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Hey Sam,

Yes I do realize the effect is different but admittedly, I did not know it was more complicated because the first picture from earlier discussions looks more professional/better. That said, as we've discussed trying to recreate blackroom from a white room doesn't really make sense so something similar on a white background is what I have to cope with but I'm pretty optimistic that I can do something similar. Here's my plan – what I'm thinking right now is to have the subject in the center...normally with no blur, and then using the magic wand outline the subject, then paste a copy of said subject to both the left and right slightly and then add transparency to give it a semi-see through look for both of the shadows while leaving the center subject untouched. Then apply a semi-cartoonish filter (not sure) to make the subject pop and give it that semi-cartoonish finish of the first image, then finally apply a glossy filter or matte filter...to bring all of that together and then have it look somewhat cool. It's a bit of a work but in my head it sounds like it could yield something tangible given the white background is what I've come to realize is best to go with. Plus, this plan seems much easier than trying to do the anaglyphs (if the plan in fact makes sense). Also I'm not going to bother adding lights and that kind of stuff that was on layer 3 of the separations you created because I'm not sure if the blurred city lights really add much value to the image, plus it just looks like a bit unnecessary. How long did it take you to crop the background so cleanly if I may ask?