Picking your photo:

  • Choice a Headshot that is high resolution.
  • Have the background be as plain as possible
  • No full body photos

   

Step 1:

  • Choose the Lasso Tool
  • Carefully draw around a section of the face
  • Try to avoid jagged lines.  We can it to be circular and smooth

Step 2:

  • Go to  Edit  –  Copy

Step 3

  • Click the + sign at the bottom of the layers pallet.
  • This will create a new layer
  • Make sure you are on Layer one and not the background layer

Step 4

  • Go to Edit – Paste
  • The section of the face you selected will now be on Layer 1

Step 5

  • Go to Select – Load Selection
  • When the box pops up, click OK
  • The face will now have the selected section showing

Step 6

  • Click on the Background Layer
  • Click on the black/white circle at the bottom of Layers Pallet
  • Pick Solid Color

Step 7

  • The color picker will show up
  • Choose a dark brown color

Step 8

  • Click on Layer 1
  • Click Control- T
  • Move your face cutout slightly away from the face
  • Slightly tilt the face cutout
  • Move it around until you like how it looks

Step 9

  • Click on the brown color on the Color Fill 1 Layer
  • Click fx at the bottom of layers
  • Click Blending Options

Step 10

  • Click Inner Shadow (you have to click on the words Inner Shadow and not just check the box)
  • Blend Mode to Normal
  • Opacity- 100%
  • Distance- 15
  • Choke- 0
  • Size- 0
  • Click ok when you are done

Step 11:

  • Find and save PNG files of flowers, cactus, fruit or any other type of folage. I have saved some for you to use or you may pick your own.
  • If they are not PNG you will have to use the Quick Selection tool to cut the image out

Step 12:

  • Open the PNG file
  • Move your PNG file onto the person
  • Make sure this file is Below Layer 1 and Upove Color Fill

Step 13:

  • Click Control- T to make the image bigger or small and to rotate
  • Move the flowers/image around until you like it

Step 14:

  • Pick another PNG file foliage file.  This can be more flowers or something else
  • Drag it onto the face image
  • Click Control – T
  • Make the flowers bigger or smaller, rotate and move it around

Step 15:

  • Pick a PNG of a long image such as a  wave, tall building, explosion, road, spider web, etc.
  • Move your PNG file onto the person
  • This Image must be facing the OPPOSITE side of the face that was cut out.
  • The image must go OFF the PAGE
  • Make sure this file is Below Layer 1 and Upove Color Fill
  • This new object MUST be underneath the flowers layer.

Step 16.

  • Click Control T to change the size of the image.
  • Make sure it touches the edge of the page and looks like it is going off the page
  • Must be the OPPOSITE side of the cut out face.
  • Flatten image and save as jpeg