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 02/11/2007 04:56:12 PM · #1
I have seen this done here... is there a tut on it??

How did I do? This is my first try so any suggestions will be MORE than welcome :)











Jojo
 02/11/2007 04:58:46 PM · #2
Very good work. Maybe you should write a tut.
 02/11/2007 05:00:31 PM · #3
Don't know how you did these, but I like them. They are portraits with a difference. I will watch with interest.
 02/11/2007 05:00:48 PM · #4
Thank you! I was hoping they were okay... I will take them to the client (my pregnant pic) tomorrow :)

yayyy!!!
 02/11/2007 05:11:31 PM · #5
one camera capture, or two images fused in post-processing? either way, they look great! would love to read more about how you did this...
 02/11/2007 05:13:22 PM · #6
Originally posted by TCGuru:
Thank you! I was hoping they were okay... I will take them to the client (my pregnant pic) tomorrow :)

yayyy!!!

ooh... if you did this in two images, you could later do an image with the parents fused with a pic of the kid once born... that would be kinda cool... (or kinda creepy... would have to be done carefully. i'm sure you would do it very well)
 02/11/2007 05:26:56 PM · #7
I had some school pics like that from 4th grade.
02/11/2007 05:34:02 PM · #8
Jesus JoJo!!!!! What in the heck have you been feedin Isa? I mean, my girls seem to be growin up quick, but day-um!

;)

Good job!
 02/11/2007 05:50:46 PM · #9
Jojo ... They are GREAT! Congratulations. Very nice technique! Classy.

Love both pieces of neckware too ... I had the very same as the first one (the one without the medallion) but I blew it up and lost half the beads.
 02/11/2007 06:49:59 PM · #10
Thanks so much guys!! I will get the originals and list steps here...
 02/11/2007 07:00:01 PM · #11
Try to do a few with tighter crops.. I think they are begging for it..

but that's just me.
 02/11/2007 07:19:24 PM · #12
i really like it!!! way to go!
 02/11/2007 07:43:10 PM · #13
Well done Jojo! They're lovely, I'd like to see a tighter crop on some though and maybe the back layer opacity turned down just a tad to bring the eye more onto the photo at the front, a couple of them I find are fighting for attention. But they're minor quibbles and just my personal taste, they really are lovely photos.
 02/11/2007 09:30:48 PM · #14
I think they would look better if the background person was looking in towards their inner self rather than out of the picture. At least that was how we did it back in the 70's taking a double exposure on film. It just seems to give it a little more balance that way.

Nice job.

Mike
 02/11/2007 09:40:59 PM · #15
I am not a major fan of the straight from the front shots, and agree that to have them looking out of the picture rather than into the shot is maybe not the best composition. Try a couple of different poses, three quarter on with face turned to camera or the boys leaning against a tree in the main shot or with their arms crossed looking macho LOL or body facing away a bit hands in pockets and head turned towards camera. Just mix it up a bit. Some of them are a bit dark but generally I like the effect well done.

Message edited by author 2007-02-11 21:44:49.
 02/11/2007 10:36:06 PM · #16
Here you go, for those that asked for it... my editing steps:

Open pose 1 (background pose)



Crop loosly



Open pose 2 (foreground pose)

Apply levels to darken bg and lighten subject slightly



use magnetic lasso tool following THIS tutorial by American_Horse to select out your subject

create a new blank image the same size as the bg image

drag your selection into the new white or blank bg by using the move tool



adjust colour and contrast, light, etc... until you are happy

Go back to pose 1 (background pose)

Adjust levels to darken bg



Adjust brightness down and contrast to make the subject start to fade away

Neat image it to the lowest setting



Add a layer at 50% fill and use the paint bucket to fill it with dark gray.

Change the layer mode to soft light

With a large light gray brush set to hardness 5%, 9% opacity and 50% flow, paint over the face and anything

else you want to keep visible to highlight



Flatten.

Play with contrast again until you are happy :)



Enlarge your background image by about 200-400 pixels (or bigger if you want a smaller piece in the final pic)



Drag your foreground image over with the move tool and drop it down.

Move it around until you like its position.



If you judged your colour wrong, delete the layer, go back to where you dropped it on the white, adjust it some

more, and try again. (This may take several doings) :)

DO NOT FLATTEN YOUR IMAGE YET!!!! DO NOT DELETE THE EXTRA FILE THAT HAS YOUR FOREGROUND IMAGE IN IT!!! SAVE IT

INCASE YOU MUCK IT UP!!! :)

Zoom WAY in... until you can see the lines where you cut.

using the eraser tool set at hardness 5%, opacity 100% and flow 50%, begin to erase slightly around the ENTIRE

image in front. I tried feathering and this just works so much better. If there is a hole anywhere like a hand

on a hip or a collar making a loop, erase inside of it so you can see the bg image through it. This helps your

image in the front "blend in".



When you are done, flatten the image, use the rectangular marquee tool set to 8 x 10 aspect ratio, and select a

big section of the image.

move it until you are happy and your image is framed the way you like it :)

click on >Image >crop and save with a new file name :)



I find it is really easier to do this if you take the shots with this effect in mind.

Make sure there are no hands or fingers sticking out unless you are really good with the magnetic lasso tool!

:) fingers are hard to catch and so is hair... if doing this to a female, ask that she push her hair back over

her shoulders first until you get good at selecting. :)

I hope this is simple enough to understand :)

Message edited by author 2007-02-11 22:37:13.
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