Cut, copy, paste and blend tutorial for Photo Enhancement enthusiasts.
This tutorial makes adding and removing people to/from pictures fun and easy.
The lessons in this tutorial don't just tell you what can be done. They show you how to do it.
They tell you what tools to use and what settings I have found work best - plus a lot more.
These are common tools found in both Corel Paint Shop Pro and Adobe PhotoShop. A photo editor that supports layers is required to do the things taught in this tutorial.
Corel Paint Shop Pro and Adobe PhotoShop are the two most popular layer based photo editors.
If you get confused or need help, I give free help via email to those who take the tutorial.
The techniques taught in this tutorial will teach you more in one hour than weeks of trial and error.
You get Unlimited Access to all the lessons in the tutorial for a one time cost. No time limits or expiration date.
No hype or advertisements! These lessons don't just tell you it can be done. They teach you how to do it using the basic
editing tools found in Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop. You can do the things taught using any version of these programs.
The easy to use techniques taught in this tutorial aren't taught anywhere else on the Internet.
The Cut, Copy, Paste, Blend Tutorial includes lessons on all the following for one low price:
Lesson 1. Detailed lesson on how to add a person to a picture.
Lesson 2. Detailed lesson on how to remove a person from a photo.
Lesson 3. Refurbish an indoor setting by removing unwanted people. Includes retouch and blend instructions.
Lesson 4. Refurbish an outdoor setting. An example of cleaning up Monument Pictures to use as backgrounds.
Lesson 5. Blend skin tones. Example demonstrates how to apply every tool I use to blend colors.
Lesson 6. Blend color tones. Example demonstrates how to blend skin and color tones.
Lesson 7. Replenish cutoff body parts. Includes how to expand a picture's size and fill in the background.
Quickie Lessons show you how in just a few steps.
Quickie Lesson 1. Copy and paste an image into a new picture.
Quickie Lesson 2. Shadowing - A More Flexible Way to Add Shadows.
Quickie Lesson 3. Add missing top of head. Learn how to fill in the top of Janet Jackson's head.
What tools to use and all their settings.
Step by step instructions in each lesson with picture illustrations of each step.
A better way to make precision cuts of images without using the infamous Lasso.
How to cut, resize, rotate, copy and paste precision cuts.
How to blend the precision cuts into the pictures.
How to select colors you need from the picture instead of trying to use the color palette to match them.
Numerous Photo Enhancement tips and techniques.
These lessons use basic photo editing tools which can be found in any version of PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro.
This tutorial teaches techniques which aren't tedious and frustrating.
Several detailed examples of how to make precision cuts without using the infamous Lasso (Smart Edge) Tool. This technique is a lot less tedious and more precise than using the Quick Mask option. This technique can also be used to remove backgrounds on items such as those displayed on Ebay.
The techniques taught are all you need to blend a person into any picture or remove a person from a picture.
These techniques can be applied to transpose and blend one or more people into any background.
The Debbie Gibson photos below are an example of how to cut, resize, rotate, copy, paste and blend a person into a picture.
The pictures below (plus illustrations) are used in the "How to Add a Person to a Photo" lesson of the tutorial. Click on any picture below to see the "Remove a Person from a Group" example used in the tutorial.
Original Debbie Gibson photo on right:
Debbie Gibson photo with Lacy added between Debbie Gibson and the girl in hat:
Original picture of Lacy added to the Debbie Gibson photo (above):
A precision cut of Lacy is below. Once the precision cut has been made, she can be resized and transposed into other pictures with ease.
I will show you how to make the same precision cuts over and over again with little effort after the initial precision cut has been made in this tutorial.
Here is a synopsis of the steps taken to make the Debbie Gibson enhancement above:
The insertion position of the Debbie Gibson photo was first determined so I would know how the precision cut of Lacy had to be cropped and rotated before she was pasted in.
The precision cut on the right was then cropped to remove her left hand as it would not show in the final enhancement.
The Composite Resizing Calculator was used to determine how much the precision cut of Lacy had to be reduce to fit properly into the Debbie Gibson enhancement photo above.
The precision cut of Lacy was then rotated counterclockwise a little before she was transposed to the Debbie Gibson photo.
The addition to the jeans was done after she was transposed into the Debbie Gibson photo.
Her skin color tones were then adjusted a little.
Shadowing was added to make her blend in better.
And finally, the remnants of the girl Lacy was pasted over were removed from the background.
Each of the steps outlined above will be explained with fully illustrated pictures. Plus an explanation of what tools to use and what their settings should be will be given in the Cut, Copy, Paste and Blend Tutorial.