Manip school: Tutorial 2 - The Couple

[nemo_88]

Since the response to my first manip tutorial was so overwhelming I've decided to do a few more. Or at least one more. :P This is tutorial number two and it focuses on placing two people next to each other in a picture. Please note that tutorial one was easier than this tutorial (maybe a 5 on a scale from 1 to 10, while this is a 6 or 7) and

Comments

[val_120]

wooow...amazing manip <333

[nemo_88]

Thank you! :D

[future_secret]

WOW! you're way too cool :)

[nemo_88]

*lol* Thank you! xD

[coreycoreycorey]

jeez you are really really really good. i could never do this

[nemo_88]

Why, thank you! And never say never! I've only been making fanart for one and a half year and I made my first manip 6 months ago. It takes practise, but it's fun! :)

[brokendartist]

that's so cool, you're very creative

[nemo_88]

Thank you darling!

[nemo_88]

Right now I have a few requests lining up, but if you send me an email to insanus_nemo[at]yahoo.com with pics and an idea of what you want me to do I'll see what I can do. :)

[nemo_88]

Read the whole tut and decided its too much work to do.lol.
*lol* It is a lot of work, but not that much work. When you've started to get the hang of all the tools it doesn't take that long time. It's just a lot of steps.

The cloning stamp! Oh, it's my favourite tool in Photoshop but not the easiest to explain! I found a great tutorial on just this tool over here that I think you should look at. It's a video and really neat. :)

Masking then... I use layer masks when I want to remove (erase) something in a picture (for example the background) instead of using the eraser tool. The neat thing about a mask is that it makes the parts you want to remove 'invisible' instead of erased. If you change your mind you can always get your full image back by deleting your mask. Are you with me?

You add a mask by clicking on the mask icon which looks like this: