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Please give your feedback. Pose, lighting, etc....

 

Thanks:)

I love this and would love to know your technique so I could copy it:-) If you don't mind. The only critique I have is his hand being cropped off. I wish I could see all of it since you drew attention to it by placing it out of the box. This would work great for senior pictures too!!!

Emily,

 

The cut off fingers was an accident, the background cloth blocked the view of the finger tips and this was the best shot I had to try this effect.

 

Best of luck, and let me know when you post up your version of this effect.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Jason

 

Here are the steps I used to create the effect of the hand popping out of the frame:

 

Create a duplicate layer of original image.

 

Create a new layer and put it between the 2 layers of the original image.

 

I then flood fill the layer with the desired color. (I usually use white or black.)

 

I do a select all and then do a contract selection, and do a delete. (you can adjust layer opacity to get desired effect)

 

I create another layer above the this layer I flood fill it a contrasting color. (I ussually use black or white or a complimentary color)

 

I then select all and then contract the selection the same as before and then delete.

 

I then do a deselect and select all again and contract a smaller amount and delete. (you can adjust layer opacity to get desired effect)

 

I then erase out what is needed on all layers except for the first layer.

 

I created a script/macro to do all but the erasing step to save time in the future.