How to Shrink Yourself Into a Miniature Christmas Village Using Image Editing Software
Save a picture of a miniature Christmas house on your computer., Green-screen a movie or image file of a person being filmed speaking, for use in imaginarily represented as the person standing near the house., Create and upload this green-screen...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Save a picture of a miniature Christmas house on your computer.
It can be either a digital photo or one that has been taken previously and now scanned into the computer.
Make sure to get up relatively close to the miniature––use the Macro setting on your camera.
This will ensure that everything looks properly sized.
Upload the picture from your digital camera, or scan and save the manual picture you created into your Photoshop project. -
Step 2: Green-screen a movie or image file of a person being filmed speaking
You will need the help of a friend for this part if you're the video star. , Create a new layer for this subject.
The subject must be standing in front of the green screen.
Use a digital camera or digital camcorder to take the image or video.
Make sure to shrink the video's aspect ratio into a small enough format, so that the two sizes job, thereby trying to prove that the person really stood where they really stood (when in essence they didn't).
Save the two layers as separate PSD files.
Use the clone tool to disguise anything you don't want seen in the photo or video.
Cut out parts of the picture you want to be in front of the subject.
Create two layers of video.
One must contain what you want to become primary in the video, and the other to be alternate and less seen by the viewer.
Save the portion of the picture that would stand in front of the videoed person in a transparent format. ,, Keep adjusting until all parts of the project are to your liking. , -
Step 3: for use in imaginarily represented as the person standing near the house.
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Step 4: Create and upload this green-screen file into the Photoshop project.
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Step 5: Remove the remainder of the green portion of the video or photo in Photoshop.
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Step 6: Move all the layers around to make everything correct.
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Step 7: Save and send your file to your friends for a twisted
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Step 8: fun and unique Christmas greeting.
Detailed Guide
It can be either a digital photo or one that has been taken previously and now scanned into the computer.
Make sure to get up relatively close to the miniature––use the Macro setting on your camera.
This will ensure that everything looks properly sized.
Upload the picture from your digital camera, or scan and save the manual picture you created into your Photoshop project.
You will need the help of a friend for this part if you're the video star. , Create a new layer for this subject.
The subject must be standing in front of the green screen.
Use a digital camera or digital camcorder to take the image or video.
Make sure to shrink the video's aspect ratio into a small enough format, so that the two sizes job, thereby trying to prove that the person really stood where they really stood (when in essence they didn't).
Save the two layers as separate PSD files.
Use the clone tool to disguise anything you don't want seen in the photo or video.
Cut out parts of the picture you want to be in front of the subject.
Create two layers of video.
One must contain what you want to become primary in the video, and the other to be alternate and less seen by the viewer.
Save the portion of the picture that would stand in front of the videoed person in a transparent format. ,, Keep adjusting until all parts of the project are to your liking. ,
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