Retouch yourself into the picture

Step 8 Cut out the part if the base image that you want to be behind

Ok this is so easy, but hard to describe.... If there is a part of the image that you need to be behind, a lamp post, a fence another person in the line up, a car etc etc then it is important that you look like you are in the photo and making it look like you are behind these things is part of the gag and very easy to do.

All you need to do is cut and copy them on to a new layer. That's it. The original image is there and you only have to cut carefully where the actual thing goes in front of you. ie if you are leaning up against a lamp post in the image and a bit of you is behind the lamp post, you only need to cut out the bit that you are behind and copy and paste that bit.

For this image I wanted Moody's collar to go over my neck, so I roughly cut out the front of his jacket and then only careful traced round the neck line (again using the straightly line mask tool in little steps). then a quick copy and paste (in Photoshop) and you have that bit of clothing on a new layer