make an under sea scene with photoshop

Hi there ,in this tutorial today we will learn how to make this under sea scene and make looks as real as we can , so this is our final result:

 1-Our first step is to open a new docment (1280 by 768 )or you can chose any other wallpaper dimensions then select the gradient tool and do the next gradient :

 2-Now download this pic of the golden fish and open it with photoshop and press Ctrl+A (to select it) then Ctrl+C (tocopy it) and get back to our document and press Ctrl+V to paste it in there

and after that Press Ctrl+T and then transform it like this :

 3-Now for this step we want to make another group of fishes so duplicate the fish layer ( Ctrl+J) then transform it (Ctrl+T) like this :

 and repeat that until you get this

 4-Now select all of the fish's layers except the first one and click Ctrl+E to merge them

 change the opacity of the new merge layer to 50%:

 go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and then :

5-Now add a new layer by going to Layer>New>Layer and name it "Bubbles" and use the brush to add these black points and make sure that the brush is 100% hardness like this :

 6-Go to layer>layer Style>Blending options and then follow the next pics :

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 and this is what your result should be like :

  7-Now we will add some sea plants so add a new layer(by going to Layer>New>Layer) call it "plants" then chose this colors

select thebrush tool (click B) and chose this brush type

 now add some plants like this :

 go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and then :

 Now chose this colors

 and add some other plants like this:

 and finally for this step chose this :

 and add a few other plants:

8-Now add a new layer and drag just above the background layer :

 select the Lasso tool :

 and select this kind of shape:

now using the brush fill the selection with this color :

  go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and then :

 Now change the layer's opacity to 40%:

 now duplicate the previous layer (by clicking Ctrl+J ) and then press Ctrl+T to transform it like this :

  Now change the new layer's opacity to 50%:

 this is our result until now

9 -now select the front fish layer and press Ctrl+U ( or go to image>adjestement>Hue/Saturation )and  then :

 10-now go to Layer>Layer Style>Outer Glow and then :

 and this is our final result :


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