Sunday, January 30, 2011

Day 16

I got you under my thumb.

For givmemo a quick step by step explanation:



Step 1: open image 1 in photo shop. I then made an extraction of my hand shot of the day and put it into another layer.

It has been resized and moved to the location I need it to be. You will notice the thumb hangs over the building a little.


Now you add a layer mask choosing the reveal all option.


Now using the brush tool and painting with black on the layer mask remove any parts of the thumb that don't belong there. I recommend some of the tutorials in the fx section on Worth1000 for help making selections and extractions etc. There are some wonderful things there.  :P




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8 comments:

  1. kimbomacJanuary 31, 2011 at 3:04 AM

    Oh, that's so clever and so endearing, but this is two images, isn't it? The lighting on that thumb dosn't quite seem the same as on the buildings... But it's such a great idea.

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  2. givmemoJanuary 31, 2011 at 9:18 AM

    Very neat picture! It looks like your thumb is pushing down on the building - can I ask how you achieved this effect?

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  3. Morp's RambleJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Haha. Well done. I would like to see some different lighting techniques used on your hand!

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  4. Andromeda5000January 31, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    Very effectively executed.

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  5. euryFebruary 2, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    Well done and quite believable. As Kim says the lighting is not exactly the same, but I still think it looks pretty real. Nice!

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  6. secretatlantisFebruary 2, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    I did not know there are such high buildings on your island. It would also be cool to do a actual "Tower of Pisa" like perspective illusion but I guess digitally merging is so much fun as well.

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  7. BarbaraMFebruary 4, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    What a fun image! I like the direction you've been taking your photos recently. :)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    Are you trying to stunt it's growth?
    MadamMtnLion

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