Video Capture Ghost Transparent

 

Part 1: Photography Section

• Take a photo of person 
  • Do not move yourself, the camera or settings
    • Have person run out of the photo
      • Take a second photo in the same spot

Part 2: Photoshop 

Step 1

• Open both photos in photoshop
  • Select the Move Tool
    • Move the PERSON photo ontop of the Non-Person photo

Step 2:

• Go to Layers Pallet
  • Click on Layer 1
    • Holding down the Shift key
      • Click on Background layer
        • Both layers will be highlighted

Step 3:

Step 5:

• Click on Layer 1
  • Decrease the Opacity to make your peson become see-through

Step 6:

• Select the Crop Tool
  • Cut off any extra area
    • Click Enter
      • Flatten Image

Step 7:

• Open Photo in ACR (Ctrl-Shift-A)
• Change the Profile to
  • Monochrome

Step 8:

• Go to Lighting
  • Move the sliders to create the look you want
    • Exposure
    • Contrast
    • Highlights
    • Shadows
    • Whites
    • Blacks
    • Clarity

• Go to Optics
  • Move the Vignette slider left
    • Between -50 to -100 (it’s up to you how much your little you use)

• Pick if you want your photo SLIGHTLY look green/blue/brown instead of black and white
  • Click open Curve
    • Click on the Red, Blue or Green Circle
      • Move the middle circle up SLIGHTLY to make the photo with a tint of color

• Save one of the Film Grain images from below to the computer

Step 11:

• Go to File
  • Place Embedded

Step 12:

• Locate and Select the film grain file you saved
  • Click Place

Step 13:

• Streach the Film Grain file until it fits over the ghost photo
  • Click and hold the Shift key as you streach the file to fit the entire file over the ghost

Step 14:

• On the Layers Pallet
  • Click where it says Normal

Step 15:

• Change Normal to
  • Overlay, Lighter Color or Soft Light or any of the other overlays.
    • Each photo will look different with each overlay

Step 16:

• If the texture is to strong
  • Go to the texture Layer
    • Make the Opacity lower

Step 17:

• Add Logo
  • Flatten Image