[SKETCHi]

[h1]Manipulation Basics - Holes[/h1]
Here is an example of what we will be making.


Preperation:
Click here for the photograph of the person I used.
Click here for the photograph of the meat I used.

1. Open the picture of the person you want to manipulate.
 a. Make a new layer and title it Hole.
 b. Select the Brush tool . Select a soft brush, I used a 35 pixel brush, adjust the size according to the size of the photo. Click the Brushes tab on the top right of your screen.

Use the following settings:
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 c. Set your forground color to Black (000000).
 d. Make sure the Hole layer is selected. Begin painting, I painted her neck but you can place the hole anywhere.
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2. Whats inside...
 a. Open meat.jpg
 b. Select > All
 c. Edit > Copy
 d. Return to the picture of the person. Edit > Paste. Title the new layer Meat.
 e. Place the Meat layer under the Hole layer. Position it how you want.
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 f. Control + Click the Hole layer. (Command + Click on Mac).
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 g. Select > Inverse. Delete.
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 h. Place the Meat layer above the Hole layer.

3. Finishing touches.
 a. Duplicate the Hole layer. Title it Hole Overlay. Place it above the Meat layer.
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 b. Open the blending options for the Hole Overlay layer. Set the mode to Overlay.
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 c. Open the blending options for the Meat layer. Add an Inner Shadow with the following settings:
 Screen Shot (The color is A60000).
 d. Select the Meat layer. Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
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4. File > Save...

Finished! Thats all. Really.

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Manipulation Basics - Holes PSD

[ZT]

lol, you LOVE that picture

[SKETCHi]

Well... shes hot. heh..

Actually, its more of a matter of laziness. I already have that picture on my computer, so I use it instead of searching google for another.

[Starchild]

Nice tut, i used a motherboard instead of meat tho and used image ready to add of a couple of flashing lights, came out well nice.

Regards
Starchild