A Work in Progress: Not like how it's used to be



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step 1 of 8

Gather the stock.
I made the lightbulb picture more contrasted and then added the couple inside. I used many blending styles and erased around with a soft brush.

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step 2 of 8

I flipped the stock horizontally and I cropped the women using pen tool.
Then I used Curves to make it fit.

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I put that bit of her arm on a separate layer and used curves, once again. Then I changed the opacity and erased around a bit with a low opacity eraser.

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Now I crop the guy out with pen tool.

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I used warp tool (in PS CS3) to alter his position/body angle slightly. Then again, played with curves, brightness, contrast. Used burn tool at some places.

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step 6 of 8

Add more shadowing.
By making another layer, using the brush tool and clip mask.. OR use burn tool.

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Finally add headphones. Cropped out and used brightness/contrast.

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Pxleyes asked me to prnt screen permission so here it is.

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Final result

Creation of Not like how it's used to be: Final Result

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