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It goes without saying this is David Anderson’s fault. First he leaves us bereft without a challenge this week, and a couple of weeks ago he challenged us to go on fakecation when I was too busy to play along. I’ve simply combined the two (lack of a challenge + a missed challenge) to create this beauty.
The Idea
The idea was to stick my face on top of someone else’s exciting photo.
The Process
In Fireworks I carved a hole in the photo where the real skydiver’s face used to be, then I put mine in its place. It’s franken-photo 101.
Enjoy! Or Not!
You can see the giant version here, but I think you’re way better off getting out there to enjoy your own real vacation. Have a safe and happy holiday!
Talk about taking the challenges up a notch or two… or 30,000:-) Franken-photo fun!
I kept meaning to google whether or not you can skydive at 30,000 feet, but then got too wrapped up in wrapping it up.
I sure hope this doesn’t throw my integrity as a fakecationer into question.
I do not think a human can breathe at that height!
SO, of all the software programs out there, which is the best and easiest to carve out the face and insert your own? Photoshop would have been my first choice, but of course everyone has a preference. This is a question I am posing to everyone on Jackie’s page, and just out of curiosity.
Hi Barbara!
Good question. I guess it depends on your skills/experience and budget or access to tools. I used Fireworks because I have it and know it better than most other image programs. I’ve had Photoshop for years but never got into it.
Would be interesting to see a side-by-side demo of doing the same kind of edit in a couple of the popular paid programs versus a couple of the popular free tools.
Oh fun!
Thank, Jen! :-D
I’ve seen some incredibly helpful videos created by the Articulate community about using Power Point creatively for editing graphics. I can see using that too.
Absolutely! If I can get away with using PowerPoint, that’s my first choice. It can work pretty well for removing photo backgrounds – but to carve a hole out of the middle of one doesn’t work. (If it were a PPT shape rather than a photo – no prob!) That’s why I used Fireworks rather than PowerPoint.
I’ve used both Photoshop and PPT to do the same. If you use “remove background” and just change what you consider the “background” by clicking the areas to keep and areas to remove, you can do some funky things!! Love this image – high flying fun!!
Well that’s a great point, Kristin! I hadn’t looked at it that way – but you’re right. Once you tell it what the “background” is you’re on your way.
Thanks so much for chiming in! :)
I clicked to get the larger image because seriously – I wanted to see detail. It’s amazing how well every little stray hair is in the right place in this image. I’m in awe!
Well thank you, Jane! I owe any success at it to the ability to do a nice zoom-in before doing photo surgery. :)