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mrnyc01
Joined: 30 Jan 2008
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 Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: How to make pasted photos look real.... |
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Greetings all -
I am new to the forum, also kind of teaching myself PS. I do searches and look for tut's on things I need to know. However I do have one question. I can't serch for this because I am unaware of the term it MAY be called...if any. Here is what I need to know.
Is there a way to make photos that are imported to another photo look real? For example. I have a motorcycle club. My bike is no where near customized like some of these $20,000.00 bikes. But if I want to "cut out" a picture of a bike like this and insert my self into the pictue (like standing behind, or next to the bike) and make it look like I really took the picture with the bike. Not like it was pasted in PS. You know..maybe if the lighting was different when the pic was taken of the bike and then me with different lighting taken elsewhere would look too fake. I want it to look as close to real as I can. Does any of this make sense? If so..can you please explain how?
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Matt
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Joined: 24 Sep 2007
Posts: 3515
Location: Haverhill, UK
PS Version: Lightroom 5, CS4 & Elements 11
OS: Windows 8.1
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Hi there
Some people call it image manipulation, the art of taking an object from one image, and seamlessly moving into another. Because every project will be different, it will involve a wide range of techniques and skills probably best suited to someone who can find their way around Photoshop.
In saying that, I believe anyone can do it, all you need is the will to learn and time to build up your experience. A lot of pro's out there refer to this field as 'Photoshop channels and masks', people have written books about it, and I know of one 30+hour video series all about it - 30 hours, that's how much stuff there is to know!!
My advice is to focus primarily on selecting and blending. Do a google search for these terms, you should get a bucket full of results. Once your happy with photoshops selection tools (ie marquee, magic wand, lasso, magnetic lasso, colour range, extract etc) then start looking at basic masking followed by advanced masking. Add all of that to a knowledge of blending inside photoshop and you'll be placing yourself in (almost) any background you want.
It's a fascinating subject - good luck!
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Joined: 29 Nov 2007
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Location: Darlington, North East England
PS Version: CS3
OS: XP Pro
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Thats all well and good, its defenatly the best option to learn photoshop yourself.
but on the other hand you could get 1 of us lot 2 do it  |
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mrnyc01
Joined: 30 Jan 2008
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Outstand info ...thanks Matt. It appears I have my work cut out for me. But it's not like I need to do it for work or anything...just for my personal website. I can make it look as real as I can given the time I'm willing to put into it. We will see...thanks a bunch guys! |
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