Wood Painting
The Blend mode of AKVIS Chameleon Plug-in allows pasting an object into a new background so that the background
texture is seen through. In the following example we will show you how to paste an apple into a wooden surface so that it looks like if the apple was drawn on this rough wooden plate.
We will use the photo of a wooden plate on the left as a background, and the photo of a juicy apple on the right as the object to paste in.
Follow the instruction to create the effect of painting on a rough surface:
- Step 1. Open these images in Adobe Photoshop.
Note: You can also use any other photo editor compatible with AKVIS Chameleon. In this case you should select the apple with the selection tools available in your photo editor (not with the Quick Mask mode: Steps 2-6) and go directly to Step 7 of this tutorial.
- Step 2. Switch to the Quick Mask mode by pressing the button
 (Edit in Quick Mask Mode) in the Toolbar or the Q key.
- Step 3. Select the Pencil tool from the Toolbar by pressing the button
 or the B key.
- Step 4. Paint the apple in Quick Mask mode using a hard edge pencil (Hardness 100%).
- Step 5. Switch back to the Standard Mode by pressing the button
 (Edit in Standard Mode) in the Toolbar or the Q key.
- Step 6. Invert the selection by calling the command Select - Inverse or by using the key combination Ctrl+Shift+I.
- Step 7. Copy the selected apple by calling the command AKVIS -> Chameleon – Grab Fragment from the Filter menu of the photo editor.
If everything is done correctly, you’ll see a message that
selected object has been saved into the clipboard.
- Step 8. Switch back to the photo with a wooden
surface. Call the command AKVIS –> Сhameleon – Make Collage from
the menu Filters.
- Step 9. The AKVIS Chameleon window will open. The window
will contain the wooden surface as background and the pasted apple.
- Step 10. Select the Blend mode in the drop-down menu in the
Settings panel with a left-click of the mouse.
- Step 11. Change the position and the size of the apple using the Transform tool
from the Toolbox.
- Step 12. Click on
 to start the process of collage creation. The result will be shown
in the After tab.
- Step 13. Click on
 to apply the result and close the plugin window.
As a result we have an apple drawn on wooden surface.
In the same way you can create paintings on crumpled paper, unbleached linen, etc.
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