Can anyone tell me how i can fit a clear bag on my head, a few men want to bag me, probably because my face frightens them, i have tried a copy/paste but that of course does not work because the original face is still there. i only have Paint Shop Pro 8 and 9 , forget Photoshop that is a step too far for me , i am a simple girl so the software must be simple too , can anyone help
Thank You,
Dorothy Brown
Hello Dorothy,
I hope I'm 'getting the drift' of your question correctly. I'll relate how I do what I think you're trying to achieve by describing my actions within Photoshop Elements, which I set out at the bottom of this missive.
I could once afford the full Adobe Photoshop (now sold ONLY as a part of their 'Creative Suite' software suite) but now can only afford the Adobe Photoshop Elements program. My manipulation skills are (I feel) amateurish compared to some of the great works proffered here by other members. HOWEVER, PSE has more than enough creative potential with all I desire to achieve being readily available within the program. Pricing of PSE 11 (I prefer PSE Version 8 ©2009) at around $100 (check Amazon or APPLE App Store if using a MAC) compared to PS full at more than $1000 (outside US) may make the PE alternative attractive. (Cheap) US pricing is not available to we mere, cheated, mortals who do not live in America. Accordingly, prices may for even more affordable for you.
The ONLY basic limitation of PSE vs. PS full I was troubled by was the lack of a "Channels" tool - i.e. Red, Green, Blue grayscale layers of an image which combined/flattened, give the full colour, original image. HOWEVER, I downloaded a FREE PS/PE plug in called "Grant's Tools" which, when inserted into the PE 'Plug Ins' folder (Grant explains via a YouTube clip how to do this), gives full Channel adjustment capability, just as with PS full. When I adjust colour, tones etc. in a full colour RGB image, I find being able to adjust each channel separately especially GREEN is most helpful. Having a "Channels" feature (in either PS or PSE) also allows adjustment of some grayscale or sepia images into a semblance of full colour - it just takes a little practice, the sequential steps of which I was careful to record somewhere...
Back to your enquiry, as I understand it. If I want to 'place' a layer of clear, transparent plastic over part of an image (e.g. an interesting anatomical feature such as breasts, crutch etc. OR a clear plastic bag), I copy and paste the image to create a working layer. Then, if I make a mistake, I've still got the original image to recopy. Below is a sample of what I'm trying to explain ("Jade ® cup sequence.jpg").
First, I selected an image of a favourite submissive, Jade (stabled at <Becky's Dungeon>). I think her very attractive, her ringed breasts being an extremely stimulating sight to behold. I copied her trimmed image twice to give three identical images, side by side. Notice that each pasted copy becomes its own new layer, in this exercise.
Second, I selected a black latex bra worn by Winona Ryder, many years ago. I copied, pasted the original B&W image and trimmed it so that only the bra remained on that copied layer. A colour image could be used by copying the original image, creating a new file and pasting into that file. Change the colour mode of that new file to grayscale - this clear plastic sheathing trick will only work using a B&W (grayscale) image overlay. Accentuate the B&W contrast to achieve a pleasing highlight/shadow balance. This may need adjusting several times until you are happy with the result. I selected one cup only to illustrate the latex cupped breast versus its non cupped twin.
Finally, I copied that grayscale overlaid cup from the middle Jade image and pasted/positioned it over the third image. I then used a trick which, to my knowledge, can only be achieved in either Photoshop full or, equally well, in PS Elements. The new layer with the grayscale is changed from"Normal" to "Screen" from a selection of twenty plus types e.g. "Soft light", "Colour burn" etc. The image on the "Screen" layer becomes essentially 'see through' with the black areas seeming to disappear; the white areas seem to be highlights of shine.
In your quest, I'd 'Google' plastic bag images (or similar) and select several that you think can be manipulated into the desired effect. Copy/ paste, adjust colour mode to grayscale, change pasted B&W bag overlay on layer above image of your head to "Screen". You can also reduce the transparency of that "Screen" bag layer from the default 100% to see more or less of your head as desired. I hope this is helpful.
Warm regards, Ranger 1.
P.S. Your face is fine!
P.P.S. What we now know as Adobe Photoshop was created for George Lucas to enable the first "Star Wars" movie to be created. Truly unique algorithms (software) at the time, it was marketed as Photoshop (Ver. 2.5, sneaky marketing devils) which is capable of effects etc. that no other software program, I am aware of, can come close to.
