I need help to create a black/dark gap in a curtain

[Aragorn1976]

Hi!!! I am relatively new to Photoshop and I need some help to create a black gap in a curtain. I did a photomanipulation where a subject is coming out from a curtain, but the curtain has no black gaps, so it looks unnatural. Any ideas? I tried with the clone tool, but the circular shape doesn't help at all. Is there a way to create a gap/hole without using the clone tool? Or maybe I should use a different brush? Any help would be great, thanks!

 

[IamSam]

One thing is true here on the forum is that a picture is worth a thousand words. Providing a sample image would make our job of helping you much much easier! Otherwise, we're only guessing at what you may need.

 

[IamSam]

Having no idea as to what you are actually needing, I can only guess based on your description. I won't go into any details until you respond with your images.

Here I took a set of curtains.


Divided them, placing each half on their own separate layers



Then using Liquify, Created an opening for both sides


Added a background layer


And finally a brushed layer for shading.

 

[Aragorn1976]

Thank you very much!!! I will keep that in mind for the next post. I guess you have created the layers curtain right and curtain left by using the select tool and then by selecting a rectangular area?