This will do the opposite of what we want (the jellyfish will only be visible over the trees) so click on the Layer Mask and hold CTRL or CMD + I to Invert it. Click on the Smart Object, and then the Layer Mask icon. You can now use this Selection to make the jellyfish Smart Object invisible where the trees are, so they seem like they’re behind the trees. Click OK, and Photoshop will turn what you see into a Selection. ![]() The white areas are what will be Selected. Use this to click on the trees, and lower the Fuzziness slider until you see the trees turn white, and the sky turn mostly black. The cursor will change to an eyedropper tool that you can use to click on an area of your image and Select all areas of the same color range. To do this, click on your background Layer, then go to Select and down to Color Range. To make part of an image look like it’s in the foreground, you need to Select it from its background first. We can now go about placing the jellies behind the trees. ![]() Simply change the Blending Mode of the Smart Object back to Screen to make the dark backgrounds disappear. You’ll notice the backgrounds of the jellyfish show up again when you do this. This will place all of the jellyfish into a Smart Object that you can double-click to open and edit whenever you need to. Right-Click and go to Convert to Smart Object. From here, hold SHIFT and Click on all of these Layers. You should now have a few Layers with jellyfish of different shapes and sizes. Repeat this process and create different sized jellyfish to add depth to the composite. You will see a grid of intersecting lines that you may click and drag in order to stretch and manipulate the image. Hold CTRL or CMD + T, then Right-Click and go to Warp. Be sure to Warp this new copy of your subject to make it look different from the first. This will create another jellyfish that you can then Transform into another place in your image. Once the first jellyfish is in place, you can duplicate it by holding CTRL or CMD + J. In our example, we Flip the jellyfish so that the curve of its body follows the Milky way of our background photo. Use these tools to play around with the placement of your subject. Now, Right-Click on the subject and you’ll see options to Warp and Flip Horizontal/Vertical. With your newly cut out subject selected, hold CTRL or CMD + T to bring up your transform controls. This will make unwanted hard edges and background details go away completely. Simply click on the Layer Mask icon to create a layer mask on the jellyfish Layer, then choose your Brush Tool and paint with black around the border of the image (we recommend using a large, soft edge brush). ![]() We can use a Layer Mask and the Brush Tool to create a more natural transition from visible to invisible. In our example, the jellyfish’s tentacles are cut off at the edge of the frame. The dark areas of your photo will disappear! Click on the menu, find the Screen Blending Mode, and select it. In it, you’ll see a drop down menu that is set to Normal by default. To change Blending Modes, go to your Layers panel. Using the Screen Blending Mode, you can make the dark areas of a Layer invisible and keep the light areas visible with just a click. So how do we remove only the darkest parts of a photo? Blending Modes are a quick and effective way to merge Layers together for composites. Start off by opening the Simple Composite Background and Simple Composite Jellyfish images in a new document.īefore we can place this jellyfish into a sky, we need a way to remove its original, dark background. Learn to create an ethereal fantasy composite of jellyfish floating in a night sky! Combine multiple images with Blending Modes and Layer Masks, and then bring the composite together with creative color toning and grain! Cutting Out the Jellyfish
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