class notes 3/18/10

take a picture of a texture that works well with the theme of the scene you are using in the project.
crop it to 8"x8" by 300 dpi
then blow up a section of it and distort it somehow
Then cut out a copy of the person and put in front of the texture background
Use pen tool to cut a copy of the person out, change closed path to a selection, copy that image and then paste on texture background
desaturate,blur etc. background as needed so the person is still the focal point
hen adjust the color, contrast, brightness of the person to somewhat match that of the blurred texture background
Soften the cut-out edge of the person by using the pen tool to make a closed shape surrounding the edges, then make a path, then use gaussian blur (level 3-5)