Photoshop_User_-_February_2016

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Step Ten: With the motherboard layer active, choose

Filter>Distort>Displace. In the resulting dialog, leave the fac-

tory settings as is and click OK. If you’re not sure whether the

default settings have been changed in the Displace dialog,

press-and-hold the Option (PC: Alt) key to change the Can-

cel button into a Reset button; click it and you’re back to the

defaults. In the next dialog that opens, navigate to the Map

document you saved in Step Four and click Open. If you watch

your document closely when you click Open, you’ll see the

motherboard shift to the contours of the back.

Step Eleven: Choose Select>Load Selection and, from the

resulting dialog’s Channel drop-down menu, choose the selec-

tion you saved earlier (back, in this example) and click OK.

Step Twelve: With the motherboard layer active, click the

circle-within-a-square icon at the bottom of the Layers panel

(circled) to add a layer mask. Photoshop hides the motherboard

from everywhere except the selected area.

Step Thirteen: While the mask is active, you can hide the

motherboard from additional areas (the hair and towel). Press

B to activate the Brush tool (circled) and press the D key on

your keyboard to reset the color chips at the bottom of the

Toolbox (also circled) to the default values of black and white.

Press the X key to flip-flop them so black is on top. Mouse over

to the image and then brush across the hair and towel. If you

hide too much of the motherboard, press the X key to flip-flop

the color chips so white is on top and then brush back across

that area. (When you’re working with layer masks, using black

con-ceals and white reveals.)

Here’s the final result, complete with the Layers panel.

As you can see, the end result is well suited for an ad for back

pain due to excessive computing. Until next time, may the

creative force be with you all! ■

Step Twelve

Step Thirteen

Final Image

Step Ten