Captain Kirk's Head On A Superman Costume

[Elbee]

I've seen this kind of thing done but I have never been able to figure out how to do it and I would appreciate it if somebody would show me a tutorial on how I could do this please.

For example, say I wanted to put Captain Kirk's head, from the first Star Trek television show, and substitute it for Christopher Reeve's head. How would I use photoshop to do that?

Thanks.

[handrawn]

you need to cut out the pieces you need

for example you might cut out the head and place it on a new layer above the new background

you may need to cut out both head and body

there are many ways of cutting out in photoshop - pen tool, selection tools, extraction tool, filters - which is best depends on the source material and the version of photoshop you are using

do a google search for photoshop cutout - should bring up lots of info

[RTW1]

What you are asking for would fill a large book of instruction, as Steve said you need to do cut outs etc but the hard bit is matching the colours and grain of the two or more images so that they match up without it looking childish. You will see loads of internet examples where the chosen images have been taken with the same camera in the same lighting, those composites are seldom any more challenging than plonking one bit from one image on another for the finished item to look OK , real life stuff is always harder to do.
Here is a link to the best video help on the net, start from the bottom of the page and work up.
http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

[steve.ledger]

Reminds me of the 'Mug Swapping' challenge of last year.

Which also included animals
http://www.talkgraphics.com/attachme...1&d=1206237054

Fairly easily (and quickly) done in Xtreme.
Never attempted it in Photoshop (becuase I know it would tak much longer

[steve.ledger]

Xara Xtreme - a few minutes work.

[handrawn]

should this fanboy stuff be in the photoshop forum?