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Floating Island on Water Photoshop Tutorial
Tutorial Details
- Program: Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Version: 9
- Difficulty: Medium
- Estimated Completion Time: 1 to 1.5 hours
Resrouces
- Sea Background Stock II by ArwenArts (Creative Commons License)
- 36...underwater stock by winkstock (Creative Commons License)
- The Island 2 by Banana-Workshop (Creative Commons License)
- Little Island by mindCollision-stock (Royalty Free License)
- Stormy sky by Michael Vincent Manalo (Creative Commons License)
- Rons Winter collection brushes by Ron (Royalty Free License)
Step 1 - Create the Photoshop document
To begin, let’s create a new image file, go to the Menu bar and click on File > New, and then input the following values on their respective fields:- Width: 3000 pixels
- Height: 2247 pixels
- Resolution: 300 dpi
- Color Mode: RGB Color; 8bit
- Background Contents: Transparent

Step 2 - Create the town above the sea
In this step, we will be creating the town situated above the sea. To start, let’s open the stock image: The Island 2. We won’t be doing editing or cutting on this image so let’s activate the Move tool (V) and left-click on the image and drag it to our canvas then rename that layer to “island townâ€. To rename a layer, simply double click on the words “layer 1†and the text edit box would appear and you can now rename the layer.




- Brush size: 900 px
- Hardness: 0%
- Opacity: 100%
- Flow: 100%

10 comments on “Floating Island on Water”
amazing tutorial.
The mysterious island
this is hard
way to go
nice
Cool im doing it right now
I don't get how you went from “water texture†to cloning that image.
It's like you skipped a step or two.
Nice photoshop manipulation. Top picture "Island" is from Slovenia - lake Bled.
Thanks for this tutorial! This is my version
http://silvialorica.tumblr.com/post/59341356745/floating-island-lisola-che-galleggia-made-by
Thts not yours cheater ..
im so gonna try this!