Create water using photoshop

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josesaari
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Create water using photoshop

Post by josesaari » Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:27 pm

HI!
is there any way to create water using photoshop + dds plugin?
thanks!

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Re: Create water using photoshop

Post by Capricorne » Fri Apr 13, 2018 11:00 am

Yes it is very easy ... :D I suppose you know the basis of PS6
Start with open the desired .dds:
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Use the "magic wan" to select the water , Play with the value of "tolérance" ( sorry have not an english version of PS6)
Then add an alpha layer, (couche in french) by clicking the little icon near the bottom right
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Now click Shift + F6 and add 1px of softness..
Then click Shift + F5 and fill selection with background color ( make sure the black is selected ), here you can chose the value of Black 100% is possible but not always, I generally chose 90%...
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That's all , :D Just save your dds as dxt3....and you have water
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josesaari
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Re: Create water using photoshop

Post by josesaari » Fri Apr 13, 2018 8:38 pm

Thank you very much Patrice!
I couldn't figure out where to create the alpha channel. It works like a charm!!

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Re: Create water using photoshop

Post by Xavier » Sat Apr 14, 2018 12:13 pm

Hi Patrice,

It works perfectly! :wink:

Very good tip to make pinpoint or at the last moment modifications of water-alpha layer.

No need to re-compute the whole stuff of water-alpha soft to build again all the DDS textures. It saves hours!

Thank-you to share your findings.
*****- Xavier - (XDL - VR FAN) *****

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