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A way to create bubbles...
This is a PDN conversion of this tut to create buble(s)
http://briand.stephane.free.fr/bulle.htm
French tut for PS!
1. Create a new picture large enought (that you could reduce later).
Ex: 400x400 px
2. Fill the background layer with black (used while you are working).
3. Add a new layer called "circle" and change the pen size to 10px. Select Light blue or white primary color.
4. Draw the empty elypse (holding shift for perfect circle) from 200,15 to 200,385.
5. Then using the magic wand with Tolerance=0 and click outside the circle then Ctrl+I to invert the selection. Gaussian blur by 25px.
6. Add a new layer called "shine" while the selection is still the same.
Select the brush tool with pen size 30px.
Set the primary color to white and the Alhpa channel to 100.
Draw approximatively like the model:
7. Gaussian blur the selection by 40px.
8. Add a new layer called "reflet". Using F4 set the opacity of this layer to 100.
9. Draw with the same pervious pen something that will be used to simulate external reflexion.
10. Gaussian blur the selection by 100px.
That's it.
Before flatering the layers, make the background transparent (instead black).
Then you could place the buble on other pictures...
Extra steps for a soap buble (do steps from 1 to 10 and continue still with the same selection):
11. Add a new layer called "soap". And move it down in the layer list just before the background.
12. Run the plugin radial color with default values.
13. Make a motion blur : angle 45 / 200px
14. Gaussian blur the selection by 100px two times.
That's it.
Same comment:
Before flatering the layers, make the background transparent (instead black).
Then you could place the buble on other pictures...
Enjoy bubling
Undersea picture from:
http://www.ryoutoku.com/photo/undersea.JPG