test 1 Practical Photoshop - April 2018 UK | Page 37

01
PASTE A HELMET
Open the start
image and a Nasa photo
of a helmet. Select it
with the Rectangular
Marquee, then grab the
Move tool and drag the
helmet across to the
other image. Right-click
the bounding box and
choose Flip Horizontal. In
the Layers panel, lower
the layer opacity while
you position the helmet.
02
PAINT A MASK
Click the Add Layer
Mask icon in the Layers
panel, then grab the
Brush tool. Paint with
black to hide parts of
the helmet layer until
it’s neatly cut out. Next,
click the New Layer icon
in the Layers panel; drag
the new layer below the
helmet layer and paint
with black to hide the
rest of the body.
03
DROP IN A PLANET
Open a planet
image from Nasa and
drag it into your image
with the Move tool. Drag
the planet layer to the
top of the stack, then
click the Blending Mode
dropdown at the top of
the Layers panel and
choose Screen. Add a
layer mask and paint with
black to hide the parts
that overlap the face.