Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
For those of you who are first learning Photoshop,
I'm going to show you how to quickly create water drops.
This is an updated version of the same tutorial
I did in 2011 on an earlier version of Photoshop.
Open a photo you'd like to add water drops to.
Click on the new layer icon
to make a new layer. Let's name it "Drop".
Open your Elliptical Marquee Tool
and press and hold "Shift" as you drag out a circular selection.
Open your Gradient tool
and click on the bar to open the Gradient Editor.
Click on the third thumbnail, which is the black to white gradient.
Then click OK. Make sure the Linear Gradient box is chosen.
Go to the upper left of the circle
and press and hold "Shift" as you drag diagonally down to the lower right.
To delete the selection press Ctrl or Cmd + D.
Change the blend mode to
"Overlay". Double-click on the thumbnail
of the Drop to open its Layer Style window. Click
"Inner Shadow". Change the blend mode
to "Linear Burn"... the Opacity to 40%,
uncheck "Global Light"... make the
"Angle", minus 30 degrees... the Distance
2 pixels and the Size, 5 pixels.
Depending on the size and resolution of your photo,
you may want to change the amounts for the Distance and Size
to get the same results as we have for this water drop.
Click on Drop Shadow. Make the blend mode
"Linear Burn... the Opacity, 30%,
uncheck "Global Light"...make the "Angle"
127 degrees... the Distance,
10 pixels and the size, 14 pixels.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Next, we'll put a small highlight reflection on the Drop.
Click on the new layer icon to make a new layer.
We'll name it "Highlight". Invert the foreground and background colors
by pressing "x" on your keyboard. Open your Brush tool
and choose a small point size.
I'll choose 8 pixels. Depending on the size of your water drop,
you may want to adjust this number. Make the "Hardness"
90%. Press down once on the upper left of your water drop.
Let's place both of these layers into a folder.
Shift-click on the thumbnail of the water drop to highlight both layers.
Then, press Ctrl or Cmd + G.
Make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd + J. Drag the copy to another spot.
To enlarge it, open your Transform tool
by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. Go to a corner
and when you see a straight, double-arrow, press and hold
Shift + Alt on a PC or Shift + Opt on a Mac
and drag it out. Then, press Enter or Return.
Make another copy and this time
I'll make water drops smaller. If you want to make a water drop
with an asymmetrical shape, choose a water drop,
make its folder active and make a copy of it.
Drag it to another spot.
Open the folder
and make the Drop layer active.
Go to "Filter" and "Liquify".
Click on the Forward Warp tool and
increase or decrease the tool size by pressing the right
or left bracket key. I'll make it approximately the same size as the Drop.
Now, drag it to a shape you like.
Then, click OK.
Instantly, the water drop changes to the shape we made.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!