While the Wet layer is starting to look wet, it is rather flat and unconvincing. Figure 3.20 The Composite Method of the Dripping layer set to Multiply In most cases, you will delete this duplicate layer at the end of the painting. You can then easily correct them by reverting to the original Wet layer. The duplicate is created just in case you make any mistakes. Duplicate the Wet layer and hide the duplicate by clicking on the small eye icon. The layer now begins to look like wetness on top of the rock (Figure 3.20).ĥ. Change the Composite Method of the Dripping layer to Multiply. Deselect the layer using Ctrl+D (F+D on the Mac).Ĥ. There is not a keyboard shortcut for this command.ģ. The Save Selection command is found in the Select menu. A new selection is drawn around the drips.Ģ. When the Options box appears, leave the default settings as they are and click OK. In future steps, you will need a selection created from the Wet layer so, in the Layers menu, with the Wet layer active, select Load Selection. C Figure 3.19 The gray drips painted on a new layerġ. Figure 3.19 shows the R new gray layer painted over the rocky base. While the brush you choose is really not important, T S the Smooth Ink variant in the Pens category works nicely.
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Select a brush of your choice, and paint a series of drips and runs using the gray W that is already on the layer. Using the Paint Bucket, fill the selection with a mid-value gray. Using the Rectangular Selection tool, drag a rectangular marquee around the a top third or so of the new layer.
Create a new layer, and make sure that Pick Up Underlying Color is selected and Preserve Transparency is not. The following steps are simple to follow and do not need in-depth explanation.ġ. Open the rocky texture that you created in the earlier tutorial if it is not open already. Once the wet surface is painted, we will vary the method slightly to create an additional wet-looking surface with different characteristics. In fact, it is much easier in Painter than it would be with traditional media. Creating a surface that looks wet is not difficult.
In this tutorial, we will take the rock texture created earlier and paint a wet surface on it.