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richke
Location: Indiana, USA
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 Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:13 am Reply with quote
I'm sorry if this has been asked but ive looked on the internet tyring to find a way to make a solid color look like it is rippled. It works fine with a picture obviously because there is an image to make it look rippled, but how do you add it to a solid color....are there some tricks to doing this...maybe adding a shadow or a light gradient...hmmmm....i just had an idea....anyone else has any info please let me know.
thank you,
Rich
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MindGraph
Location: Augusta, Georgia
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:23 am Reply with quote
Hi Rich. Just to get a better idea can you describe what kind of ripple effect your looking for? Something like water waves or just a ripple type design?
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vokaris
Site Moderator
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:26 am Reply with quote
You can cheat (if you already have an image of the ripples you like), copy the ripples in a new layer over the solid color, desaturate and change the blending mode to hard light or luminosity
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richke
Location: Indiana, USA
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:28 am Reply with quote
i have an image that i want to look like it is reflecting off of water...and i can get the image itself to ripple but the background color i picked stays flat...ive tried adding texturs as well but it only seems to ripple the edge of the layer...
the cheat idea may be an option as well i was just curious if there was actually a way in PS to do it...thanks for any help
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TheShaman
Location: Peaksville, Southeast of Disorder
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:36 am Reply with quote
OK here's what I would do to make a solid color ripple
First make a new layer on top of the solid color you want, change the layer setting to hard light, then change the foreground color to 50% gray. then use the radial gradient tool to make a circle be sure that the gradient is set "forground to transpatent"...
make that the size you desire... once thats done
go to Filter>Distort>ZigZag on that layer.
mess with perspective and levels till you get the ripple you desire...
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richke
Location: Indiana, USA
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:38 am Reply with quote
no i didnt see that tutorial...holy crap that looks awesome....
i will also try the nhard light zig zag as well....wow PS is so much more complex than i ever thought...i thought it was something simple...but no 
thanks guys
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TheShaman
Location: Peaksville, Southeast of Disorder
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:40 am Reply with quote
actually what I just said should take all of 5min to make 
its pretty easy, but I'm not sure its what you're looking for.
example
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richke
Location: Indiana, USA
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:54 am Reply with quote
yeah i did that....it's a cool effect but it isnt fitting into my pic like i had hoped. thanks though.
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TheShaman
Location: Peaksville, Southeast of Disorder
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:57 am Reply with quote
hey its cool, maybe if we see what you're trying to do, it would help us help you
just cause I was bored lol
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ReyRey
Location: In a world of $#!t
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:26 pm Reply with quote
TheShaman wrote: hey its cool, maybe if we see what you're trying to do, it would help us help you
just cause I was bored lol
I think I'm hypnotized 
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Granulated
Location: London
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:34 pm Reply with quote
richke wrote: yeah i did that....it's a cool effect but it isnt fitting into my pic like i had hoped. thanks though.
create it on a perfect 'overhead' vertical view then use perspective resize to match the scene.
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Granulated
Location: London
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:34 pm Reply with quote
ReyRey wrote: TheShaman wrote: hey its cool, maybe if we see what you're trying to do, it would help us help you
just cause I was bored lol
I think I'm hypnotized
Im waiting for Porky Pig to appear !
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richke
Location: Indiana, USA
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:38 pm Reply with quote
enough of the wavew pool....my head is going to explode!!!!!!
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