Newbie trying photo manipulations, need help!

[bobbymo]

Hi everyone, hope this doesn't sound silly but I'm totally facinated with this photo manipulation thing. I getting the hang of the basics in PS, but still have alot to learn. I've purchased cd tutorials, books, and anything else I could find. I suppose I'm not a quick learner, but when I get it, I go.
I've been experimenting with some family photos, superimposing heads on different bodies without any sucess. I've seen this done and its amazing how well, and funny it can turn out. I've tried with mask layers, cloning, but either the sizing was off or difficult, the cloning came out terrible. I know it can be done I just need some step by step instructions and diagrams. I've searched for tutorials but haven't found any helpful. Any help on this subject would be greatly appreiciated \:]

 

[Welles]

Hi bobbymo. Welcome to the forums.

Did you see the simple one by Janee?

http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/headrep/headrep.htm

Then there is a very good tutorial (nudity used in the sample) on face replacement.

http://www.homepages.ihug.com.au/~larrykin/pshop/swap_faces.html

Unfortunately the best I ever have seen was incorporated in one of the Total Training series of instructional videos for Photoshop by Deke McClelland. I rather doubt it was carried over to this newest version as that was at least six years ago but, in my opinion, the Total Training series can't be beat for learning PS... if you can afford it, of course.

 

[tfoster]

Here's a couple of links to play with:
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/headrep/headrep.htm
http://www.myjanee.com/tuts/moon/moon.htm

 

[bobbymo]

Thanks so much for your help! That's exactly what I've been looking for. Keep the responce and samples coming!