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Whale Stealing from a Seagull Photoshop Tutorial
Resources
- Crack Brushes TWENSTUDIO
- WaterFalls Brushes TWENSTUDIO
- Bird - Larry Ye | Dreamstime.com
- Fish - yoink | sxc.hu
- Sea - Patricia Aline Willis | Stockvault.net
- Whale - BrettAtkins | istockphoto.com
Step 1
Create a new document using Photoshop with the following dimensions: 1920 X 1200 Pixel. Make sure to remove the lock option from the background and rename it to: Bg.

Step 2
Create new layer and call it Vortex. Afterwards, apply effect Clouds using those steps: Filter > Render > Clouds. .
Step 3
Use the same steps to apply the effect again by clicking CTRL+F or Filter > Clouds.
Step 4
Next, convert Clouds to Vortex with Filter > Distor > Polar Coordinates.
Step 5
Select Rectangular to Polar and Click Ok!.

Step 6
Change the Vortex size Layer by clicking Edit > Free Transfrom or CTRL+T..

Step 7
Change mode to Soft Light.
Step 8
Add new mask to Layer Vortex.

Step 9
Select Brush Tool and remove Edges by following the steps.


Step 10
Let's make Vortex little dark go to Image > Adjustments > Curves or CTRL+M .

Step 11
Press B and Select Waterfalls Brush number 1339.

Step 12
Change Mode to Soft Light.
Step 13
Let's add some Crack to work. you can use Crack Brush or just a Picture. copy and paste into project and Press CTRL+T or Edit > Free Transfrom.
Step 14
Follow the same steps and do the same thing as I did before with the Vortex.


Step 15
Change Mode to Color Burn.
Step 16
Add new Mask to Crack Layer.
Step 17
Select Soft Brush and remove Edges from Crack.

Step 18
Open the whale picture and Select just part of it. Copy and paste into Project.

Step 19
Change the size of the whale to small by clicking CTRL+T
Step 20
Add new Mask to whale layer.
Step 21
With your Brush tool remove the background from the Whale's picture.

Step 22
After doing an amazing job with the whale, let's Open the Bird picture.
Step 23.
Let's Remove the background from the Bird's image! it's an easy process. just follow my foot steps and you'll do great!!!! First Make sure you Remove the Lock from the Background. to remove the lock from the background press ALT+Double Click on the Background, right?!! Looks like everything is ok right now. So let's remove it with Select > Color Range.
Step 24
Select a white Color from the Background and make sure you apply this settings.
Step 25
Now go to Select > Inverse.

Step 26
Add new Mask Under the Box Layers.

Step 27
now let's remove the mask from the layer. drag the mask to the buttons and delete the layers follow the images.

Step 28
Copy and paste the new Bird to your main Project with the wheal on it!.
Step 29
You're doing great!!! Now, Open the Fish Image.
3 comments on “Create a Dramatic Photo Manipulation of a Whale Stealing from a Seagull”
thanks alot
Awesome..!
wonderful. Thanx