Photography Section

Photography Directions

Step 1:

Stack stools, chairs or any other object that are MOVABLE
- Do not use a wall or other object that can not be moved!!!!!
Person gets into a position to look like they are levitating
- Take your photo of the person on the chairs/stools

Step 2:

DO NOT MOVE! You must stay still
- Have the person move with all of the chairs/stools
Take another photo once everything has been moved out of the area.

Photoshop Section

Step 1:

Open both images in photoshop.
Move the person photo on top of the non-person photo.

Step 2:

Go to Layers pallet
- Click on Layer 1
- Click and hold the shift Key
  - Click on background layer
    - This will highlight both layers

Step 3:

Go to Edit
- Auto Align Layers

Step 4:

Chose Auto
- Click Ok

Step 5:

Click on the crop tool
- cut out the area that is extra

Step 6:

Add a layer mask to Layer 1

Step 7:

With a black brush, paint out the chair/stool
FLATTEN YOUR IMAGE

Step 8:

If there is any body parts behind the chair/tool
- Use the clone stamp tool to bring them back (see under his right arm)

Step 9:

Edit in ACR (Ctrl Shift A)
Add Logo

******If you want to get creative, add elements to the photo or edit like the fast shutter ghost photo)

Extra Step:

If the person looks flat where they layed on the chair we can fix that.
- You may not need this step

Go to
- Filter-Liquify
- Pick the Forward Warp Tool (top left)

With the brush, carefully pull down parts of the body that look flat
- DO NOT over do this step!

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What not to do!!!!!!!!!

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