How To Make Photo Manipulation In Photoshop (Even If You Are Total Begginer)

How To Make Photo Manipulation In Photoshop

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A few days ago I instaled Adobe Photoshop CC (release 2015) for the first time. So you can say I'm a total beginner. I have always been very creative but lazy to explore and learn about new ways of expressing my creativity. Especially because I'm old-fashioned and don't like technology and computer software for drawing. But after I watched a few photoshop tutorials on youtube I must admit it is very simple to create amazing photo manipulations in so little of time.

First of all, I found an amazing tutorial on youtube with an awesome idea:

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So if you are already experienced in using Photoshop you will be able to make this kind of photo manipulation in even shorter time.

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My Tutorial

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First thing I did is that I made my own similar idea and found photos I needed for accomplishing that idea. I took photos from the internet but it's even better to use your original photos. Here is a link to a page with amazing free HD photos: https://unsplash.com/
For my idea I have used those photos:

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My advice is to find an already transparent photo, if its possible, so you can spare time on Quick selecting an object from its background.

Next, I followed tutorial step by step with making some of the changes and adapting it to my own set of photos. As I am not experienced with using photoshop I didn't pay attention so many to details as I believe that you get the perfect line with a practice. So on my final result photo you can see how clumsy I used Quick Selection tool when selecting a cup from its original background.

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This is a final result of my 15-minute work in Photoshop CC as a total beginner.

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In conclusion, for starting to use photoshop effectively all you need is a good tutorial and 15 minutes of your time. And I think that the most important thing is to know that you don't have to understand everything, on the contrary, you can understand very little as a few simple things like layers and masking.

Amazing thing about photoshop is that it has so many possibilities and all of it you learn over time and with many hours of practice.

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@ninaprdolina