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HERE ARE TWO TRICKS TO MAKING
bubbles work. The first is to draw the
bubble correctly in the first place; the second is
to distort the view seen through them.
When bubbles touch, they form a flat disk
at the plane of intersection. Tricky to draw,
perhaps; but if you use the method shown
here, this disk will appear automatically as
you Spherize the view seen through them, also
turning the flat window into a rounded view.
This was set as a Friday Challenge on the
How to Cheat website, and produced some
remarkable results. As always, several readers
chose to take their bubble blowing in a different
direction altogether…
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1
Begin by drawing a circle on a new layer: fill it with a mid-
tone gray. Use the Burn tool to add a little shading. Apply
the Plastic Wrap filter; then paint on some color, and finally
add the outline of a window.
4
Load up the selection of one bubble by C L clicking
on its thumbnail (I’ve chosen the largest one), and press
CSc LSc to make a merged copy. With it still
selected, Paste; the copy will appear in place. C L click to
select it again, and apply the Spherize filter at 100%.
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In step 4, we
distorted the
bubble that’s
coming out of the
wand to make it
look as if it’s being
blown. Use Image
Warp to do this
easily; otherwise,
you can distort it
using the Liquify
filter.
2
When the bubble is placed in the scene, change
the mode of its layer to Hard Light. All the gray will
disappear, leaving us just with the highlights. If you can’t see it
clearly, increase the brightness of the bubble slightly.
3
Duplicate the bubble around the image, scaling it as
you go to create different sizes. If you make a couple of
the bubbles overlap you’ll increase the realism of the scene.
Remember to include one bursting out of the wand!
5
Repeat the process with each bubble in turn – load it as
a selection, make a Merged Copy and then paste, load
the selection once more, and use Cf Lf to repeat the
Spherize filter. Where they overlap, you’ll get a convincing join
– and the window will distort, too.
6
Let’s add some more color. Load up one of the bubbles
by holding C L and clicking on its thumbnail; then
hold CS LS as you click on the other bubbles’
thumbnails. Apply a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer to the
selection, and increase the saturation.
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