Cutting Out the Pieces

Part 4 of the SO YOU WANT TO BE A PHOTOMANIPULATOR series.

This part teaches you how to cut out characters and objects. Please consider faving and/or commenting if you find this helpful. Then I know it's worth doing more!

Part 1 is Creating a Resource Library
Part 2 is Understanding Image Size & Quality
Part 3 is Using Perspective & Light

You may also like: Advanced Cutting Out + Masking

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This tut uses stock from , which I can't recommend highly enough. You can see the completed photomanip I did with this image called Bad Planning.

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