Expert: Kamal Krishna - 11/5/2008

Question
I want to paste a chain with locket on my own photo. But I want to paste this locket with chain transparently over my shirt as if it looks that the shirt is transparent and the chain & locket is showing from inside. So Help me or guide me to do this

Answer
Hey Das,
I'l assume that you know the basics already k.

So here you go,
1. Cut out the shirt(just the part where you want the locket to be seen) and separate it to another layer, using quick mask, lasso or any method you are comfortable. It actually doesn't have to be 'cut' and paste. 'copy and paste' would do.
2. Now you need have the 'locket' layer stacked below this new 'shirt' layer.
3.Change the blending modes or brightness contrast settings to match it with the picture.
4. Change the opacity of New shirt layer to may be 90%. So you can see the locket fairly.
5. Its pretty much done now, to enhance it further, you can mask few places here and there on the shirt.

Let me know if you find difficulty.

-Kamal Krishna