Create an Awesome Underwater Scene Depicting a Dragon and a Treasure Hunter

Create an Awesome Underwater Scene Depicting a Dragon and a Treasure Hunter
Create an Awesome Underwater Scene Depicting a Dragon and a Treasure Hunter

Step 8

The dragon layer is too sharp (I’m talking overall texture not edges) compared to our scene so let’s blur it a little bit. Apply a 0.9px Gaussian Blur to the dragon layer (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur).

Step 9

Next we’ll apply a bunch of effects and brush strokes to the dragon but we want to restrict them only to the dragon layer. In order to do this we will have to “clip” the layers to the dragon layer. But how do we do that?

Well, it’s pretty easy actually. You hold the Alt-key and click between two layers in the layer palette – by doing this you’ll clip the upper layer to the lower layer and thus show the upper layer only through the visible pixels of the lower layer.

But what if you want to clip a second layer to the bottom layer (which already has a clipped layer above)? You just Alt-click again between the layer you want to clip and the already clipped layer above the bottom layer.

It sounds complicated but once you’ll see the things in action you’ll see how easy it is.

So, let’s create a Curves Adjustment Layer. Use the settings shown below to reduce the intense reds of the dragon and add some blues. The effect is applied to the whole scene. If you Alt-click between the curves and the dragon layer magic happens and suddenly the effect is only applied to the dragon.

Step 10

Let’s clip another adjustment layer to the dragon layer. Create a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer and drag the Hue slider to -180. Clip this layer to the dragon layer by Alt-clicking between the Hue/Saturation layer and the already clipped Curves Adjustment Layer and voila – multiple clipped layers to the same bottom layer – the dragon.

I won’t explain again how the clipping works so try to do your best and understand – if you’re still in doubt read the steps again and repeat the instructions.

Step 11

Create a new layer and fill it (Shift + F5) with a deep blue color (#0a234b). Clip this layer to the dragon layer and lower the opacity to 49%. Add a layer mask and with a black round soft brush at 50% Opacity paint over the highlights of the dragon (in the layer mask).

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10 comments on “Create an Awesome Underwater Scene Depicting a Dragon and a Treasure Hunter”

  1. I love that end results. I am going to check those links now since some are saying they do not work.

  2. Сегодня взялся за урок и дошёл до 15 шага. Спасибо большое:) Я человек простой из бедной семьи и потому скажу просто. Я балдею от урока!:)) Оставлю два варианта синий и зелёный, оба нравятся:)

  3. That was awesome...I thought I knew most but I still picked up on a few things!
    Simple things like Adding colour balance etc via the layers panel.
    Thanks heaps!
    Where can I post my version? Is it ok to put up on facebook?

  4. Интересно было бы поработать с этим уроком, результат красивый но исходники не работают.

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