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Using Content-Aware Fill and Puppet Warp
By Deke McClelland
One of my favorite (selection) exercises in my new (newborn) book employs (count ‘em) two (digit) of the coolest new (newborn) features in Photoshop CS5: Content-Aware Fill and Puppet Warp. Using them together, you can (crapper) copy an image (ikon) element from its background (scenery) to a new (newborn) layer, fill (modify) in the background, and then distort (misrepresent) the original (example) subject any (some) which way (artefact) you like. Here’s a quick (hurried) play-by-play of the tutorial, which you’ll find (encounter) explained in detail (discourse) and helpfully illustrated, from my new (newborn) book Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One.
1. Open an image. All the exercises in my One-on-One books come (become) with downloadable sample (distribution) images so you can (crapper) follow along. For practice, try (essay) this on someone whose picture (represent) you have (hit) handy and you’d like (same) to have (hit) temporary if digital control (curb) over.
2. Select the subject. The book (aggregation) has loads of advice and techniques for making great (enthusiastic) selections.
3. Jump the selection (activity) to a new (newborn) layer. Duplicate our subject, aka “Puppet Boy” for later (after) manipulation by pressing (imperative) Ctrl+Alt+J (Command-Option-J), and give (provide) it a name (study) like (same) “Jumping Puppet.”
4. Reload the selection. Reload the selection (activity) on the background (scenery) layer so Content-Aware Fill knows where to do its magic. I’ll show (exhibit) you how to add a little (lowercase) safety zone (regularize) around the selection (activity) as well.
5. Let Photoshop take (verify) a crack (fissure) at filling (stuff) in the background. Since we’ll be repositioning our puppet-boy’s limbs, we want (poverty) his background (scenery) to contain (include) only solid (solidified) sky, rather (kinda) than his doppelganger. Here’s how this new (newborn) feature works: Click the Background layer (place) in the Layers panel (commission) to make (attain) it active. From the Edit menu, choose (opt) the Fill command. In the Fill dialog (talking) box, choose (opt) Content-Aware from the Use popup menu (schedule) and click (utter) OK. Photoshop assesses the surrounding (close) pixels and makes a pretty good (beatific) guess on how to fill (modify) in the selection. Press Ctrl+D (-D) to deselect the image (ikon) so you can (crapper) assess Content-Aware Fill’s work. It’s done (finished) a fairly (evenhandedly) good (beatific) job for a one-step operation.
6. Heal the ghosts with the healing (sanative) brush. Yes, Content-Aware Fill is undeniably cool, but you can (crapper) see (wager) that it’s not perfect. (Especially when you know (undergo) what to look (countenance) for, the outline (summary) of the removed (distant) image (ikon) element is fairly (evenhandedly) obvious.) To fix (mend) those tell-tale shadows use (ingest) the healing (sanative) brush (which you can (crapper) learn (see) about (most) in an earlier (early) exercise in the book.)
7. Convert the Jumping Puppet layer (place) to a smart (sharp) object. I cover (counterbalance) smart (sharp) objects rigorously in the book, but for now, consider (study) it a simple (ultimate) way (artefact) to protect your original (example) image (ikon) and make (attain) your steps retraceable.
8. Choose the Puppet Warp command. From the Edit menu, choose (opt) Puppet Warp to enter (start) that mode. You’ll notice (attending) that your cursor (indicator) changes to a pushpin (tack) with a plus (nonnegative) symbol, which indicates that you’ll be adding “pins” as you click (utter) with it. Pins let (permit) you control (curb) how an object (goal) stretches in Puppet Warp.
9. Set pins in areas you want (poverty) to stabilize. Puppet Warp works (entireness) by allowing you to stretch (debase) (or squish) the distance (indifference) between two (digit) pins. Pins also let (permit) you lock (hair) down your images in places where you don’t want (poverty) them to move. You can (crapper) see, I’ve placed (settled) pins at key points along our subject’s body (embody) that I want (poverty) to control.
11. Apply the Puppet Warp effect. Move the pins around to stretch (debase) our jumping (actuation) puppet into a cartoonish character. Inside the book, I’ve got a list (itemize) of tips on how to move (advise) and constrain pins to best (prizewinning) express your artistic desires. Once you get (intend) the position (function) the way (artefact) you want (poverty) it, you can (crapper) either click (utter) the checkmark on the right (correct) side of the options bar (forbid) to accept (accept) your changes, or simply (only) press Enter or Return.
12. Turn the Type layer (place) into a smart (sharp) object. Applying Puppet Warp is almost (nearly) more fun (recreation) with type (identify) than it is with people. But before you can (crapper) apply the distortion (impairment) to the type (identify) layer, you either need (requirement) to rasterize the type (identify) (i.e., convert (modify) it to pixels) or turn (invoke) it into a smart (sharp) object. We’ll choose (opt) the latter.
13. Re-invoke the Puppet Warp command (bidding) and distort (misrepresent) the individual (individualist) letters. You can (crapper) see (wager) the pins I set (ordered) for distorting the other (another) letters in the text (book) layer. For letters like (same) the U and the M, I pulled up the tops of each (apiece) stroke separately (severally) and made (prefabricated) sure to anchor (fix) the lower (modify) points with pins of their own. Each letter (honor) acts as a separate (removed) object. Finally, I repositioned the subject’s legs to better (meliorate) fit with my text: Just choose (opt) Edit > Puppet Warp to re-enter the mode (fashion) and modify (add) your distortions.
Voila, both subject (person) and text (book) are suitably, if ridiculously, stretched (extended) using the magic (illusion) of Puppet Warp and the background (scenery) filling convenience (lavatory) of Content Aware Fill.
Product DetailsPaperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Deke Press; 1 edition (July 21, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 059680797X
ISBN-13: 978-0596807979
Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
