Photoshop help please.

xSeongminx

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Well, I have a picture of water and need to get some fish in it. What do I mean by this? I need the fish to look like they are in the water, rather then on top of it. Please help. Thanks.
 

igowerf

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Not really sure since it's something I'd have to play around with.... but try setting the fish to a lower opacity and then add a distortion filter.
 

xSeongminx

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I just started using Photoshop today (for school project) and so I'm a noob. I have no clue how to lower the settings of the fish to a lower opacity, nor do I know how to add a distortion filter.
 

SickBeast

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Originally posted by: xSeongminx
I just started using Photoshop today (for school project) and so I'm a noob. I have no clue how to lower the settings of the fish to a lower opacity, nor do I know how to add a distortion filter.

Create a new layer for the fish. Press CRTL+SHIFT+N. That will create a new layer. Then, in the layer manager, you can set that layer to a lower opacity. To open the layer manager, click window-layers. With just the fish layer selected, you can do anything you want to just that layer. Good luck. :)
 

xSeongminx

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Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: xSeongminx
I just started using Photoshop today (for school project) and so I'm a noob. I have no clue how to lower the settings of the fish to a lower opacity, nor do I know how to add a distortion filter.

Create a new layer for the fish. Press CRTL+SHIFT+N. That will create a new layer. Then, in the layer manager, you can set that layer to a lower opacity. To open the layer manager, click window-layers. With just the fish layer selected, you can do anything you want to just that layer. Good luck. :)

For the win... Thanks ALOT!!

Btw, this program is freaken insane!!! Sweet!

Another dilemma. How do I "un-ripple" something?

 

SickBeast

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Originally posted by: xSeongminx
Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: xSeongminx
I just started using Photoshop today (for school project) and so I'm a noob. I have no clue how to lower the settings of the fish to a lower opacity, nor do I know how to add a distortion filter.

Create a new layer for the fish. Press CRTL+SHIFT+N. That will create a new layer. Then, in the layer manager, you can set that layer to a lower opacity. To open the layer manager, click window-layers. With just the fish layer selected, you can do anything you want to just that layer. Good luck. :)

For the win... Thanks ALOT!!

Btw, this program is freaken insane!!! Sweet!

Another dilemma. How do I "un-ripple" something?

You're very welcome. :)

I use Photoshop to earn my living, well part of it anyways. Feel free to ask me more, I'd love to help you out.

To "un-ripple", try pushing CRTL+ALT+Z a bunch of times, that's how you undo stuff in Photoshop. The thing is though, if you save then quit, the next time you load Photoshop you can't undo stuff.

If you're stuck, you can open the layer manager and drag the fish layer to the little trash can. That will delete the layer. Then, just recreate the layer and start from scratch.