Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Photoshop - Animal Skin Swap

Photoshop - Animal Skin Swap
Swap Animal Skin Using Photoshop Part I
Swap Animal Skin Using Photoshop Part II
Swap Animal Skin Using Photoshop Part III
Swap Animal Skin Using Photoshop Part IV

Part I: select a Rhino and a Cheetah that have the same direction and posture

Part II:  open the Rhino and the Cheetah. Then "place embedded" the Cheetah - mask it out.
Resize the Cheetah to approximately the Rhino's size.
Part III: choose Filter - Liquify while on the Cheetah layer.
Make sure to check box Show Backdrop. Then USE: drop-down to Rhino.
Adjust the opacity to see both (50%).
Wrap the Cheetah skin to match the Rhino as best as you can.
Parts that stick out too much will be removed later. Click OK - it will look odd
Part IV: CTRL click the Rhino MASK- then paint -black- on the Cheetah MASK.
- Choose SHIFT-ALT-I then paint -white- around the Cheetah to remove erroneous parts.
CTRL-D to unhighlight things
On the Cheetah layer
- Choose blending option - 'multiply'
- Add a new Adjustment Layer - Brightness/Contrast 
- Adjust as necessary to make it look great
If any parts of the Rhino are missing Cheetah skin
CTRL the Rhino mask. Then create a new cone layer at the very top - USING the Magnetic tool, select parts that missing Cheetah skin, move it slightly to the area which already had Cheetah skin on it.
Fix the horn - if necessary

BACKGROUND
Highlight layers - duplicate - merge
Hide originals - select mask
Get a new background
Alter the new background with, and adjustment layer.

Original Rhino

Original Cheetah

Cheeno

Cheeno with background

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