Lake effect

[MnM]

Guys am going to show u how to make graphical reflection of text in water in photo filtre in 23 very easy step

steps:
1. Menu File / New image
- 640 x 480
- Background white

2. Select 2/3 rds of the upper part

3. Menu Filter / Color / Gradient
- Color 1 : Azure Blue, Opacity 100
- Color 2 : Light Blue, Opacity 20

4. Preserve the selection and execute the PhotoMasque filter
- Mask Dilution
- Rotation 90
- Color white
- Opacity 100
- Colors RGB
- Adjust the mask

5. Select the remaining lower part

6. Menu Filter / Color / Gradient
- Color 1 : Light Blue, Opacity 20
- Color 2 : Ocean Blue, Opacity 100

7. Select a horizontal band level for the transition

8. Menu Filter / Color / Gradient
- Color 1 : Light green, Opacity 100
- Color 2 : Dark green, Opacity 100

9. Menu Selection / Hide selection

10. Apply twice the Filter / Artistic / Sprayed strokes

11. Apply twice the Filter / Artistic / Rough Pastels
- Smoothed paper

12. Insert text with the following parameters :
- Font Comic sans MS, Size 30 pixels
- Text : PhotoFiltre[or ur name if u want]
- Color Brown
- Bold
- Effects : Stroke white, Blur

13. For drawing the trunks of the trees, select a few rectangular areas
to the left and right of the text and fill them with dark brown color using
the command Edit / Stroke and Fill.

14. Change to Selection / Set shape / Ellipse, select the areas above
the trunks, move the shape into position, Stroke with Black and fill
with Green

15. Insert new text :
- Font Comic sans MS, Size
- 30 pixels
- Text : PhotoFiltre[or ur name if u want]
- Color black
- Bold
- Blur
- Opacity 40

16. Apply the command Edit / Transform / Rotation 180

17. Position the text at the border of the water and validate

18. Change to Selection / Set shape / Rectangle
Select the part below representing the water (go over a little of the green)

19. Apply the Filter / Deform / Lake reflection

20. Select a rectangular area above and to the right for drawing
the sun and apply Filter / PhotoMasque :
- Mask : Sun
- Negative mode (reversing black and white)
- Color yellow
- Opacity 100
- Colors RGB
- Adjust the mask

21. Filter Relief / Relief

22. Filter: Artistic / Colored pencil
- Paper texture : grid

23. Menu Edit / Fade
- Opacity 40

copy url to clipboard to see final result:
http://photofiltre.free.fr/tutoriels/dessin/phase9.jpg

Hope its useful

[Bamboori]

nice, though the font has to be mirrored vertically instead of turning it by 180°

[lf2TimmE1]

my looked this awesome not like yours xD...but nice guid ^^

[Cerberus]

i understood every point, a very good explained tutorial *thumbs up*

[MnM]

Thank u guys fr commenting...
@Bamboori: if u flip it vertically it doesnot come to forizontal pose... it comes only to straight pose.

[Silverthorn]

Well, this mirrored text just looks wrong. IF you make a reflection, you
a) have to flip it, so that the bottom is up
b) ensure the right letter is under the right letter
c) ensure the reflection has a little perspective (means that it looks a little like a trapezoid).

Other than that, nice work

[MnM]

k BP thanks fr ur suggestion