- Brush size: Soft round 140-150px
- Hardness: 0%
- Opacity: 30%
- Flow: 100%
- #: 000000

The result should be similar to this:

Step 40
In this step, we will enhance the color of our image. Now, create the new adjustment layer “Gradient Map”. Open the Gradient Editor and set the color in “Violet, Orage”.

The result should be like this:

Now, set the gradient map layer in mode “Soft Light” and opacity in 20%. Your image should be like this:

Step 51
Finally, let’s adding a more contrast. Create a new adjustment layer “Gradient Map”. Open the Gradient Editor and set the color in “Black, White”.

The result should be like this:

Now, set the gradient map layer in mode “Soft Light” and opacity in 5%. Your image should be like this:

Congratulations, it’s done. Note: the gradient map adjustment is like a finishing touch for you works. Adding a color accent will get more attractive for your images.
Final Results

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Tutorial by Evan Lawrence
17 responses to “How to Create a Beautiful Underwater Surreal Scene in Photoshop”
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Mooi werk, dankje!
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Thanks a lot, this is my first try at surreal and your specifications were very exact.wish to attach my output here.
Thanks a lot, learned a lot, done a lot with simpler tricks.
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hello its cool
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This is awesome
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when i try to brush the sky, it only gives me variations of grey I can’t use colors for some reason =[
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Bloody hell! Awesome work man!
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step 33: where to brush and where to place the texture?
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I’m really sorry, maybe there’s an error when they upload it. I already sent an email to the admin, I hope they can fix it asap. I give the JPEG file for the complete step 33, you can download it here https://www.dropbox.com/s/u33iqxc9stbvvzb/step33.jpg?dl=0
Thank you
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in step 27 I get these oversaturated pixels. Is there another way to get rid of them without using clone stamp? https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=95141D5708B162B1!221924&authkey=!AIcVgO6H6-DH6rA&v=3&ithint=photo%2cpng
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In step 27, I’m using brush. It’s okay if you use the stamp tool, the result is totally same. I already remind a note in this step about making silhouette with the levels adjustment effect is not always make the image change into totally black, it depends with the quality of the image. Thank you.
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Thanks good
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Beautiful tutorial gerda
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Thanks for a good detailed tutorial.
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it is a good tutorial.thanks
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I can download other files, but the zip files just interrupt randomly and cannot be opened even if the download is full. Please check all links before posting a tutorial.
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Hello Iulian, I’m sorry for the late reply. The zip files is totally fine, I already check it. Thank you.
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cool
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