Out of paper photo effect in photoshop

Hi there this is a very nice tutorial show how to make a thing looks like he's getting out of paper if you follow this tutorial well you will learn a lot useful photoshop stuffs .this is the result:

first you have to choose your image carefully like someone is jumping or anything looks creative i chose the dolphins photo this is the original :


you can get it with big dimensions form here


1- open 400 / 600 new file like this


2-select the gray as foreground then add a Gradient to the layer like this :


then:


then (hold shift while dragging to keep the line straight):



3-this is a pretty hard step so focus, select the Pen tool :


make sure you select this mode:


then try to draw shape looks like a paper on the ground like this:
you can use this tool to transform the points:



4-Click right on the shape then select Make Selection...


then add a new layer


now fill the selection with white using the fill tool:


5-Go to Layer>Layer Style>Blending Options..


then:


then go to color Overlay and select some light gray and set the opacity to 10:


now follow the pic the click OK:


your result should be similar to this:


6-duplicate the layer (Ctrl+j) then go to:


7-with the fill tool fill it with Black:


8- Go to Edit>Free Transform ot (Ctrl+T) Now while you are holding Shift+Alt drag one of the shape's Corner inside (make it smaller):


9-Select the Polygonal Lasso Tool:


make Selection like this:


click right and Click on Transform Selection :


then drag the selection inside the shape like this:


10-now With the navigator window zoom out very much then open your photo press Ctrl+A to select all of the Photo the Ctrl+C to copy it Now go back to our shape file the press Ctrl+V to Paste it.


now press Ctrl+T to transform it to what works with your shape i advice to change it's opacity to 50 to see them both (the photo and the shape):


look closely and try to make yours like it :


11-select the Pen Tool:


Start to selecting the edges of the dolphins and the black shape together like the next pictures:


don't worry about the splashed water just select it all(we will x it later) :

and finally:


12-while you pressing on Ctrl click on the add layer mask button like this:


now turn back the opacity to 100 :


now if you want to hide the of the line of mask layer just click on it (the layer mask):


in the newt step we will fix the splashed water problem.
13-add a layer mask to the layer like this:


set the color like this:

Select the Brush tool then click right on the image then select a medium spatter brush like this:


now paint in the splashed water area to be like this:



14-Now duplicate The layer Ctrl+J or:


then change the blend mode and the opacity of the duplicated layer to:


duplicate it again:


now change its blend mode and opacity to:



in this step we completed our tutorial and this is the final result and always remember to change some thing to get a different even better result.


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