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Shasew290
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: Putting Person Into a Photo |
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Anyone got any tips or a guide for taking a person from one photo and placing them in another without it looking like it? Thanks for any help. |
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Ducky316
Joined: 15 Nov 2007
Posts: 213
Location: Wichita, KS
PS Version: 7.0
OS: Windows XP
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It's a very easy process, but it's one that everyone does differently.....
The best advice I can give you in to goggle tutorials on the subject...Find one that you think will be the easiest and go from there.
It's best to follow a tutorial for something like this since it is new to you, because there are so many steps involved.
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Shasew290
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Thanks for the reply. I do appreciate it. I google it and I came up with the lasso thing, then I tried the extract thing, but neither seemed to blend into the other photo well. Either I get to much of the background or it cuts into the part I want. I found the pen tool. I might try that. Thanks. |
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paladyn
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
Posts: 44
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| Shasew290 wrote: | | Thanks for the reply. I do appreciate it. I google it and I came up with the lasso thing, then I tried the extract thing, but neither seemed to blend into the other photo well. Either I get to much of the background or it cuts into the part I want. I found the pen tool. I might try that. Thanks. |
I find the pen tool to be one of the most accurate methods of selecting for extraction, unless there is a good deal of very fine detail such as wispy hair. One thing to keep in mind is to use a slight feather when converting the path to a selection. I use 1 or 2 pixels. This makes for a more natural blend when you put the selected area into another image.
You can experiment with this if you wish, since paths are saved with the image and you can create a new selection from your path at any time. So, duplicate your layer (so you still have the original) then first try a 2 pixel feather (in the path "make selection" dialog), and place it in the other image. If that's a tad too fuzzy, undo the paste and go back to the original. Duplicate the original layer again, and this time select a 1 pixel feather in the "make selection" dialog. Experiment until you get what you want.
[EDIT: Another thing comes to mind that will affect the realism of your final image--lighting. If, for example, the people in your target image are illuminated from the top left, and the person you're trying to insert is illuminated from the middle right, all the shadows and highlights will be incongruent between the two and the result will be subtly "wrong." Depending upon the amount of asymmetry of the subject's face, you may be able to address this with a horizontal flip of the image. Or, you may have to use PS's tools to address the lighting issue.] |
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