Professional Picture Effect

[Stephen Mann]

Do what?
You need to be a little more specfic.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Theo Van laar]

If you mean the transitions, just look in the transition tab for the FLASH transitions or the CROSS EFFECT transitions

Theo

[Justin L.]

Oh I am so sorry. I totally forgot about writing what I need help on. lol.

If you skip to 0:26 and on, you will see the old man and how he separates from the background and floats.

That’s what I need to know.

Thank you! =)

[Stephen Mann]

I recall seeing a Photoshop tutorial where you make a new background layer and use the clone-stamp tool to “erase” the foreground person. The “content aware” filters in CS5 would make this even easier. I use Sony Vegas and I could easily make the two layers move separate from each other. You could also do it in AfterEffects.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Rofrano]

[Justin Leyba] “If you skip to 0:26 and on, you will see the old man and how he separates from the background and floats.”

You could do this in Vegas with masking but it is much, much easier to prepare the files in Photoshop and then bring them into Vegas with their alpha channels already created. Basically what you do is cut the person from the background, clone paint the background back in (with Photoshop) and then use Track Motion to separate them and animate the camera moves with a parent composite track.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Justin L.]

So open photoshop, open the photo, then cut out the subject from the background. Then make another layer then clone stamp the background there? or clone stamp the subject?

I’m not that good at Photoshop so I need some help. =)
thanks.

[John Rofrano]

[Justin Leyba] “So open photoshop, open the photo, then cut out the subject from the background. Then make another layer then clone stamp the background there? or clone stamp the subject?”

Once you cut out the forground subject you paste it to a new layer. Then go back to the background and clone stamp the subject out. If you have Photoshop CS5 you can use the content aware fill. The idea is to cover the background so when you move the foreground it looks natural.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Justin L.]

Than you so much!

I’ll give that a try and give you my feedback.

[Justin L.]

I’m having trouble with this clone stamp tool.

Ok, So I’ve cut out the foreground or the subject(now the background layer has a white blank space in it). Then I’ve copied and pasted the subject to another layer. What do I do next?

If you could explain it step by step that would be really awesome!

Thanks!

[John Rofrano]

[Justin Leyba] “If you could explain it step by step that would be really awesome!”

It would be easier for you to Google “photoshop clone brush” and watch a few tutorials on how to use the tool. It’s not that hard to use. You hold the Alt key while clicking on the area you want to clone and then start painting with the brush in the empty area to fill it.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com