Step 1I Download the Room Stock image and Pasted it in my A3 , 300 dpi document.

Step2Then I download the Picture frame and open the PSD file after unzipping it and pasted the frame in my document. Using the Transformation Tool (Click CTRL + T), rotated the frame as shown below

Step 3First, I Created a ‘CURVES’ Adjustment layer. This is can be done as follows. Below the Layer’s Palette, click on CREATE NEW FILL OR ADJUSTMENT LAYER, the small icon that looks like a circle (half black and half white) and select CURVES.

Step 4I added a clipping mask for the first time but it changed the color of the en-tire room but i only wanted the frame to be adjusted . So, I ALT + Click be-tween the CURVES Layer and the FRAME Layer ( which added the curves layer as a clipping mask). The frame still seems a bit colorful, so I added a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer in the same way I added the Curves Layer. Set the Saturation level to -53. After setting the saturation, I added a Clip-ping mask for this layer too.

Step 5Now, the frame still looks a bit bright, so I added a LEVELS Adjustment Layer. This layer darkened the dark areas even more thus providing a depth to the image. I Used the following settings below.

Step 6I also added a Exposure Adjustment layer, as I wasn’t satisfied with the result after the Levels Adjustment.

Step 7I placed this image of the squid into the document , then using the magic wand tool i selected all the white ereas and deleted them .

Step 8Now I needed to create the image as if the shark is coming out of the Picture Frame, So I carefully placed the squid as shown below.

Step 9Now I obviously need to remove sections of the squid . So carfully using the rectangle marquee tool I cut away sections so to make it look like the squid is coming out of the frame . I reduced the opac-ity of the squid image to get a better selection view. I then added a drop shadow on the squid to to give it more depth

Step 10I added a Hue/Saturation Layer with the following settings.Hue 0, Saturation -35, Lightness 0. Which I added as a clipping mask so that only the squid image is edited and not the entire document.

Step 11Now I added Levels, Brightness, Curves adjustment layers with these settings . 44, 0.85, 255.

Step 12I then added brightness contrast with the following setting’s.Brightness-38, contrast +42

Step 13I added the curves to output 110 and input 140

Step14I added this image of clouds.

Step 15Using the rectangular Lasso Tool, I copyed and pasted my desired selection to create a landscape in the picture frame, so that to give an idea that the squid is aperaing from the sea.

Step 16I then added a Gaussian Blur of around 19 px radius. (FILTER > BLUR > GAUSSIAN BLUR) I gave it this blur as I thought it looked to much like a cloud .

Step 17I gave the picture frame a shadow so to apear that it is slightly coming out of the wall.

My image now looks like this below. Step 18I downloded this image of a cat and pasted it into my document .

Step 19I cut out the image of the cat and deleted the original image .

Step 20I went to image adjustment’s Hue Saturation and applyed the following settings. Hue0, Saturation -55, lightness 0

Step 21I went to image adjustments Brightness/Contrast and applyed the following settings. Brightness+23, Contrast-7

Step 22I went to image adjustments , Curves and applyed the follow-ing settings . Output 112 , Input 136

Step 23I went to image adjustments , Levels and applyed the following settings. Channel RGB , 19, 0.71,255

This is how the image looks now .

Step 23I now added a water splash effect, I got these brush’s from the web .I then loaded the water Fall Brushes into my Photoshop document. I create a new layer and using the Brush Tool, I add a water fall just below the squid. I then removed certain parts of the water fall using the rubber tool on a low opacity to give it a natu-ral look .

Step 24Then, download a puddle stock image and pasted it on the document. I then Move it down so that it appears on the floor. I Desaturate the puddle image and Set the Blending mode to SCREEN, and an opacity of around 50% and using the Transformation tool I change the perspective of the puddle to match that of the floor. I used the eraser with soft brush and erased certain parts of the image to make it look natural .

For this image I just turned down the curves I like it as it brings out the detail in squid.

Poster 2Step 1 I placed this image into a new A3 document , 300 dpi.

Step 2I went to image adjustments , exposure and add-ed the following settings. exposure,0.55, offset, 0.0000and Gamma Correction 1.00

Step 3I added a Hue/Saturation Layer with the following settings. Hue 0,Saturation-30, Lightness 6

Step 4I set the Color Balance to 0.0.0 Step 5

I then added a Hue Sturation layer and set it to the following Hue 0 , Saturation -35, Lighness 0

Step 6I added Levels and set it to the following 65,.0.90, 255

Step 7I set the Brightness / contrast adjustment to Bright-ness -40 Contrast +52

Step 8I added the curves to out put 233 and input 116

Step 9I finaly added the levels to , 48 , 0.62, 219

Step 10I then added the image of the Squid from the last poster just with out the background

Step 11I then placed the image of my seahorse into the document

Step 12I then went to image adjusments , Hue Sturation and set the follo-ing setting to Hue 0, Saturation -35, Lightness 0

Step13I then went to image adjustments and changed the Levels to 44,0.85.255. Which gave the effects below

Step 14The I added Brighness and Contrast to Brighness -38 Contrast 42

Step 15 I then changed the curves to Input 189 and Output 189.

Step 16 I duplicated the sea horse layer and and kept merging them and dupicating them again. I then went to trasform , perspectice where I played around with the depth of the seahorse’s to give the feeling as if they were getting smaller and smaller as they went on in the distance .

Step 17 I placed this image of a cat into the document .

Step 18I cut the image of the cat out .

Step 19I then changed the Hue and Saturation in image adjustments to Hue 0 Saturation -35 and Lightness 0.

Step 20I went to image adjustments ,Levels and set the following setting to 44,.0.85, 255

Step 21I once again changed the Brightness to -38 and Contrast to +44

Step 22I changed the Curves to Input 160 and Output 120

Step 23I changed the color balance to red +100 and Yellow -100

Step 24I changed the Hue Saturation , Saturation -32

Step 25I went to image adjsutments , Levels and changed the levels to 44, 0.85 , 255

Step 26I changed the Brightness and contrast to, Brightness -38 , Contrast +42

Step 27Last of all i changed the Brightness /Contrast to Brightness - 54 Contrast -27.

Step 28I could not find any font that suited this surelisum project so I decided to make my own using my Seahorse . I did this by warping each seahorse in to useually two per letter . I would of liked to go trough it step by step but it apears that i merged each letter once complete loosing the layers .

Poster 3STEP 1I opened a new document with the size’s below .

Step 2I placed this image of the sea into the document and sized it to fit .

Step 3Using the Polygone lassoo tool I cut out sections of the water . After doing that I needed to blur the edge of this sea so to make it look seamless . To this I clicked on the Blur tool. I then change its settings to the following:Brush size: 150p Hardness: 0%Mode: Normal Strength: 100%.

Step 4I wanted to change the water color .To do this clicked on the layer and went to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance. Once opened I used the following settings:Color Levels: -20, 0, +35Tone Balance: MidtonesPreserve Luminosity: Checked

Step 5Again, I wanted to adjust its color, this time I wanted to change tones of the water’s shadows. I Start by clicking on the layer again and went to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance. Once opened I used the following set-tings: Color Levels: -45, +25, +18 Tone Balance: ShadowsPreserve Luminosity: Checked

Step 6I placed this picture of the sky in the document and draged it below the “water” layer. I then resized the image to fit .

This is how my image looks now . Step 7I wanted to adjust the Brightness and Contrast of the sky. So First, made sure that the “sky” layer is selected and then I went to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast and then put the following settings Brightness: 15Contrast: 0

Step 8 I wanted to Create an Horizon now that the sky and sea are in place, First I created a new layer by pressing Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N. After doing this, a box opened I named this layer “horizon” in the name box. I put this layer above the “sky” layer and below the “water” layer. I then activated the Brush tool (B) and once it is opened, I put in the following settings:Brush size: 900px Hardness: 0 Opacity: 30%Flow: 100% #: ffffff.

Step 9 I downloaded some bubble brush’s off the web and loaded them into te document . I clicked on my brush and set the color to white and placed them where I desirerd

Step 10I dowloaded a birds brush and loaded it into the document Once loaded I created a new layer and put this layer above all the layers on our the canvas and named it “Birds”. I then Activated the Brush tool and clicked onto the canvas . I then lowered the opacity to 70% to blend in beter

Step 11I placed this image into the document .

Step 12I then adjusted the color of the shark to make it blend in with the water.I did this by Clicking on the fish’s layer and went to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance and put the following setting in.Color Levels: -27, +50, +49Tone Balance: MidtonesPreserve Luminosity: CheckedI then lowered the opacity to 30% to make the shark look as though it was in the distance .

Step 13I placed this image of a fish into te document .

Step 14I cut out the fish using the magnetic lassoo tool and fliped it with the free transform tool , flip horizontal .

Step 15I cut out a section of the fish with the magnetic lasso tool, copyed and pasted and then still with the selection deleted the original selection so to have the the section of the fish i wanted to look undewater seperate than the rest of the fish . With this section i changed the it to multiply and lowered the opacity to 70% to give the effect that it is underwater .

Step 16I then added this image of a cat to the document .

Step 17I then cut out the cats head and resized it to fit onto the fish . I played around with the levels and curves untill it was similar color to the fish . Using a low opacity and low flow soft rubber I erased some of the cats head to tomae it blend in better .

Step 18I then placed this image of old paper into the document .

Step 19Once that is done I changed its Blending Mode and Opacity to the following:Blending mode: Soft Light Opacity: 70%

Step 20I then placed this paper texture into the document .

Step 21After that, change the Blending mode and Opacity values to the following:Blending mode: Color Burn Opacity: 50%

Step 22I then created a Solid Color adjustment layer. To do this I click on the Create New Fill/Adjustment layer button located on the Layer Window. I put in the following color #: 070937Once I had done that I changed the following: Blending Mode: Exclusion and Opacity: 50%

Step 23I then created a new Solid Color adjustment layer and put the followingcolor : #: 503929 and applyed the following: Blending Mode: Soft Light Opacity: 30%.

Step 24I Created a new Solid Color adjustment layer again and put the following color #: d68230 Blending mode: Soft Light Opacity: 10%

Step 25I then went to image adjustments , Brightness/ Contrast and put the following: Brightness: -15 Contrast: -5.

Step 26I created a Gradient Map adjustment layer: I chose black to white which turned my image to black and white so what I did is change the Blend-ing mode and Opacity to the following: Blending Mode: Color Opacity: 15%

Step 27Next I created a Photo Filter adjustment layer witht the following settings Warming Filter (81)Density: 25% Preserve Luminosity: Checked.

Step 28I then created a Curves adjustment layer and set the following settings Input: 109Output: 135

Step 30Finaly I added the Sheba text and turned down the opacity to 38% and blending mode to Multiply to give it the effect of being under water .

Step 31 I then brought the image into Lightroom where I set the following setting :Contrast 34, Clarity 100,Sharpning : Amount 100, Radius 3.0, Detail 100, Masking 100Noise Reduction: Luminence 100, Detail 100, Contrast 100, Color 100, Detail 100

I also Brought this image into LightRoom and set the following settings : Contrast 0, Clarity 0,Sharpning : Amount 100, Radius 3.0, Detail 100, Masking 100Noise Reduction: Luminence 100, Detail 44, Contrast 100, Color 100, Detail 100

Final Poster

Final Poster