Combine multiple pictures into a new picture. Pay special attention to coordinating the tone, environment, light perception, etc. of the combined picture.
The so-called picture synthesis generally means to combine multiple pictures under various conditions such as different environments and different lighting into a new picture. Of course, it can also be a combination of certain parts of each picture.
During this process, special attention should be paid to coordinating the tone, environment, light perception, and lighting position of the synthesized image so that the synthesized image still looks like a natural and harmonious whole.
The example we are working on today is to create a composite picture of a mouse and a car, as shown in the figure below.
Now open Photoshop, let's first open the two source images for this composite image.
1. First extract the mouse from the picture. The method is to use a pen to outline the outline of the mouse, and convert the marked path into a selection. Copy the selected mouse, then paste this mouse, and replace the original base map. Delete the background layer or fill it with white (Figure 1). Note: Try to be as clean as possible when cutting out the image. After converting it to a selection, you can shrink it by one pixel and then copy and paste.
2. Open the picture of the car, and use the above method to draw out the required parts (Picture 2). When drawing, you can draw along the edges and corners of the car. Also convert the path to a selection, copy the selected part, and return Paste the image with mouse to CTRL+V.
3. Press CTRL+T to rotate and drag the wheel to the shape (Figure 3), hit Enter to confirm, and further adjust the position of the wheel.
4. Use a pen to outline the area where the front wheel and the mouse do not fit (Picture 4) and convert it to a selection, and fill it with the black color of the tire (Picture 5).
5. After the dragging in the previous step, the rear wheels appear a bit too wide! This does not conform to the actual perspective principle. Therefore, we can use a pen to outline the excessive width of the rear wheel, turn it into a selection, and delete the selected part (Figure 6).
6. Return to the mouse layer, outline the excess part of the base as shown in (Picture 7), and delete it.
7. Outline the small white light under the front of the car in the original car picture, copy it to the file of the mouse image, press CTRL+T to zoom out, double-click this layer, check the bevel relief effect in the pop-up layer blending option, and select the type For pillow relief, set the size to 1 and leave the rest unchanged (Figure 8).
8. Outline the headlights in the car picture, copy them to the mouse file, and press CTRL+T to adjust the size and position (Figure 9). And copy this car light, go to menu-edit-change-horizontal flip, and then press CTRL+T to adjust it to the way (Figure 10).
9. Now the car's appearance has come out a bit, but the front of the car is still relatively narrow and not rounded. Let's help it change. Go back to the layer with the mouse, use a pen to outline, convert it to a selection, and use a brush to paint it with a color similar to the color near the selection. Don’t paint it too heavily, just try to be as natural as possible (Picture 11).
10. Now it’s time to make adjustments to unify the hue. Press CURL+U to adjust the saturation of the mouse layer to -80, then press CTRL+B to adjust the yellow to -100 and the red to +60. Press CTRL+M again to slightly adjust the curve (Figure 12). When completed, it will look like (Figure 13).
11. The synthesis of the mouse car is roughly like this. For the specific details, you can copy the tire layer and place it under the mouse layer. After adjusting the position appropriately, you can make the tires on the other side of the mouse car. Others Everyone can play freely and do whatever they like (Figure 14).
To skillfully combine different pictures, the most important thing is to pay attention to the harmony between the environment mapping and the overall pattern and color tone of the objects. These must be grasped in order to create objects that meet the visual effect, but are also surreal and beyond imagination.
