How to create water bubbles in Photoshop

Creating effects is the magic that Photoshop brings to users. To create water bubbles in Photoshop , a beautiful effect but not difficult for new Photoshop users. The important thing is that after this article we will learn how to use Photoshop with many different tools and effects through just a few basic operations.

Instructions for creating water bubbles in Photoshop

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Step 1: First, create a square according to the resolution you want, which can be 500 x 500 like in the article or larger or smaller as desired.

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Step 2: Paint it a sea green background color, it doesn't have to be the same as in the picture.

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Step 3: Here we will use the Rectangle Tool .

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Step 4: Hold Shift and drag and drop you will get a circle like below, make this circle white.

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Step 5: At the layer of this circle, set the Fill to 0% and double click to go to Blending Options.

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Or right-click and a fairly long menu will appear > find and select Blending Options .

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Step 6: In Blending Options select Inner Shadow and adjust the parameters as follows:

* Blend Mode : Normal and leave the color white.
* Opacity : Clarity 75%.
* Angle : -83% with Use Global Light.
* Distance : 7 px.
* Choke : 0%.
* Size : 18 px.

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As a result, after the above step, we have created a fairly complete water bubble image in Photoshop.

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Step 7: Continue drawing a smaller circle and place it in the upper middle corner of the big bubble.

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Step 8: Leave this small layer at 0% Fill and click to go to Blending Options.

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Step 9: In Blending Options, go to Gradient Overlay and adjust the parameters as follows:

* Blend mode : Normal.
* Opacity : 50%
* Gradient : Set one side to transparent and the other side to white. (see image below).
* Style : Linear.
* Angle : -90.
* Scale : 66%.

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As for the Gradient, set it up exactly like in the picture with one side being white and the other side being transparent.

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The final result of the above steps is that we have created a complete water bubble image in Photoshop.

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Step 10: Merge these two layers using the key combination Ctrl + E.

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And combine it into any photo to experience the results after creating a water bubble in Photoshop.

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The trick to creating water bubbles in Photoshop is simple, effective and can be used in many cases. Through the above tools, they can also create their own creativity.

If you have completed creating water bubbles in Photoshop and are proficient, you may want to know what it is like to create unique 3D photo effects in Photoshop. Refer to instructions on how to create unique 3D photo effects using Photoshop here.

Samuel Daniel

Update 05 August 2024