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Step 2Take a photo of yourself
Trying to match the lighting and the angles as closely as possible, take a photo of yourself, or your model or in this case, have someone else take it. It might be that the original was outside, then you have to do it outside really as the quality of light is so different and it makes it much harder to merge the tow images if they were taken under dramatically different light. If the original was at night, then take your at night etc etc.
Try to get the light coming from the same angle. Very simple to achieve, and worth paying attention to. How many of those UFO hoax shots are sussed out because their lighting and shade isn't quite right. What about the controversy over the moon landings (you think those pictures were faked??) well you'd have thought NASA would be able to get the shadows right! derrr).
If you are only going to be dropping your head into the image then it doesn't matter what you are wearing as long as there is enough neck visible to be able to drop it in the image at the right angle. Remember that not only should you be at the right angle (ie looking the right way etc etc, but that the camera should be positioned so that the image looks in the same proportion as the one you want to drop into. Look at eye lines, look at the horizon line. The horizon line is not always visible in a picture, but it is always there. Above it lines and things arranged in the z axis of the image appear to go down towards it, below it, those same things appear to go up to it. (imaging a book case side on to you. At your eye line you can't see above of below the shelves, but for the ones above your eye line (you are looking up to) and can only see their undersides, and for the ones below you eyeline (you are looking down at those and can only see their top surfaces). So, in the photo you take, make sure that you or your model is in arranged so that the horizon line of your photo matches that of the base image.
Act up the part, scowl, say cheese or generally try and look like you are in the scene and mean to be there, acting is half of the fun and half the battle to making it look real. use a mirror if you need to so that you can see how good ( or what a berk) you look.
In this image you can see that I am roughly cutting out the image using the lasso. Do a rough cut first so that you can drop it into the base image and move it about to see if it is about right. If it isn't, then you can always take another picture, rather than waste time cutting carefully round and finding it looks wrong when it is positioned.
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Try to get the light coming from the same angle. Very simple to achieve, and worth paying attention to. How many of those UFO hoax shots are sussed out because their lighting and shade isn't quite right. What about the controversy over the moon landings (you think those pictures were faked??) well you'd have thought NASA would be able to get the shadows right! derrr).
If you are only going to be dropping your head into the image then it doesn't matter what you are wearing as long as there is enough neck visible to be able to drop it in the image at the right angle. Remember that not only should you be at the right angle (ie looking the right way etc etc, but that the camera should be positioned so that the image looks in the same proportion as the one you want to drop into. Look at eye lines, look at the horizon line. The horizon line is not always visible in a picture, but it is always there. Above it lines and things arranged in the z axis of the image appear to go down towards it, below it, those same things appear to go up to it. (imaging a book case side on to you. At your eye line you can't see above of below the shelves, but for the ones above your eye line (you are looking up to) and can only see their undersides, and for the ones below you eyeline (you are looking down at those and can only see their top surfaces). So, in the photo you take, make sure that you or your model is in arranged so that the horizon line of your photo matches that of the base image.
Act up the part, scowl, say cheese or generally try and look like you are in the scene and mean to be there, acting is half of the fun and half the battle to making it look real. use a mirror if you need to so that you can see how good ( or what a berk) you look.
In this image you can see that I am roughly cutting out the image using the lasso. Do a rough cut first so that you can drop it into the base image and move it about to see if it is about right. If it isn't, then you can always take another picture, rather than waste time cutting carefully round and finding it looks wrong when it is positioned.
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Aug 13, 2007. 8:11 PMwbd
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You should put yourself into a "House M.D." poster! You sorta look like Hugh Laury...a little bit.
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Aug 16, 2007. 3:55 PM
KaptinScarlet (author)
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KaptinScarlet (author)
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Do I look that rough? I'm gonna let you off this time becuase Hugh Laurie is one of my favourite actors. Anyway, do you think House would look good with a Mad Eye, he's already got a bad leg and is pissed as hell! I would have thought a ping poing ball patch is the last thing he needs (ho ho ho)
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Aug 16, 2007. 4:34 PMchabias
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That rough??? House is HOT!!! I can easily picture him with the Mad Eye though.
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Aug 17, 2007. 5:38 AMKaptinScarlet (author)
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KaptinScarlet (author)
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House is back! His leg is better, but now he is madder than ever. He has a magical eye. No need for old fashioned X-rays or expensive MRI scans, House is just a one-man radiology department... Did you picture him a bit like this? My best House / Hugh Laurie impression, although not quite enough stubble.
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Nov 17, 2010. 8:28 AMsrushti_2004
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brilliant.. and super funny! :)
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Nov 17, 2010. 1:13 PMKaptinScarlet (author)
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KaptinScarlet (author)
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ta very much, had great fun doing it!
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Aug 17, 2007. 5:42 AMchabias
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That's great! He's still hot, even with the Mad Eye! Thanks!!
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Aug 17, 2007. 5:44 AMKaptinScarlet (author)
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KaptinScarlet (author)
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that's me! in that photo...
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Jul 29, 2009. 2:21 PMwatermelonhead
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LAWL
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Aug 17, 2007. 11:46 AMchabias
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LMAO!!! My goodness, I should've looked closer! You really look ALOT like House in that pic! I guess you can take that as a compliment?
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Aug 17, 2007. 1:05 PMKaptinScarlet (author)
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KaptinScarlet (author)
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After what you said about him being hot and all that I take it as a great compliment, thank you very much. As I said i was doing my best Hugh Laurie impression... are there any other people you think I look like, whom I could impersonate while wearing a Mad Eye... seems like it could be the start of a niche website cult type thing famouspeoplewearingmadeyesthatlooklikeme.com bet you know one has registered that URL
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Aug 17, 2007. 1:39 PMchabias
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hmmm....Chris Martin of Coldplay looks a bit like House, I think, so you could easily do him. You could probably pull off a Tim 'the toolman' Taylor too. Maybe even Wilson from House. Heck...try & do ALL the House characters. ~:o)
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Aug 23, 2007. 7:12 PMMeragness
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you are absolutley right about chris martin! they have long, gauntish faces!!! wow
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Aug 17, 2007. 2:08 PMKaptinScarlet (author)
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KaptinScarlet (author)
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Chris Martin looks too young, I've got too many lines... and Tim Allen (is that who you mean?) I don't think he's cool enough, I get the Wilson thing, but that would be a little too much being John Malcovich for me... eeeuw
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Aug 17, 2007. 6:50 PMchabias
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You're right...Tim Allen is a bit too goofy for the Mad Eye. But now that you mentioned John Malcovich.....(not that you look like him)...HE would look pretty creepy...or more creepy, I should say. Perhaps Keifer Sutherland or Nic Cage is more suitable?
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