Paint splats on ground/floor

[Diabolic]

Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me. I'm trying to Photoshop a few paint drips/splats onto a floor and wondered how to make it more believable. So that the paint looks like it actually lays flat on the floor. I'm messing about shooting miniature figures. I have attached a picture. I would like to make it look like the painter dropped some paint. Cheers

 

[IamSam]

Hello! Here's only one way of many!

In order to avoid painting one, I found a suitable graphic online that was in the right perspective.


In the graphics own document, I removed the background and then converted it to black and white.
I transferred the graphic document to the main image document by dragging and dropping with the Move Tool onto the main image doc's tab, I then converted it to a smart object.
I used Free Transform to resize and position the "paint spill" where I wanted it.


I added a layer mask to the "paint spill" layer and masked out he ladder and the base with the Brush Tool.


I then added a solid color fill adjustment layer and clipped it to the "paint spill" layer. I set it's blending mode "overlay".
I then chose the color of the paint I wanted the "paint spill" to be be by double clicking the solid color fill adjustment layer's thumbnail.
(Note: I have intentionally made this yellow)



Done

 

[Rich54]

@IamSam just posted ahead of me. I have some similar thoughts.

• Give the paint splatters some thickness using a Bevel & Emboss layer style. This helps sell the idea that the splatters are receding into the distance (i.e., perspective) because we can see their raised front edges.
• In my green splatter, I used a white highlight for the front edge of the Bevel & Emboss, but for the red splatter I used black. They both seem to "work", but for the sake of consistent lighting you should probably choose one or the other and apply it everywhere.
• Your image has a very narrow depth of field. Things quickly get out of focus both in the very near foreground and in the background. I tried to simulate this effect in the green splatter with selective blurring. I converted the layer to a Smart Object and applied a Gaussian blur. The smart object provides a layer mask for the blur. I kept the splatter sharp in the middle but blurry in the foreground and background.
• On the green splatter, I reduced the Fill (not the opacity) to about 75% to let some of the floor grain show through. The intensity of the Bevel & Emboss is not affected when you reduce the layer Fill.
• In the red splatter, I experimented with different layer blend modes and eventually chose Overlay. Blend modes can help to sell the effect of merging the splatter into its underlying surface. Scroll through all of them to see what they do.

 

[Diabolic]

Hello! Here's only one way of many!

In order to avoid painting one, I found a suitable graphic online that was in the right perspective.
View attachment 150696

In the graphics own document, I removed the background and then converted it to black and white.
I transferred the graphic document to the main image document by dragging and dropping with the Move Tool onto the main image doc's tab, I then converted it to a smart object.
I used Free Transform to resize and position the "paint spill" where I wanted it.
View attachment 150691

I added a layer mask to the "paint spill" layer and masked out he ladder and the base with the Brush Tool.
View attachment 150693

I then added a solid color fill adjustment layer and clipped it to the "paint spill" layer. I set it's blending mode "overlay".
I then chose the color of the paint I wanted the "paint spill" to be be by double clicking the solid color fill adjustment layer's thumbnail.
(Note: I have intentionally made this yellow)
View attachment 150694
View attachment 150695

Done

Spot on, thats exactly what I was after. I'll give it a go after dinner, Cheers

 

[Diabolic]

Hello! Here's only one way of many!

In order to avoid painting one, I found a suitable graphic online that was in the right perspective.
View attachment 150696

In the graphics own document, I removed the background and then converted it to black and white.
I transferred the graphic document to the main image document by dragging and dropping with the Move Tool onto the main image doc's tab, I then converted it to a smart object.
I used Free Transform to resize and position the "paint spill" where I wanted it.
View attachment 150691

I added a layer mask to the "paint spill" layer and masked out he ladder and the base with the Brush Tool.
View attachment 150693

I then added a solid color fill adjustment layer and clipped it to the "paint spill" layer. I set it's blending mode "overlay".
I then chose the color of the paint I wanted the "paint spill" to be be by double clicking the solid color fill adjustment layer's thumbnail.
(Note: I have intentionally made this yellow)
View attachment 150694
View attachment 150695

Done

Cheers for that. I just need to paint my own spill now

 

[Babine]

Generative Fill in PS

 

[Diabolic]

Generative Fill in PS

View attachment 150698

That's scary good.. gotta try that, cheers