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Anonymous
could someone please get rid of the text on the right hand side. thx
>> Anonymous
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no problem
>> Anonymous
loller skates
>> Anonymous
what did you honestly expect?
>> Anonymous
>>291599
lollylops
>> Anonymous
>>291599
awesome
>> Anonymous
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>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Here you go. I'm not gonna touch the watery writing behind the girl though.. way too much effort involved.
>> Anonymous
>>292090
Know of anyone who can do it then?
>> Anonymous
>>292090
Nicely done, sir. Thanks.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
>>292448
You're most welcome :)

>>292446
No, but.. tell you what. I'll have a go at replacing the background image entirely, which would be easier than reproducing the original background. No promises though, we'll see how it turns out.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Since people often ask how detexters, background changers, etc. do what they do, I thought it might be fun to document this as I did it. First I found a similar looking ripple background.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Using the 'replace colour' feature in photoshop, I turned the image from red to blue.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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I then did a rough cut-out of the girl from the original image and positioned it over the new background.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Then I had to cut her out in detail. I use the polygonal lasso tool and make very small little lines to cut rather than cut freehand with the standard lasso. This is by far the most time-consuming part - obviously, if you don't want the image to be noticably cut-and-pasted you need to take time cleaning up all the edges.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Now, the orignal image had a shadow so I will try to replicate that. First I made a duplicate layer of the girl (now neatly cut out) and made it entirely black. I moved the black layer behind the normal layer, and then moved it down a little to get the shadow effect.

Then I removed the shadow parts where her hair or body was underwater. I had to make the shadow disappear as her hair was entering the water (I just used the lasso and paint bucket for this).
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Now, to complete the shadow effect I reduced the opacity of the shadow layer. Then I used the blur tool to blur the entire shadow layer and take it's sharp edges away.

I also returned to the normal layer of the girl and selected all the parts of the girl's body and hair that were underwater. I made a new layer over the top of the old one, and blurred the parts that were submerged as well to take off the sharp edges and give the 'underwater' effect.
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Finally, I darkened the background to bring it closer to what the original background was like. For this I used the burn tool.

I also altered that thick bang of hair that was underwater on her right side, since it looked like it was pretty deep into the water I reduced the transparancy mildly as it reached the tips to give it the effect of being deeper underwater.

And that's it. Hope you like it!
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
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Alternatively, here's a version where I brightened the background a little (using Brightness/Contrast adjustment and the Dark Strokes filter) rather than darkening it. I prefer this one :)
>> Anonymous
nice work
>> Anonymous
this was very relevant to my interests
>> Anonymous
well done, atomsk
>> Atomsk !FGGeNOuScA
Np, glad you like :)