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Open image of cow.

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Select Image>Mode>Grayscale. When it asks if you would like to discard color information, select Discard.

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Use Quick Mask to mask out the cow. Exit Quick Mask. Select CTRL/SHIFT/I to select inverse.

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Select CTRL D to deselect the cow. Select Edit>New to start a new image. Return to the image of the cow. Select Edit>Step Forward to reselect the cow.

Select Edit>Copy.

Select the New Document.

Select Edit>Paste.

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Enter Quick Mask Mode.

Mask the cow's forward leg including shoulder muscle.

Exit Quick Mask Mode.

CTRL/SHIFT/I to invert selection.

Select Edit>Cut.

Create New Layer. Select Edit>Paste.


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Select Edit>Transform>Rotate on the cow leg layer. Rotate the cow's leg so that it kicks forward.

Select the clone stamp to fill in the hole left by the cow leg.

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Repeat for the hind leg.

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Rotate the hind leg so that it kicks backward.

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Select File>New. Input 3500 pixels wide and 2500 pixels high.

Return to cow image. Drag and drop the cow's body into new image. Drag and drop the cow's legs into the new image.

Exit all images except the new image.

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Place the cow's legs against his body the way that you would like.

Hide the background layer.

Merge visible.

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Hide cow layer.

Select a purple color.

Select Gradient tool. Draw a vertical line down the middle of the image.


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Reveal Cow layer.

Select Edit>Transform>Scale to make the Cow a little smaller.

Open image of the moon. Select the moon. Copy and paste it to the cow image. Place it at the bottom so that only the top 3/4 is showing.

Select a star shaped brush at about 29 pixels. Pain them onto the background layer, and the cow layer streaming from the cow's udders.

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Select Adjustments. Select Contrast/Brightness. Place Contrast at 100 and Brightness at -46.

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Add a Blue Photo Filter under Adjustments.

Use overlay to blend the moon in with the background. make sure that the moon layer is above the blue photo filter layer.

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Open image of Clouds. Select desired part of clouds and add them to the bottom of cow image, just under the moon.


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Select the markings from on the cow using Quick Selection tool. Create a New Layer for each marking. Color it whatever color you wish. Use Overlay to blend the new color with the original marking.

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Use different size star shaped brushes to paint more stars in different layers. This way, some will be affected by filters and blending.

Use a small, soft, round brush to make shooting stars. If you're using a pen, select the airbrush tool.

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Select the cow layer. Select Layer>Layer Style>Outer Glow. Increase Size to 300 pixels.

Select Bevel and Emboss.

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Select a large, round, soft, white brush. Keeping the brush just inside of the cow's edges, paint around the cow. Be carefull to stay inside the lines, allowing only the edges of the brush to go outside the cow.

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Final result

Creation of ...And the Cow Jumped Over The: Final Result

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