Photography Essentials Topics
Get ready for that next vacation to warmer places by viewing these lessons. Get better pictures this year to wow your family and friends.
• Photographing Water In Motion
• Shooting Coastal Panoramas
• Close Up and Macro Photography
• Simple Vacation Portrait Tricks
Featured Lesson from a Guest Member Contributor
See this simple setup using a flash with shoot-through umbrella. Then see how Photoshop was used to make a black and white image.
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How to Pop a Graphic out of its Border!
Giving the red sportscar its 3D look happened because we popped the front fender outside of the photo border and, for more dimension, placed it over the word "CARSHOW." Here's how we did it.
Step 1. Starting with the original photo on one layer, we marqueed the area we wanted to pop out and made a copy of it on a new layer.
Step 2. Note that the main part of the car is still on layer one and the pop out section is on layer two.
Step 3. To the fender that pops out, we took the pen tool and outlined the shape of the car. Once the path was closed, we selected "MAKE PATH" from the layers palette.
Step 4. There are a number of ways to lose the isolate the car piece and lose the background. Here's one: by inverting the path (use Select Menu > Inverse) while it is still selected, hit DELETE and the background should go away. Select Inverse again.
Step 5. While you're at it, build a perfect drop shadow to place between the car and the text. Make a copy of this new piece on a new layer. Shortcut: you can do this by hitting COMMAND J while you are on the car piece layer. In the Hue/Saturation palette (under Image Menu > Adjustments), move the bottom "Lightness" slider all the way to the left, which will turn the new piece completely black.
Step 6. With the black piece you've just created, go under the Filter menu and select Blur > Gaussian Blur. We blurred our piece about 8 pixels, trying to match the shadow underneath the original car. Then we moved this blurred piece overtop of the text next to the car photo.
Step 7. Lastly, we took the car piece and placed it over the blurred piece (they were already on separate layers so this was easy), connecting it up to the car exactly. Now there is the illusion of the car being one piece, even though we know it is in two pieces -- three if you count the blur.
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