Cut out my wife and I out of a formal photo. And stuck us in the middle of a lake SW of Jefferson (...at least I think it was Jefferson. Please correct me if I'm wrong...).
To select "us" I used the polygon lasso...as anything blown up enough has outlines of approx straight lines. Worked pretty good
To get a reflection of "us", had to invert, then skew/distort. Mea culpa - I did that in Fireworks. Can anyone tell me how to do so in PS?
Adjusted the background a bit with Image/Adjustments/Levels. But didn't hafta do much.
I did some "inner glow" to help with the outline. But I'm not that thrilled the results. Will be interested in how the others in the class got rid of any edges.
Do I believe it? Heck no. But it looks pretty interesting - especially since I centered "us" in the ripples of me swimming in the original. The faded/skewed/distorted reflection helps also.
Ok, I found a skew tool. It's part of the
ReplyDeleteTransform tool (which would have let me invert and deform also).
-walt
Edges: for me, the Contract/Expand tool worked wonders. Actually the "Contract" part of it - it has "sucked" the discolored pixels around edges into the object.
ReplyDeleteThis would pass for a wedding picture :)
Cheers, Karel