Henry Roberts
About the Image(s)
How I did it:
Hand held with my Canon EOS 5D Mark III I took pictures of an iron ore freighter, a jet ski, and a sport cruiser on Lake Superior with Canon 24-105 and Canon 28-300 zoom lenses. In PS I used the iron ore freighter image 2 as the background layer. The sport cruiser image 1 I flipped horizontally and brought into the freighter image. I then brought in the jet ski image 3. I adjusted the size and location of the images and then played with the PS filters using stylize>wind and then another PS filter, maybe drybrush, to finish the image.
What do you think?
I used a PS on line tutorial by Julieanne Kost to do the cutouts for the layer masks in PS of the sport cruiser and the jet ski. I learning to do cutouts for layer masks but am not proficient. The sport cruiser cutout is not very good.
How do you do cutouts for layer masks?
Does anyone use Fluid Mask or some other cutout software with success?
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9 comments posted
(Group 40)
Where I had difficulty doing the cutout layer mask was with the sport cruiser before I put it in the composite. You will see there are support rods for the sun shade roof - I could not easily separate them from the cruiser background so some of the original background remains.
  Posted: 09/09/2020 10:15:45
As far as applying a filter to a part of the image, that's easy. Just make a copy of the layer you are adding the filter to. Then you apply the filter to the upper layer. Add a layer mask and with a paint brush, paint away what you don't want. If that's confusing email me and I can talk you thru it   Posted: 09/09/2020 11:04:41
(Group 40)
One thing that has really helped me with selections is to, after using the magic wand, is to "select and mask" and then save the selection on a separate layer with a layer mask (one of the options). For me that makes it easier because I can then just use the brush tool on the mask to refine the selection (if that makes sense). And, some things are just easier to select than others.......   Posted: 09/11/2020 13:12:42
(Group 40)
I agree with all that has been offered above, especially what Maryellen wrote about separate layers for each object to select and cut out.
Once you've gotten a clean selection, you can hit control J to create a new layer with the selection. Then click on the eyeball to turn off the original layer.
If you work in Smart objects, you can always go back and change your decisions. (right click and click on "convert to smart object when you are on the preferred layer)   Posted: 09/17/2020 12:30:45
(Group 40)