Photoshop Tutorial - Water On Tap

Realistic water running on tap

Through this tutorial, we will learn how to use a combination of photoshop filters to create a realistic effect of water running from a tap..

	Let's start with a new document 500x500 pixels Press "D" to reset your color palletes to black and white. Create a new layer, then apply the following filter: Filter » Render » Clouds
	Apply: Filter » Blur » Gaussian Blur Set: 6 Apply: Filter » Blur » Motion Blur Set: Angle: 90, Distance: 80
	Now go to Image » Image Size Set: width: 300pixels (UNTICK the "Constrain Proportions" option ) then click ok. So now your document should be 300 width and 500 high.
	Next, go to Filter » Artistic » Plastic Wrap Set: Highlight Strength: 15, Detail:10, Smoothness:10 Apply Filter » Sketch » Chrome Set: Detail:0, Smoothness: 8
	Go to Edit » Fade Chrome Set: Opacity:100%, Mode: Hard Light
	Now go to Image » Image Size Set: height:800 pixels, leave all other settings, and make sure the "Constrain Proportions" is NOT checked.
	Now go to Edit » Transform » Warp Move the anchors around, inward, up and down, just play with it to shape it like running water.
	Now, just add some gradient color to the background layer, and change it's water layer's blending mode to "Hard Light"

Here is an image I made, simply by adding the above water's layer to a picture of a tap.
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Ahmed Sleem Jan/21/2010 18:29you are talented mate. thanks

biju Jan/19/2010 04:40thanks

NAz Dec/28/2009 00:46Very great tutorial :) thnxxxx....

Deepak Dec/23/2009 19:34very nice yar. And thank you for this. One more little help as per this i tried for water single drop's but it not worked. can u tell me y it not worked.

brittany Dec/12/2009 04:34i liked this one i did in my computer graphics class today has a lesson

aneesh thycattussery Dec/04/2009 21:11WoW!!!! Thanks

sky_2 Dec/03/2009 22:31Thank you for all

anon Nov/30/2009 17:04This is photoshopped, I can tell by the pixels and from having seen lots of shops in my lifetime

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