Advanced 'out of frame' effect
| Here is a 'step by step' tutorial on creating a realistic 'out of frame' effect in Photoshop. In this instance we are adding some perspective to the frame for a more '3-D' effect. It's great fun, but does require a certain level of skill. We’re using Photoshop here, but there's nothing you can't recreate with any image editing application that supports layers. |  |
 | Step 1Start with a picture; although this effect works with just about any shot, it works a lot better with a photo such as this, with something obvious to 'jump out' of the frame. |
 | Step 2Turn the background into an editable Layer by double clicking on its thumbnail in the Layers palette, (when the 'New Layer' dialog appears just click on 'OK'). |
 | Step 3Create a copy of your image in a new layer, (you can do this by dragging the original layer to the 'new layer' icon in the Layers palette). |
 | Step 4Use the rectangular selection marquee to create a selection roughly where you want the frame to be, (remembering to leave something outside the selection, here it's the horse's head and front legs). |
 | Step 5Choose Select>Transform Selection |
 | Step 6Drag the corners of the selection to create a frame that matches the perspective of the scene, (roughly), you need to hold down the CTRL key as you click in order to move the corners individually. |
 | Step 7Temporarily hide the upper layer and select the lower layer, (click on it in the Layers palette). With the selection created in steps 5 and 6 still active click on the Add Layer Mask icon. |
 | Step 8Make the upper layer visible again and select it. Reduce the opacity of the upper layer to about 50%, (this just makes it easier to see what you're doing), and roughly select the areas of the picture that will be coming out of the frame. Finally invert the selection (Select>Inverse). |
 | Step 9Press the delete key to remove the rest of the layer, (leaving only the area selected in step 8), and return the opacity of the upper layer to 100%. Hide the lower layer, (click on the little eye icon to the left of the thumbnail in the Layers palette). |
 | Step 10Now carefully remove the rest of the background from the upper layer. I'm using a layer mask but if you're feeling brave you can use the eraser tool. When you're finished 'unhide' the lower layer. |
 | Step 11Hold the CTRL key and click on the lower layer's mask. (This creates a selection based on the mask, in other words the frame shape created earlier). |
 | Step 12Expand the selection by around 15 pixels, (the exact amount will depend on the size of your original image and how large you want the frame to be). |
 | Step 13Create a new empty, (transparent), layer and move it to the bottom of the layer stack, (dragging it on the Layers palette), and fill the selection, (from step 12) with white paint. (Click on this step's thumbnail above to see this step in more detail). |
 | Step 14Merge the bottom two layers and create another new layer at the bottom of the layer stack. You can fill this with whatever colour you want as a background. I'm using a blue to black gradient fill, but the choice is yours. |
 | Step 15The finished result. Note that I've added a little reflection to the image, (we'll cover this in a future tutorial), as well as a shadow under the horse's hoof, but you can try your own 'finishing touches'. |
 | Step 16You can put the frame wherever you want, (and, as here, add a shadow). You don't need an 'action' shot to get a convincing 3-D effect. The key, as always, is to experiment! |
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Looks a fun technique to try out
Black and White comp. http://www.myfinepix.co.uk/competition/entry/453551
Jo
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Looks like fun,something new to try when ive got a few hrs spare.
Will get me off facebook for a while.
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how much does photoshop cost or is it free????
JB
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Photoshop is around £1000! But there is a free alternative, Paint.net is virtually the same but at a much more reasonable price, FREE!!
http://www.getpaint.net/ <<< Highly recommended
Brilliant tutorial by the way, just did an "out-of-frame picture" and it looks ace! Thanks
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Great feature I've made an attempt and put it on my gallery. I've also printer this out because I can never find these sort of things again so I'm collecting different tutorials I find and keeping them together.
Once again Great
Chris
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Had a go myself, a bit tricky at first, but I managed it....
Here's my attempt...
http://www.myfinepix.com.hk/zh-hant/gallery/663/49272
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Photoshop真是博大精深··
上古传说··
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中国人有吗？
势力打造非凡 王者绝非偶然
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да-а-а-а-а ... а по русски слабо???
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真是好照片
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Thanks for the idea! It looks great and I'm going to do sth like this as a birthday gift for my fritnds
Greetings!
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По русски видать точно слабо((((.
Мне бы ещё и инструкцию на русском ))))) была бы самой довольной, а то тыкать наугад как-то не сильно прёт.
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Photoshop is a fine program,but it gives the alternative free program:Gimp.Its a free downlod program and like Photoshop
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PS水平真不错，呵呵。
就是我嘛。
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как то это всё не по русски
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very good
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第一次进坛，可惜都是英文的介绍，本人不懂英文，只能望洋兴叹了。
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oh...I don't understand because I can't speak english very well...Do you know were I can give russian versian???