Have you ever taken a picture of something interesting,
but the background was not what you wanted?
With a photo editing program you can fix this problem. Here is
an example of taking a steer standing in a corral and placing him in a
green pasture. Although not perfect (it was the first time I did
this type of digital manipulation), it is a good example of what can be
done.
Basic Procedure:
1) SELECT OBJECT
Use a freehand selection tool to select & copy the object (e.g.
the steer). When tracing around the object don't get too close to
its edges, give it a generous border (i.e. overcut) which you can get rid
of later.
2) PASTE OBJECT ON BACKGROUND
Paste the object (e.g. steer) as a new "layer" on the background (e.g.
the green pasture). Resize the object and move it to the appropriate
position.
3) CLEANUP OBJECT
Use a "Cloning Tool" to remove the excess border (overcut) around the
object. This is actually the most complex and time consuming part
of the procedure. The cloning tool will allow you to replace the
overcut border of the object with the underlying background.
And that is basically all there is to it.
To learn more about how to use Paint Sho Pro to manipulate digital images
click here.
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attention to keeping my head as straight as possible (Normal
picture above). I then divided the picture into left and right halves
of my face. I took the left half, made a mirror image of it and then
stitched the two "left" halves together (Left
side x2 picture). I repeated this procedure
with the right side of my face (Right
side x2 picture). This produced very interesting
results, and I have to admit there is very little that is symmetrical about
my head. Four years of competitive swimming in which I always breathed
to my right caused muscular hypertrophy on the left side of my neck--makes
the Left
side x2 picture look like a "Jock." When
looking at these three pictures, do they all look like the same person?
Or do you think they look like pictures of brothers? What do you
think, I would love to hear your input. I would also be interested
in seeing your own Facial Assymetry experiments.
