Creating an Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper Watercolor Effect in

Creating an Abstract Watercolor Wallpaper Watercolor Effect in Photoshop Tutorial

Preview of Final Image

Step 1 : �Go to the File , click the Open tab and set your canvas of 1920 X 1200 pixels, in RGB mode.

Step 2 : �Go to the File and click the Open tab. � Select the desired picture you’d like to use in your computer files.

Step 3 : �Copy and paste the image into your canvas. �Press Ctrl T to resize or transform your picture and scale it to fit our canvas by holding down the Shift-Key. This keeps the original aspect ratio of the image and it does not look stretched.

This is How It Looks Like

Step 4 : �Adjust Brightness/Contrast and then duplicate the layer.

Step 5 : �Apply Watercolor filter from filter gallery to the duplicated layer. Name this duplicated layer as “Watercolor Filter”.

Step 6 : �Select the original layer and NOT the “Watercolor Filter”. Go to Image > Adjustments > Threshold. Name this original layer as “Threshold Effect”.

Step 7 : �Set the Blending mode to Multiply, and merge both, “Watercolor Filter” and “Threshold Effect” layers. So, we now have a “Merged Layer”. Press Ctrl E to Merge.

Step 8: �Download an image with a water color splashes. Like the pictures below:

Step 9 : �Edit the pictures (erase the background) and cover the face of the first picture with it. �After that, set the Blending mode to Multiply, and merge all the water color pictures into one layer.

Step 10 : �Get to the “Merged Layer”. Select and copy the image into the layer.

Step 11: �Add a Layer Mask to “Layer 1″. Alt + click on the layer mask, and you will see the canvas is in white.

Step 12: �Paste the image here, and Ctrl + I to invert the colors. This way, the layer mask hides the Blacks, and reveals the Whites.

Step 13: �Click back onto the layer and we can see our image.

Step 14: �Download some picture with paper textures. �Like the example below:

Step 15: �Set the paper texture in Linear Burn Mode.

Step 16: �Clone some areas in the “Layer 1″ using the Clone Tool. This makes the image look more complete

Step 17: �Finally, add some more watercolor splashes and add a fancy text, oriented like what I have in this image. Now you have an abstract watercolor design. You can use your creativity and innovate more on this effect. Hope you had fun in this tutorial!

The Final Image