The G-man's First (and simple) Chop!

[GreyGoose006]

so you just airbrush black at 50% overtop of the windows?
or do you make a mask?

[An Angry Clown]

what i do is use the lasso tool, go around the window and go to adjust - brightness and just lower it

[G-man422]

i just did it free hand. idk how to use the mask.

[GreyGoose006]

wow. top chopping is tough.
i just tried it.
very hard.
mine looked like shit so i deleted it.

[G-man422]

i spend a good 3-4 hours total on that one. (i worked on it for 3 days)

[GreyGoose006]

ok, you said it took you three days to chop the top?
i just realized the easiest way ever to do it.
just cut the picture in half where the body meets the windows. cut the part out. scale it to .95 vertical only and paste it back in. works perfectly. you have to do a little filling in, but nothing major.

[G-man422]

can you give me an example? i dont really understand what you mean.

[GreyGoose006]

to get this,



i drew a selection line like this


i cut the selection out, and scaled the HEIGHT to 85%. width was kept at 100%

then line things up and paste back in.

since lines that are slanted will change slope by 15% you have to do a little filling in, but not that much.

[GreyGoose006]

yeah, at first i tried to cut a portion out and blend everything back in, but then i realized that this would be a lot easier. looks great too.

[G-man422]

oh, i see now. it is a lot easier. thanks man.