i needed a picture for my monthly (or not-so-monthly-of-late) newsletter. I wanted to use this one.
sadly, i needed a portrait (vertical) picture, not landscape...and this one did not fit. Additionally, there was a lot of dead space in the centre of the picture, subtracting its effectiveness.
So.... I loaded the picture in photoshop...and.....cropped Imanzi out..and pasted him in the centre, and then cropped the picture:
my roommate thinks this is a bit of a lie..... so the question is...creepy? non-creepy?
legit? non-legit?
am i a liar for using this "created" picture in my newsletter?
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I approve of this and I am impressed by your skizzill.
that is a really clean cut! good job. i applaud it.
LIAR! It looks as if Imanzi was really standing there (if that is even his real name...).
More seriously, though, you could always put an "*" and say, "photo digitally manipulated for this newsletter". I'm all for (semi) full-disclosure.
i agree with silas. + just do it!
I also agree with Silas. I'll be calling on you whenever I need someone moved two steps to the left. I like the edit.
A more important question would be, "What tools did you use in PS and how did you use them?" I'm curious, even though I'm dying in longing to purchase CS3.
justin: haha, just the simple and delicious pen tool. i made it into a selection and then saved it just in case.
then i used the move tool to move imanzi over and cropped the picture. oh..and i added a gaussian lens blur (0.4 px) around imanzi to soften the edges...
Looks great, and it isn't lying. After all, you could have just asked him to move over there for the picture :)
But his glasses stood out a little to me, looking through them I expected to see through to the blue behind... a little work with the clone tool and some blending might fix that. Or just move him up a bit so he is still in front of the banner.
Or I'm just a perfectionist and you don't have to listen to me. :)
do it. u r awesome. it ain't a lie. and no need to disclose anything.
ur skills are ridiculous!
I'm more impressed by your mad cropping skills than anything. WAH. Hardcore.
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