Create an Aquarium Inside a Light Bulb with Photoshop

Step 27 – Put the second fish in the bulb

Open the photo with the second Nemo fish and pick from the menu Pen Tool (P). With the Pen tool make a new path like in the photo. Right-click and select Make Selection and set father 0,5px and press Ctrl+C to copy the fish.

Press Ctrl+V to paste the fish in the document. Go to Edit > Free Transform or press Ctrl + T and make it smaller

Step 28

Ctrl+Click on the thumbnail of the second Nemo fish and click on the aqua reflection layer and press Ctrl+C and take a piece. Paste the texture pressing Ctrl+V and set Blending Mode of the texture on Screen and Opacity 65%

Step 29

Open the photo with the starfish, select from menu Pen Tool (P), and make a new path like in the photo. Right-click and select Make Selection and set father 0,5px and press Ctrl+C to copy the starfish.

Step 30

Press Ctrl+V to paste the starfish in the document. Go to Edit > Free Transform or press Ctrl + T and make it smaller and set the Opacity at 62%

Step 31

Ctrl+Click on the thumbnail of the starfish layer and move the selection with 1px down.

Make a new layer under the layer with starfish and press Shift+D or go to Edit > Fill and select from menu Black and press OK. Set the layer Opacity at 29%

Step 32 – Make the lightbulb shinier

Hide all the layers besides the one with the bulb. Pick Pen Tool (P) from the menu and make a new path like in the image. Right-click and select make selection with father 0,5px . Go to Layer > New > Layer via Copy or press Ctrl+J and move the copy above all of the layers.

Step 33

Go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast and use the settings in the image below. Set Blending Mode of the layer to Overlay and Opacity at 20%

Step 34

Press Ctrl+Click on the thumbnail of the previous layer to select the lightbulb and go to Edit > Fill or press Shift+F5, select from menu Color, and put this color #808080.

Step 35

Right-click on this layer and select Blending Option, set the Fill Opacity at 0%.

Go to Gradient Overlay and make new Gradient with these settings.

Set Blend Mode of the Gradient on Overlay, Opacity 50%, Style Radial, set Gradient on Reverse, Angle 90 degrees and Scale at 97%

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