Creating a silhouette
This basically takes an extracted image and copies its shape to form a filled in silhouette.
Prerequisites
Please know how to do the following before using this tutorial.
- Making extractions
- Exercise: Selections - Please be sure you know how to load a selection.
Objective
Original
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Finished result
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Tutorial
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With the image of your choice, extract it from its background, so that it's against a transparent background. (Tutorial: Making extractions)
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Copy and paste it onto another canvas. I'm going to use a 380x300 canvas, and I'll move the image to the lower left corner.
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Create a New Layer
under your image.
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Load a selection on the image on the top layer. (Tutorial: Exercise: Selections, see step 6)
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Using the one of the marquee tools, the Rectangular Marquee
for example, move your selection to where ever you want.
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Select the layer under your image. (Mine is named Layer 2.) Use the Paint Bucket
to fill the selection with the color of your choice.
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Play around with it, add more shapes if you want, and you're done!
Image credit: berenika at stock.xchng