insert the 75 value in the Location field.
I used this image: Coldstream Mill from Flickr.
1. Open our picture and select out of the Layer menu the selection New Adjustment Layer > Curves. Set on the curve two points, giving it the S letter's shape, to enlarge the image's contrast. Press OK then.
2. Select in the menu the next option: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation to create a new adjustment layer. The Saturation slider should be on the -32 value, press OK also after that.
3. Choose now out of the Layer menu another option - New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Press OK to create a layer.
Select in the Color picker window a very dark-blue color or even the black one.
Change its Blending Mode on Multiply and bring down the Opacity's value till 70%.
4. Select Solid Color layer and click on Layer Mask, take then the Brush Tool (B). Give it the black color as a working color. Choose after that a brush of a small diameter with softer edges, giving it the Opacity of 75%, and try to paint very accurately the buildings in the mask.
5. Removing the color out of several details like grass and trees is possible if reducing the level of the brush's Opacity till 50%, after that painting the details with black color. Leave the color on the picture's top half and bottom.
6. Create a New layer and make a click on the Gradient Tool. Click on the gradient preview in the options bar. Make another click on the small black pointer in the Gradient Editor dialog box, the pointer being situated on the right top part of the window. Select in the menu showing up the Special Effects.
We are interested only to preset gradient Russell's Rainbow.
Make a click on light gray 'color stop' over gradient line and insert the 75 value in the Location field.
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7. Mark out on the options' bar the Radial Gradient.
Represent after that a gradient's line.
Open the Gaussian Blur (the menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) and insert the 20 value in the Radius field.
8. Change the layer's Blending Mode with the rainbow circle on Screen. Using Move Tool you can place the rainbow on any part of the image.
9. Use Gradient Tool again and select the gradient preview on the options' bar and click again on the small black pointer, choosing this time the Reset Gradients. Find the Foreground to Transparent
but on the options' bar we must mark out the Linear Gradient.
Draw a line with the same tool from the bottom to the top part just to damp down the lowest part of the rainbow.
10. Erase the unnecessary parts of the rainbow, applying the Eraser Tool.
11. Let's create now the rainbow imitation. Create New Layer and fill it with white color.
12. Insert now the noises, using the Add Noise filter. The Amount parameter must have the value of 100. Mark out the Uniform mode and tick on the Monochromatic.
13. Select in the menu Image > Adjustments > Levels, moving the black slider on a quarter of the axe.
14. Blur out the noises, applying the Gaussian Blur selection out of the Blur group. The Radius option 0.8 pixel.
15. Let the picture through the Motion Blur filter, changing the Angle parameter on 60 and the Distance on 60.
16. Apply after that the Plastic Wrap filter of the Artistic group. Give it the next parameters: Highlight Strength — 20, Detail — 14, Smoothness — 3.
17. Open up Filter > Other > High Pass. Select for the Radius the value of 70.
18. Finally lay over the Motion Blur filter with the same parameters mentioned above, changing the layer's Blending Mode on Hard Light and Opacity - 20%.
Experiment On!
Represent after that a gradient's line.
Open the Gaussian Blur (the menu Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur) and insert the 20 value in the Radius field.
8. Change the layer's Blending Mode with the rainbow circle on Screen. Using Move Tool you can place the rainbow on any part of the image.
9. Use Gradient Tool again and select the gradient preview on the options' bar and click again on the small black pointer, choosing this time the Reset Gradients. Find the Foreground to Transparent
but on the options' bar we must mark out the Linear Gradient.
Draw a line with the same tool from the bottom to the top part just to damp down the lowest part of the rainbow.
10. Erase the unnecessary parts of the rainbow, applying the Eraser Tool.
11. Let's create now the rainbow imitation. Create New Layer and fill it with white color.
12. Insert now the noises, using the Add Noise filter. The Amount parameter must have the value of 100. Mark out the Uniform mode and tick on the Monochromatic.
13. Select in the menu Image > Adjustments > Levels, moving the black slider on a quarter of the axe.
14. Blur out the noises, applying the Gaussian Blur selection out of the Blur group. The Radius option 0.8 pixel.
15. Let the picture through the Motion Blur filter, changing the Angle parameter on 60 and the Distance on 60.
16. Apply after that the Plastic Wrap filter of the Artistic group. Give it the next parameters: Highlight Strength — 20, Detail — 14, Smoothness — 3.
17. Open up Filter > Other > High Pass. Select for the Radius the value of 70.
18. Finally lay over the Motion Blur filter with the same parameters mentioned above, changing the layer's Blending Mode on Hard Light and Opacity - 20%.
Experiment On!
