How to Make Underwater Text in Photoshop

How to Make Underwater Text in Photoshop Create a displacement map: 1. Open the water bubbles image in Photoshop. 2. Desaturate the image: Choose Create new fill or adjustment layer at the bottom of the Layers panel (Window – Layers). Choose Hue/Saturation and slide the Saturation slider to the left. Tip: Apply a Gaussian blur to create smoother edges and distortion. With the water layer selected, choose Filter – Blur and adjust the blur Radius (we used 5.0). 3. Save displacement map: Save the desaturated image as a Photoshop document (File - Save as). Give it a name to indicate it is a displacement map. Submerge some text: 1. Back in the original water bubbles image, type a word such as DREAM. Press Return or Enter to place the text. 2. Right-click on the type layer and choose Convert to Smart Object. 3. Chose Filter – Distort – Displace. Set the Displace properties. Click OK. 4. Choose the PSD you created as your displacement map in a previous step. 5. Duplicate the bottom water layer and drag it to the top of the layers. 6. Right-click on the top water layer and choose Create Clipping Mask. Add the finishing touches: 1. Choose Exclusion as the Blend Mode for the duplicate water layer. 2. Choose Luminosity as the Blend Mode for the type layer.