Photoshop_User_-_February_2016

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Step Four: To transform the log into our first section of vine, go

to Edit>Puppet Warp. You’ll see the log with a bunch of trian-

gular segments, and anywhere you click on the log will drop a

pin. The pins act as holding points/control points for warping the

object. If you just put down one pin and then try to move things,

the object will more than likely just spin around that pin. You

need at least two pins so that you can keep part of the object

in place while warping the other pin. It may take a bit of playing

around to get used to it, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a

wonderful tool.

The key to Puppet Warp is to try to use as few pins as you

can because each pin works in conjunction with the others and

you don’t want to add any funky edges or bends. If you mess

up, you can undo or click on any stubborn pins and press Delete

(PC: Backspace) to remove them and try again.

Step Five: For the log to be turned into a vine, you’ll need to

stretch it and give it an S shape so it will wrap around both edges

of the bottle (or whatever product you’re using). That way, when

you mask out the top and bottom of the vine, it will look as

if those sections are going behind the top and bottom of the

bottle. The more severe the curves, the more pins you’ll need

to strategically place along the log to help control the look. You

could make the whole vine by adding just a few pins and severely

stretching the log, but breaking it into sections will make shap-

ing it easier, and leave more bark detail. The more severe the

warping the more likely those parts of the object will start to look

funny. Press Enter to commit the Puppet Warp.

Step Six: Once you have the first section of vine shaped how

you want it, use the Move tool (V) to drag it over to your bottle

image, and position it in front of the bottle. Line it up, resize,

and rotate it by using Free Transform (Command-T [PC: Ctrl-T]),

making sure that the ends of the vine are completely overlapping

the bottle. You also want to ensure that there’s space between

the bottle and the curves of the vine that are closest to the bottle.

Press Enter to commit the transformation.

Step Seven: Now we need to use a layer mask to hide the ends

of the vine behind the bottle. Click the Add Layer Mask icon at

the bottom of the Layers panel (it looks like a rectangle with a

hole in the middle). Switch to the Brush tool (B), and press D

then X to set the Foreground color to black. In the Options Bar,

click on the brush preview thumbnail, set the Hardness to 100%,

and then paint over the ends of the vine where they overlap the

bottle. If you mess up and mask too much of the vine, press X to

switch to white, and paint back any areas that were hidden by

black. When you’re done, the edges of the vine and the bottle

should be crisp. Step Six

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