[align=center]Please Open teh [b]Spoiler[/b]! [spoiler]Read teh [url=http://theftalk.com/search.php]rules[/url] before we proceed to teh topic .. ~ mods/ who moderates this section-thread . u can delete or alter this any time =][/spoiler] Credits goes to :: [b]TutorialKit[/b] [b]PhotoshopDoctor[/b] [b]Adobe Photoshop [/b] of course - [b]me . myself . I[/b] - ok . let's start ! [b]1[/b]. Open a photograph of a person's profile in Photoshop on a separate layer. Set the opacity of the layer to 50% to fade it a bit. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-001.jpg[/img] [b]2[/b]. Create a new layer. [b]3[/b]. Select the Pen Tool and begin outlining the person's profile. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-002.jpg[/img] [b]4[/b]. Make sure to outline the entire head and end at where you began, so that the path is closed. [b]5[/b]. Right click the Path that you created and choose "Make Selection..." from the pop-up menu. [b]6[/b]. The Make Selection pop-up window will appear. Just accept the defaults and click OK. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-003.jpg[/img] [b]7[/b]. You should now have a selection area of the profile. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-004.jpg[/img] [b]8[/b]. Choose black as your foreground color and select the Paint Bucket tool. Fill the selection with black. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-005.jpg[/img] [b]9[/b]. Set the Layer Style Properties to the following: [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-006.gif[/img] [b]10[/b]. Delete the layer with the photograph, so that only the silhouette cutout layer is left. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-007.jpg[/img] [b]11[/b]. Repeat Steps 1 through 10 for any other person in the cutout. This could be the wife, child, etc. [b]12[/b]. Move the profile silhouette cutouts in the position you want. Make sure they are each still on separate layers. [b]13[/b]. Make sure the layer with the person in the foreground is the top layer. Select the Magic Wand tool and select outside the silhouette area. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-008.jpg[/img] [b]14[/b]. Goto Select > Inverse. [b]15[/b]. Goto Select > Modify > Expand... and choose 5 or an appropriate pixel amount for the border around the silhouette head. Then click OK. [b]16[/b]. Select the layer with the wife, child, etc below so that it is active. Then click the Delete key. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-009.jpg[/img] [b]17[/b]. You should now have your Paper Cutout Silhouette image. [img]http://www.photoshopdoctor.com/paper-cutout-profile/cutout-profile-010.jpg[/img] [b]18[/b]. The best thing is that you can do this with any color. Better yet, download construction paper texture and make it an even more realistic paper cutout. [i]thnx for visiting this thread . hoep it's usefuL ![/i][/align]

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