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James Paterson show you how to shrink your subject to the size of a mouse with a camera and Photoshop skills

The mission • Shrink your subject by combining a full-size portrait with a mini scene Time • Two hours Skill level • Beginner• Intermediate• Advanced Kit needed • Tripod• Posing doll or toy action figure• Lamp• Photoshop CC One of the most magical things about Photoshop is the ability it gives you to transport your subject to a different place – or in this case, scale. With a few simple skills you can create all kinds of fantastical composites. But it’s not just about image-editing wizardry. Much of the hard work in this project is done in-camera, and it’s here that the effect comes to life. One of the things that makes a bad composite stand out is the mismatch of lighting or perspective – two things that have nothing to do with Photoshop. Try to plonk a person…

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N-photo: The Nikon (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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