This lesson we'll learn to create an illusion of voluminous space, correct the object's shape, imitate the body-art and also to create an effect of old picture.

Before:

After:

Open the photo in a new window: File - Open (Ctrl+O).



Correct next step the brightness and the contrast in the picture with Image - Adjustments - Levels (Ctrl+L).



After that you should open in a new window the picture, representing a young girl.



Mark it out, using Rectangular Marquee Tool and then copy it: Edit - Copy (Ctrl+C). Get back to the processed file and insert it on a new layer: Edit - Paste (Ctrl+V). Correct the girl's parameters with Edit - Free Transform (Ctrl+T).



Accentuate the background the girl is situated on, making use of  Polygonal Lasso Tool. Then erase it.



Get back to the background's layer and change the building's perspective, using Edit - Transform - Distort.



Stretch it out a little (the size and the highness), using Edit - Free Transform (Ctrl+T). After that, decolorize the layer with the next selection: Image - Adjustments - Desaturate (Shift+Ctrl+U).



Get to process the girl's image. Change firstly the color, with Image - Adjustments - Curves (Ctrl+M).

 


Magic Of Violin Photo Effect - Part 2
Insert - - - on a new layer, above the girl's one, a picture representing a violin without the upper part, the finger-board.



Cut it out also, changing the size and turn it around a little with Free Transform.



Get to a new window Filter - Liquefy (Shift+Ctrl+X) to apply the Turbulence Tool for bending the violin in a way to be placed along the girl's backbone.



Correct now the violin's distort level with Edit - Transform - Distort.



Now mark out and erase (Polygonal Lasso Tool) the violin's parts that are situated outside the girl's skin.



Creating a new layer with the fast button in the Layers window and grouping it with the violin's layer (Layer - Create Clipping Mask (Ctrl+G)), we dark out a little the finger-board with the Gradient Tool.



Combine both layers: Layer - Merge Down (Ctrl+E).
Change now the violin's brightness and contrast with Image - Adjustments - Levels (Ctrl+L) to make the instrument look like a picture on the girl's back. Change the colors also with Image - Adjustments - Selective Color and Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation (Ctrl+U).





Get back to the girl's layer again.
Choose Eraser Tool to delete the waist for creating the effect of having the violin instead of waist.



Increase the violin's contrast: Image - Adjustments - Brightness/Contrast.

 


Magic Of Violin Photo Effect - Part 3
Then on a new layer, above the background's layer, insert the picture of a draped textile.
If it is colored we should decolorize it firstly - Shift+Ctrl+U.



Cut out the textile (Polygonal Lasso Tool):



Make it brighter (Levels):



Create an illusion that the upper textile's part is connected with the castle.
It's possible to represent it this way with next combination: Edit - Transform - Distort.



Make it look more voluminous by extending the lower edge, with Edit - Transform - Perspective (for your convenience, it's possible to hide temporarily the visibility of the upper layers by clicking on the pictured eye near the layer).