(5 years and 2874 days ago)
It was a very good idea to use the milkfrotter source as a phonecord. It fits perfect for that.
Now dont take this personal but as a learning possibility please, the cutout of the phone is really badly done, this is because, im guessing you have used the magic wand, since it has a white background, but you have cut the shadow that the author of your phone source had on his picture also, and that shadow just doesnt fit with your adjustions.I suggest you go back to your phone source and cut it out again using the pentool this time and leaving out the shadows this time. Then you can apply all the other stuff you have done. And be aware of the light reflections, they should not be as bright on rusty old metal as on plastic, as Im guessing its plastic and not the real old material the phones used to be made of back in the days.
The shadowing that you have added yourself look ok to me. but you do need to tone down the lightreflections because they dont work compared to the softer shading and the old metal.
Please post source links.
Edges need a lot of work...instead of using the magic wand, use the pen tool or lasso tool to extract objects cleanly.
I agree with CMYK here
I was trying to add the steps and source links when commented. I could probably have spent a little time on the edges. Lasso tool is probably the best idea. Worked this out during lunch. Thanks for the comment.
The truck and girl are not published photos...no url. They are from my own camera and taken by me.
Sorry that I used a copyrighted image...the windows. They really weren't that important to the image and I really did think I had borrowed it from an open source. I fixed the windows by taking them out and using the original windows of the truck photo. Probably looks better anyway. The truck and the girl come from two of my own photos. They are not published on a web page and don't have a url. I have displayed them in my step by step. Sorry that broke the rules on this one, but it was unintentional. I really just enjoy trying to come up with the image. Hope this works now.
Let's try this again. I have fixed the step-by-step and taken out the truck that i used for the windows earlier. Hope that corrects the issues. I'll be more careful next time I enter a photoshop contest. Wish i had more time to get involved in these things. Sorry for the troubles.
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