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Step Twelve: The bottle needs to be dressed with an appropri-

ate label. Design your own or use a stock label, then place it

between the bottle layer and the main vine layer in the Layers

panel. A great tip to help the label look like it’s part of the bottle

is to lower its Opacity in the Layers panel to between 95 and

97%. Just that little tweak will let some of the bottle’s coloring

and contrast come through ever so slightly. Also, don’t forget to

add a shadow where the vine crosses the label.

Step Thirteen: Find and place a suitable background image that

fits with your product. If you’re using the download files, click

on the lock icon next to the Background layer to convert it to a

regular layer, and drag your new background image to the bot-

tom of the layers stack. Next, select the bottle using the Quick

Selection tool, make sure its layer is active in the Layers panel,

and click the Add Layer mask icon to mask out the white behind

the bottle, revealing your new background image below. Resize

and position the new background image as needed.

Step Fourteen: Depending on the scene, you could have the

bottle sitting on the ground, but oftentimes you’ll want to place

it on a base in front of the scene. If that’s the case, a quick solu-

tion is to grab a grungy piece of wood and transform it with Free

Transform. Just Right-click inside the transform box and select

the Perspective option. Now when you drag a corner handle, it

will transform the object in perspective. After you transform the

base, remember to add the shadows of the bottle and vine on

top of the wood so that they look like they’re all together in the

same scene.

And there you have it, a great way to highlight a product that’s

simple to do and has great impact. Understanding and practicing

with the Puppet Warp feature will allow you to bend just about

any object to your will. ■

Step Fourteen

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Label: ©Adobe Stock/DavidArts

Wood Base: ©Adobe Stock/picsfive

Background Image: ©Adobe Stock/GIS