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The Making of JemimaPhobia Using mostly basic tools. By DerAlt Paginated View How I turned a stack of pancakes into something you probably wouldn't want to find on your plate. ;)
Page 1 : The Originals I have read several of the tutorials in this help section and find they offer excellent advice on the use of PhotoShop tools, filters and actions. This tutorial will be a little different. To create the Jemimaphobia image I used only one PhotoShop filter, Liquefy, the rest of the work was accomplished using only the basic tools, select, resize, eraser, smudge and paintbrush. In fact, the image was not created in PhotoShop except for the liquefy filter. I used another Adobe program, PhotoDeluxe. This program could be referred to as PhotoShop Lite. It has all the basic tools, some effect filters but none of the special effects and actions that advanced programs like PhotoShop 7 contain. I think this tutorial will show you that there are alternate ways to accomplish results that may seem to require advanced programs but can be done with a very basic approach using the simplest tools. To begin: I used two images for the post. One for the main shot showing the pancakes and background and one for the gaping mouth. Finding the proper images may be the most important step in creating a compelling final. I spent considerable time searching for images that would not only work well together but also have enough resolution to remain crisp when enlarged.
Page 2: STEP ONE The first step was to distort the upper and lower edges of the top pancake into the relative shape of the jaws of the mouth. To do this I used the LIQUIFY tool in the PhotoShop filter menu. With the brush size set to 64, I “pushed” the edges of the upper pancake into the approximate shape of the jaws. The exact shape was not crucial since I had some leeway in how much of the jaws I used. Using the existing jaw edge faithfully was not important.
Page 3: STEP TWO At this point I was finished using PhotoShop. I opened the manipulated pancake image in PhotoDeluxe for the rest of the work. I find this program simpler, and quicker to use. All the tools are easily accessed without going into menus. Just a personal preference. I then, using the eraser tool, silhouetted the mouth, resized it and placed it into position on the “opening” in the pancake on a separate layer.
Page 4: STEP THREE The jaw size was OK horizontally but a bit too large vertically so I selected the lower half of the mouth and moved it up about ¼ inch.
Page 5: STEP FOUR Using the smudge tool I blended the sharp edges created at the jaw “hinge” when moving the lower portion of the jaw upwards.
Page 6: STEP FIVE I reduced the opacity of the jaw layer to 50% in order to see through it. Then removed the jaw portion covering the foreground pat of butter with the eraser tool using a sharp edged “brush.” Restoring the opacity to 100%, I lightened and color corrected the jaw, using Hue/Saturation and Color Balance, to be more compatible with the color and density of the adjacent pancake areas.
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