HOW TO EASILY CLONE YOURSELF | Photoshop 2023
Summary
TLDRIn this tutorial, the creator revisits the concept of cloning oneself but this time in Photoshop, not Premiere Pro. The video teaches viewers how to take multiple photos of themselves with consistent lighting and no overlaps, then combines them into a single image using layer masks. The process involves selecting each 'clone', refining the edges, and adjusting lighting for a seamless and realistic result. The tutorial is aimed at those interested in photo editing and creating unique, engaging images.
Takeaways
- 🎥 The video is a tutorial on how to clone oneself in a photo using Photoshop, following up on a previous video about cloning in Premiere Pro.
- 📸 To start, take multiple photos of yourself without overlapping, ensuring consistent lighting and varied outfits or poses to create a more convincing scene.
- 🖼️ Open Photoshop and use the 'Open' command instead of 'New File' to maintain the same image parameters for all photos.
- 🔍 Use the 'Place Embedded' option to import photos, ensuring they match the framing and aspect ratio of the base image.
- 👤 Turn off all layers except the first one to begin the editing process with a clean slate.
- 📼 Use the Lasso tool to select and mask out the subject in each photo, isolating the character in the scene.
- 🖌️ Adjust the layer mask with a soft brush to fix any inconsistencies in lighting or shadows caused by the cloning process.
- 🔄 Work through each layer, refining the masks to ensure a seamless integration of all characters in the final image.
- 🛠️ Learn to fix issues like missing body parts or overlapping elements by manually tracing and painting them back in using the Brush tool.
- 📐 Understand the importance of organization in framing to minimize post-editing work and achieve a more realistic result.
- 📁 Once all layers are masked and the image is refined, crop and export the final composite photo as a single image.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is teaching viewers how to clone themselves in Photoshop using multiple photos to create a single image with multiple instances of the same person.
Why is it important to take photos with the same lighting when cloning oneself in Photoshop?
-Taking photos with the same lighting is important because it makes it easier to match the lighting conditions across different images, which is crucial for creating a realistic and seamless composite image.
What is the recommended approach when taking photos for cloning oneself in Photoshop?
-The recommended approach is to take enough photos without overlapping, with consistent lighting, and to act as if interacting with oneself to create a more convincing composite image.
Why should one avoid overlapping in the photos when attempting to clone oneself in Photoshop?
-Avoiding overlap in the photos helps prevent complex issues during the editing process, such as the need to manually correct missing body parts or excessive shadows, making the cloning process simpler.
What is the first step in the editing process after taking the photos?
-The first step in the editing process is to open Photoshop and import the photos by using the 'Open' option instead of creating a new file, as this allows basing everything off the same photo parameters.
How does the video suggest to handle the placement of multiple photos in Photoshop?
-The video suggests using the 'Place Embedded' option for each photo to ensure that the framing is consistent across all images before starting the cloning process.
What tool in Photoshop is used to select the subject from the background in each photo layer?
-The Lasso tool is used to make a selection around the subject in each photo layer, which is then used to create a layer mask to isolate the subject from the background.
Why is it necessary to adjust the layer masks after using the Lasso tool to select the subject?
-Adjusting the layer masks is necessary to correct any inconsistencies in lighting or shadows, and to blend the selected subject seamlessly into the composite image.
How can one fix issues like missing body parts or incorrect lighting in the layer masks?
-One can fix these issues by using the Brush tool with a soft edge to paint in the missing parts or to adjust the lighting around the edges of the subject for a more natural look.
What is the final step described in the video for completing the cloning process in Photoshop?
-The final step is to review and adjust each layer mask, crop the image to the desired aspect ratio, and then export the final composite image.
What does the video suggest for viewers who want to learn more advanced techniques for cloning in Photoshop?
-The video suggests that for viewers interested in more advanced techniques, they should look out for future videos that might cover tools like the Pen tool for more complex selections.
Outlines
🎨 Introduction to Cloning in Photoshop
This paragraph introduces the video's aim to teach viewers how to clone themselves in a photo using Photoshop, similar to a previous tutorial on cloning in Premiere Pro. The narrator emphasizes the importance of taking non-overlapping photos with consistent lighting and suggests changing outfits or acting as if interacting with oneself to create a more convincing final image. The process begins with importing the photos into Photoshop and setting up the layers for editing.
🖌️ Editing Process and Layer Masking
The second paragraph delves into the editing process, starting with opening the photos in Photoshop and using the 'Place Embedded' feature to import them as layers. It details the use of the lasso tool to select and mask individual characters in each photo, ensuring they appear distinct and non-overlapping. The narrator discusses the importance of matching lighting and correcting any inconsistencies, such as shadows or lighting differences, using the brush tool on layer masks. The paragraph also addresses potential issues like missing body parts and provides a step-by-step guide on how to fix them using the brush tool to refine the layer masks.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Clone
💡Photoshop
💡Layer Mask
💡Lightroom
💡Aspect Ratio
💡Framing
💡Selection
💡Brush Tool
💡Non-Destructive Editing
💡Export
💡Thumbnail
Highlights
Introduction to the tutorial on cloning oneself in Photoshop using photos, following a previous video on the same technique in Premiere Pro.
The importance of taking non-overlapping photos with consistent lighting for easier editing in Photoshop.
Suggestion to change outfits or interact as if you're multiple characters to enhance the final image's realism.
Instructions on opening the first photo in Photoshop using the 'Open' command instead of creating a new file.
Explanation of using 'Place Embedded' to import additional photos, ensuring consistent framing.
Technique to turn off all layers except the base layer before starting the editing process.
Demonstration of using the Lasso tool to select and isolate oneself in the photo for layer masking.
How to create a layer mask to blend the selected area into the base photo.
Addressing minor lighting inconsistencies using the Brush tool on the layer mask.
Tip on adjusting brush hardness and size for a smoother, more realistic mask.
Process of refining the layer mask by painting in missing details and correcting lighting.
Using the Lasso tool and layer mask to add additional photos and characters.
Technique for correcting more significant lighting differences between layers.
Advice on organizing the frame to avoid overlapping and the method to fix it if it happens.
Demonstration of tracing and adding back missing body parts using the Brush tool on the layer mask.
Final steps of cropping the image and exporting the final multi-character photo.
Conclusion emphasizing the simplicity of the cloning technique and its potential for fun and creative posts.
Call to action for viewers to subscribe, like, share, and comment on what they'd like to see in future videos.
Transcripts
hey everybody welcome back to another
video today's video I'm actually
referencing a video I made a few weeks
back and that video being how to clone
yourself in Premiere Pro and I figured I
figured that some of you who had watched
that video might actually want to know
how to do the same thing but with your
photos today's video is going to be how
to clean yourself in Photoshop and then
basically just how to make multiple of
yourself in one photo but without
further Ado let's uh let's get started
so you're probably thinking first things
first I'm gonna open photoshop on my
computer I just bought it awesome first
things first as you might have guessed
you actually need to take the photos
just like the cone effect in the last
video you need to frame yourself so you
first off don't overlap but you do have
slightly more forgiveness if you do in
Photoshop it's a way easier to mask that
and you need to make sure that you take
enough photos with the same lighting so
it's very very easy to match it it also
helps if you change your outfit or you
just like look like you're interacting
with yourself so acting as if you're an
individual character in the world and
you're all hanging out together that'll
help sell the deal a little bit more but
the biggest thing is to make sure that
you take enough of yourself so you have
multiple characters and you don't
overlap yourself now that you've done
that now that you've seen what I'm
talking about let's actually dive in and
bring that into Photoshop and get
started on the actual editing process
okay so now that we actually have our
photos they're taken they're done or
whatever we're ready to actually bring
it in Photoshop so let's go ahead and do
that what we can go ahead and do now is
Click open instead of new file because
new file we would have to set parameters
like the image size or the canvas size
DPI and so forth but because we're going
to base everything off the same exact
photo aspect ratio the quality
everything like that we're going to go
ahead and press open so open find out
wherever you saved your photos in my
case I made a folder called photos and
that has all the photos that I just took
and edited in Lightroom so go ahead and
click the first photo in the sequence as
you can see trunk clone picks one is
what I named it that's the first one so
let's go ahead and click that and Bam
here we go look at me all Goofy standing
over here by this tree now what we're
gonna go ahead and do is actually go
back to file so back to file
go down to place embedded click on one
place
make sure that looks okay press the
check mark if it is and do that for
every photo you could obviously click
and drag them all in but this is just a
way to make sure that the framing is
exactly the other photos framing but all
right so now that we have all six layers
or all six photos that I took as you can
see down here in the layers panel in
Photoshop we're actually ready to turn
off all the layers except the first one
uh so go ahead click all these off you
can click the little eyeball perfect
there we go and now we're back to what
we looked like we just started with a
minute ago except we have six more
layers or five more layers that are
turned off let's go ahead and turn on
the one right above the bottom layer
click the actual layer make sure it's
highlighted like that and I'm going to
go ahead and go over here to a lasso
tool right here or alternatively you can
press L on the keyboard and I'm going to
just lasso myself out here keeping it
very close to my body so I don't affect
much of the image and let go now you can
see the little marching answer the
little dotted line surrounding me as a
character in this scene so what that
will do is tell Photoshop hey the only
thing I want to be left in the frame is
what's inside this selection so go down
here once again if your layer is not
selected make sure it is and then go
ahead and press the layer mask Button as
you can see me number two I mean number
one are now in the same frame there is
slight issues with this and I'll zoom in
to show you and you might realize this
already but if you zoom in holding alt
and scrolling up or down on your
keyboard not your keyboard your Mouse um
you can see that the lighting is you
know slightly different because this me
created a slight shadow that might not
be visible to your naked eye but when
you compare them you probably will see
it so what we can go ahead and do is
press B open our brush tool back up make
sure that your brush is as soft as it
can go so turn your hardness all the way
down and maybe we'll increase the brush
size to I don't know a little bit more
that was good so now I'm going to paint
this back in and basically just smooth
out that line that cut that I had
and kind of paint back in some of the
white things feel a little bit more
consistent a little bit more real but
you still have uh me now here unaffected
the border of my image won't really
affect me as a character and there we go
um that's a whole lot better of a mix
now we can even you know do this a
little bit more we'll increase the brush
size press X to switch from black to
white so now we're on black as you can
tell and I might add or subtract some
more of this back in to fix the lighting
and make it look a little bit more
consistent and I think that's good so
what we alternatively we do is do that
for every other photo we'll do one more
and then I'll you know we'll skip to the
end so turn on layer three now and then
we know okay there's Trent outside let's
do one that's a little bit better uh
maybe layer five sure so now we have
layer five and we know we can do the
same thing we can start the same way so
go to lasso tool I'm gonna select a
bigger selection around me so once again
go ahead after you have your selection
make sure the layer is selected and
press the layer mask tool panel now bam
there's three of me here but you can
obviously tell the lighting here is a
much different situation than the last
one and that's a good thing because this
will teach us how to fix or correct
those issues so once again Press B to
get brush tool back out see what color
you're on if you're on black like I am
that's fine for me right now I'm going
to start with that you can always add
back whatever you take away that's the
benefit of working in a non-destructive
layer mask let's erase some of these
lines here except oh no we'll come back
to that in a second so uh let's cut away
some of this
and overall it's pretty good except for
the giant missing elbow of mine on the
ground here and now this is what I mean
by organize yourself in your frame so
where you don't overlap so you don't
have to do this but in case you did this
I'm glad this happened because now I can
show you what to do in case you end up
in this type of situation so what I'm
going to do is actually press on the
bracket key to shrink down my brush tool
alternatively you can go up here and
just slide it but it's a little faster
that way and I'm going to go ahead and
zoom in holding alt and zoom and just
kind of Trace out the edge of my arm to
get started just so I know where it's
actually at because it's kind of hard to
know if you can't see it perfect now now
oh my foot's missing but it's starting
to look a little better
um and we can keep working on this right
so let's press X and erase some of this
layer do it over here with the baseboard
oh no I cut into my hand press X switch
back keep going right we'll keep uh
slowly etching this out you can do this
a lot of different ways this is just the
way that I'm showing you because it's
very very simple and easy it just takes
a little bit more time the better you're
going to photoshop the faster you'll
want to do things but they are more
complex and take a little bit more
knowledge so we're starting simple in
the future videos if you're like oh use
the pen tool you should use the pen tool
and just Trace yourself sure I know I
could have we're not doing it that way
we're doing it this way for a reason
look oh perfect beautiful now let's
paint this line out
bam beautiful there's three of me
there's actually six photos in this
sequence like one right here and a few
others I'm gonna go ahead and add those
in but you get the gist of it you get
the point so let's go ahead we're gonna
together you're gonna finish yours I'm
gonna finish mine we're going to edit
our photo in Photoshop and then export
it as a single image and it'll see it
when I'm done with this part so uh let's
cut right to that okay so I went ahead I
finished it as you can see now I did two
things one I cropped it from four by
three to sixteen by nine so I can use it
both as a thumbnail and put it in this
video you know and make it look okay but
other than that all I did was the same
thing we talked about in here as you can
see in this group every photo layer is
masked as you can see if you double
click on the layer mask you can see what
was layered out that might have been an
issue but oh well but nonetheless I'm
not saying this is the best method I'm
not saying I'm an expert at doing this
type of thing but it is you know it's a
little quirky it's fun it's a you know a
nice history rhyme post or whatever
um but nonetheless it really is that
simple go ahead take your photos you
know take them make sure you don't
overlap yourself if you do that's okay
just do what it taught you and then from
there bring it in Photoshop layer mask
each one select your person or your
character as you know its own individual
section of the layer other than that
that's it so I hope you guys enjoyed
this video if you did and if you want
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friend and as always thanks for watching
I will see you guys in the next video
let me know in the comments what you
want to see on that one too
all right see you guys later goodbye
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