Photoshop Zone

  For this tutorial, rather than use my own photos, I decided to grab a couple of images from Adobe stock: This way you can grab them yourself and follow along.     The Surfer The Bottle The Smoke The Water Become an Adobe Stock Contributor:  10 free images from Adobe Stock  EXTRACTING GLASS AND KEEPING CONTROL OVER THE TRANSPARENCY STEP 1 Before I begin, let me proactively address a question I’ll get. “This glass is against a solid color, its easy compared to a complex background.” #1 I’m using Stock, why would you use a stock photo that has a complex background, choose a different photo. #2 if you are photographing it yourself. Why are you photographing objects with a busy background? Its so easy to set up a piece of seamless paper or even hold a sheet behind it. If you have a complex background, it’s better t reshoot or use a different image. However, if you are forced to use a complex image,  I have a different tutorial for that here.    Let’s...