Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
In 2012, I did tutorial showing how to make a subject
pop out of its photo creating a 3D effect.
Due to its popularity, we'll take it one step further
by creating the look up a 3D, pop out-style card.
Open a photo you'd like to use.
It's best if the subject is centered and in the foreground.
Keep in mind, since every photograph is different, the results can
and will vary. The size of this document
is 1500 by 1000 pixels and a resolution of 150 pixels per inch.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select the entire photo
and then go to "Select" and "Save Selection".
Click OK to save it.
We need to make a selection around the subjects,
so we can cut them out from their background. For this example,
I'll use the Quick Selection Tool with a Radius
of 10 pixels. Cick and drag over your subjects
to remove areas of the selection.
Press and hold Alt on a PC or Opt on a Mac
and drag over those areas. Once you have your selection,
press Q on your keyboard to make it into a Quickmask.
If you need to retouch any areas, just use your Brush Tool.
Press Q again to make it back into a selection.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + J to cut the subjects from their background
and copy them to their own layer. Go to
"Image" and "Canvas Size". Change the Inches to Percent
and make the Width and the Height 130% each.
Make the Canvas Extension any color you'd like
and click OK. To fit the entire document on your screen,
press Ctrl or Cmd + 0. Make your Background active.
Open your Channels panel, go to "Alpha 1"
and Ctrl-click it on a PC or Cmd-click it
on a Mac. This makes the channel into a selection.
Open back up your Layers panel and press
Ctrl or Cmd + J to cut and copy the photo.
Make the Background active again and open you're Gradient Tool.
Click on the Gradient bar
to open the Gradient Editor. Click on the third box,
which is the "Black to White" gradient. Then, click OK.
Go to the middle of your photo
and press and hold, Shift as you drag down to the bottom
of your document. Then, release. Next,
we need to retouch the background and remove the subjects from it. We'll use
Content-Aware Fill.
But first, make Layer 2 active,
go to Layer 1 and Ctrl or
Cmd-click it to make a selection of its shape.
Click off the eyeball of Layer 1 to hide it. Go to "Select",
"Modify" and "Expand". For this example,
I'll expand it by 2 pixels. For your photo,
you may want to experiment with different amounts. Go to
"Edit", "Fill" and "Content-Aware".
Instantly,
Content-Aware fills the selection with your background.
To delete the selection, press Ctrl or Cmd + D.
Content-Aware Fill isn't perfect,
but it does do most of the heavy lifting. Keep in mind,
your subjects will ultimately cover most of this area
after we angle and fold the card. However,
I would like to retouch some of the glaring inconsistencies,
so I'll use my "Clone Stamp Tool".
I covered how to use the Stamp Tool in many of my tutorials.
Next, we'll create a white border.
Click on the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
We'll name it, "Border". Go to Layer 2
and press Ctrl or Cmd to make a selection
of its shape. Go to "Edit"
and "Stroke". Make the Width, 20 pixels
and the color is white.
Delete the selection and press Ctrl or Cmd + T.
To open your Transform Tool, go to a bottom corner
and press and hold Ctrl + Shift + Alt on a PC
or Cmd + Shift + Opt on a Mac
and drag out until the corners are fairly close to the
edges of your document. Go to a top corner
and using the same keystrokes, drag it in.
Go to the top, middle point and press and hold
Shift as you drag it down. Then,
press Enter or Return. Next,
we'll hide the image that's outside the border and use Content-Aware Fill
to fill in the empty areas inside the border.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail of the border
to make selection of its shape and press Q
to make it into a quickmask.
Open your Paint Bucket Tool
and invert the foreground and background colors by pressing
"x" on your keyboard or by clicking on the small, double-box icon.
Click outside the border
to delete the quickmask leaving just the inside intact.
Press Q again to make the quickmask back into a selection
and invert it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + I.
Make your card active
and click on the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask of the selection
next to the card. Next,
we'll fill in the corners. Make your card active
and open you're Rectangular Marquee Tool.
Draw a rectangle over the empty area
and go to "Edit" and "Fill"
Fill it with Content-Aware
and delete the selection. Repeat the steps to fill in the right corner.
Click of the eyeball of the background to hide the layer.
Make a composite snapshot of you're image which we'll place
above the border. Make the Border layer
active and press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E
on a PC or Cmd + Shift + Opt + E
on a Mac. Now that we have a composite snapshot,
we can trash the layers that comprised it.
Make your background visible, go to "View"
and make sure "Rulers" and "Snap" are checked.
If they're not, just click on them. Open your Transform Tool,
go to the left ruler and drag out a guideline to the center.
It'll snap in place because we have "Snap" checked.
If you don't see your guideline, press Ctrl or Cmd + H.
Press Enter or Return.
Open the Rectangular Marquee Tool
and drag out a rectangle across the left half of your document.
Cut the left half of the card and copy it to its own layer.
Make the full card active and drag a rectangle
across the right half of your document.
Cut and copy the right half
and hide the full card. Next,
we'll skew up both sides of the card to make it look like it's been folded and
then opened.
Open you Transform Tool, go to the middle, right
and press and hold Ctrl or Cmd + Shift
and drag it up to an angle you like. Then, press
Enter or Return.
Go to the top ruler and drag down a guideline
until it snaps to the top corner of the card.
Make the left half active, open your Transform Tool,
use the same keystrokes as before and drag it
up until the top corner touches the guideline.
Then, press Enter or Return and hide the guidelines.
We're going to make the left page slightly darker
and then and a soft shadow under the entire card.
Click on the Adjustment Layer icon and choose
"Levels". Click on the Clip-to-Layer icon
to restrict the Adjustment Layer
to effect only the one layer beneath it.
In the right Output Level box, type in
220
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail of the full card
to make a selection of its shape. Make the layer
active and make a new layer above it.
We'll name it "Shadow".
Go to "Select", "Modify" and "Feather".
Feather it 10 pixels.
We'll fill it with black and since black is the foreground color,
press Alt or Opt + Delete.
Then, delete the selection. Reduce the Shadow's opacity to 30%.
Since shadows tend to be a bit darker
the closer they are to the subject, we'll make a copy
of the Shadow and click on the Layer Mask
icon to make a layer mask next to the copy.
Open your Brush tool, increase the size to 1000 pixels
and keep the Hardness at 0%.
Brush once over the outer halves of the shadow.
Make your subject visible and active.
Open your Move Tool and drag your subject
up to a position where its base fits naturally
on the background. Next, we'll cast the shadows of the subjects
onto the card. Make a selection of its shape
and make a new layer below it by Ctrl-clicking
or Cmd-clicking on the new layer icon.
Go to "Select", "Modify" and "Feather".
Feather it 10 pixels.
Fill it with black and delete the selection.
Change the blend mode to Multiply and decrease the Opacity to 30%.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Make the guidelines visible
and open you're Rectangular Marquee Tool. Drag a rectangle
across the left half of your document
and cut and copy the left half. Make the full shadow
active and drag a rectangle
across the right half.
Cut and copy the right half
and hide the guidelines. Open your Transform Tool,
go to the top, middle...press Ctrl
or Cmd + Shift and drag it to the right.
Go to the bottom, middle and using the same keystrokes,
drag it to the left, so the shadow is directly under your subject.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Make the left shadow active and repeat the steps.
The last step is to make the top of your subject a bit brighter
to make it look like it's reflecting light off its surface.
Make the subject active and make a selection
of its shape. Make a Layer Mask of the selection
and make the subject active again. Open your Brush Tool
and make the size, 400 pixels.
Make the blend mode, "Linear Dodge"
and the Opacity, 10%. Then, press Enter or Return.
Invert the foreground and background colors.
Brush once over the top of your subject at a downward angle.
Have fun transforming one of your photos
into a 3D, pop-out card. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!