test 1 Practical Photoshop - April 2018 UK | Page 36

TO BOLDLY GO…
Learn how to blend your portraits with free images from Nasa,
to make Photoshop composites that are out of this world
Search for ‘Nasa images’ and you’ll
(Nustar), PIA03606 (Crab Nebula). There are
ind a huge array of photos of stars,
plenty more to choose from, though.
nebulae, galaxies, planets, astronauts and
We’ve supplied a starting image here of
more. Many of these images are high-res, and
our chiselled astronaut, but why not use one
they are free to download. As such,
of your own portraits? All you need is
you can make use of these incredible
a photo of somebody against a dark
images to create a composite
black background. Ideally, light them
that is stellar. For this project
from behind and to the side like our
we’ve made use of the following
portrait here: this’ll help them stand
images: PIA13005 (Orion Dream
https://goo.gl/UkKoA9 out. We’ve also supplied a ile with
Stars), PIA08653 (Sword of Orion),
glowing wavy lines, so you can copy
S89-51923 (helmet photo) PIA19821
those across to your image too.
WATCH THE VIDEO
DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT FILES HERE http://bit.ly/2prCXRj ON YOUR PC OR MAC