Most of us remember a favourite toy from our childhood. We wanted to have toys different from others. Using Akvis Decorator we can make this dream come true... at least on a photo.
In this tutorial we are going to change the color and the texture of the pillow to make it look like grass.
Original image
Result
Step 1. Open a photo in Adobe Photoshop CS2 or other photo editor compatible with AKVIS plugins.
Step 2. Select the upper part of the pillow. You can use any selection tool. The author used Extensis Mask pro plugin. The selection must be like this:
Step 3. Call AKVIS Decorator with the command Filter->Akvis->Decorator from the menu of the photo editor.
Step 4. Choose a suitable texture from the Texture library (double click with the left mouse button on the box with a texture).
Step 5. Double click with the left mouse button on the suitable texture from the Nature folder.
Step 6. If you don’t like the color of the texture you can change it. To change the color of a texture you should first activate the check-box near the Color plate, then click on the plate and choose a color from the Standard Color Selection Dialog. Besides, it is possible to choose a color from the original image. For this purpose left-click on any point of the original image keeping the Ctrl key pressed (Command on Macintosh).
Step 7. If you want you can change other parameters. The author changed the values of Scale and Brightness.
Step 8. Press the button Generate.
Step 9. Press the button to apply the texture to the selected object. The result is shown in the After tab.
Step 10. Press the button to apply the result to the image and close the plugin window.
Step 11. Now you can remove the selection. Here is our final result - now the small creatures sit on the grass.
to apply the texture to the selected object. The result is shown in the After tab.
to apply the result to the image and close the plugin window.
— Toys on the Grass