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Tag: cut out

How to make 3D pop out effect in Photoshop in 4 simple steps

How to make the eye grabbing “out of bounds” or 3D pop-out effect effect is an easy way to add a ton of impact to an image, as the subject jumps out of the screen…

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Add birds to a photo in Photoshop, make background transparent

Add birds to photos in Photoshop, combine pictures and make transparent background. This is a fun tutorial. When you have a great landscape photo, you can really add life to it by adding a flock…

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How to get perfectly smooth edges on cutouts of people in Photoshop

  We will be using Channels and well as dodging and burning to create our mask. This type of cutout is sometimes called a channel pull, although many channel pulls just use levels and don’t…

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Photoshop 2020 1-click wonders. Quick tips to combine photos

Those amazing hidden tools in Photoshop 2020, are you using them yet? Lets start with a 2 layered image Tip 1. Instant background removal In the properties panel, click Remove Background (Make sure you are…

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Page Peel effect in Photoshop, Surreal Composite, peel back the night

Surreal composite, page peel in Photoshop as well as day to night and combining layers This Photoshop tutorial has it all; How to make a page peel, how to turn day into night, blending layers,…

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