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Step 1
First you will need to create a new blank image. Ive used 450X450 to create my mud on. |
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Step 2
Next, using the fill tool fill the canvas black. |
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Step 3
Now use the filter menu and then render and use the clouds option. |
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Step 4
Now use the filters menu again and go to Stylize and then find edges. |
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Step 5
It should look like this. |
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Step 6
Now choose image/adjust/levels. Make your image look similar to mine. We are trying to create depth for our mud droplets. |
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Step 7
Once again we are going back to the filters menu and then using SKETCH, and then the PLASTER option. Try to get your levels around the same spots I have. You can however create whatever type of effect you want. |
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Step 8
Now select the black portion in between the mud droplets using the magic wand tool. Then hit delete to remove the black. |
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Step 9
Here is the black removed. |
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Step 10
Now choose the select menu and then choose inverse. Now you should have your mud droplets selected. Don't worry that they are not the color of mud yet. We will change that later. |
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Step 11
Now you can open up the picture you want to add the mud droplets to. In this case the background pic is a BMW. So you will choose edit/copy and then edit paste on the pic you want the mud on. |
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Step 12
Now we will change the color of the droplets to a dark mud-like color. Use the Image/adjust/color balance tool and get somewhere around the same as what I have. |
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Step 13
Now I have changed the mud droplets layer to darken and have changed the opacity to 75% and have obviously used the eraser tool remove the unwanted portions. The sky is the limit at this point for getting your mud to look as real as you want it. I have also used the drop shadow effect as well. |
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