There is also an option in Files > Scripts> Statistics in Adobe Photoshop. Using this you can add the photos to be combined. It actually automatically removes the difference between the two photos while maintaining the common part of them. This technique is also used by Travel photographers to take Crowd free photos of famous monuments or tourist locations.
Cool! I can actually levitate objects with my mind, but for those that don't have telekinetic powers, this is a good tutorial. Keep rockin' dude, you are going to crush it in 2019! Merry Christmas.
*Apparently people are telling me I accidentally cracked the same Hogwarts joke as Peter McKinnon... If Peter is down for a Harry Potter Trivia battle, I’d be down*
Awesome video! Photoshop actually has an auto alignment function, just highlight the two layers and go to edit (if i remember correctly) don`t know if it will work with the hands in each side but worth a try ✌🏻
Great call, I did actually try that first but because the photos are too different, it didn’t work for me. Might be worth trying each time but for the sake of the tutorial I figured it would be better to just try the one I knew would work for sure lol 😉
The shallow depth of field gives you a lot of soft spots to put the blend, so that's handy. Plus, while you've got the grid helping you align the X and Y of the two images during exposure, the focal range helps you keep the Z consistent. You're going to know if you've slipped too far back or forward because it'll be out of focus.
Support item, can be done in many ways, take photo #1. Remove item and its support, take photo #2. Layer #1 over #2. Delete whatever you do not want from layer #1/top. Done. No need for several hit or miss photos to later be matched together.
Cool! Any idea what you could use for a support item? Especially something that could be easy to angle the object like this? Also, how would you get the shadow?
If you want to speed up the manual part of aligning your images, Photoshop does have a trick for you. Load your 2 files as a stack. File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack. Check the box that says attempt to automatically align source images. Then mask the unwanted parts like you described.
Auto aligning is great but I didn’t have much luck when using this method, it only seemed to work about 1/3 of the time so I left it out of the video. But it could still be worth trying first 👌👍
5:36 - "Let's hop into the computer..." Like Magic School Bus? How are you gonna fit us all in the computer, Dunna? Be realistic! 😜 Great video! Something you mentioned that I want to hit a little harder is how important your lighting position was. If you have the light heavily to one side, you'll have shadows crossing the mid line, which will make it much harder to mask out the shadow created by your hand. Overhead is definitely recommended and much easier!
I am so Ms. Frizzle! Great point about the light! I even could have made sure it was centered more. In my final photo the shadow was a bit off center 🤦🏻♂️
Many, many thanks Dunna. I needed to create an ‘Altered Reality’ photo for a camera club competition and hadn’t quite grasped how to blend two photos together and use the mask and brush tool. I followed your instructions using an old camera as a subject and succeeded to get a photo that I am really pleased with. I aligned the two photos manually like you, as the the auto-align didn’t work too well for me either. I finally changed the photo to black and white, which looks great. Again many thanks for your video. 😀
The way I do this is much easier. I simply install a multitude of positively charged magnets in the item and in the table below (using different strengths to achieve different floating levels and stability). No photoshop needed and all you really have to do is drill a bunch of holes and ruin the item you are taking a photo of to insert these magnets so you can't see them in the photo. Sure you ruin thousands of dollars worth of stuff but photoshop is expensive so it's totally worth it.
I’m pretty good at photoshop and while looking at the video I was thinking in 100 ways to do it, you nail it, one of the easiest, now I want to give it a try!
Great video! I'm also a hustler when it comes to Photoshop, in that I know a few things but I somehow make it work. Thanks for being honest! I've done a number of product photos in which I made objects float using a variety of clear cubes, putty, wires hanging from rods, etc. It was a lot of post work and this is much easier, especially since I use plain backgrounds which allows for using Photoshop's auto-align without worrying about the background.
I’ve always wanted to try out the clear cubes, I used a glass once turned upside down. Haha I’ll use whatever I have to. Gaff tape is another good one to hang things with.
Great idea! One thing you could do as well is put the camera in a timelapse mode while you are taking the pictures so you dont need to worry about pressing the stutter button.
Years ago I demoed an Industrial Canon engineering documentation package, and it had a software function similar to this, you could merge several photos automatically by simply selecting a view point in a CAD like page, it would look thru the photo library, and tell you if it could do it, if not it gave instructions on what additional photos to take (add the the subject library). It then added/subtracted all the pieces, scaling, changing view points etc, whatever it needed to do to give you the image. The salesman took a dozen or so photos of the machine in our showroom, then rendered it with all the piping removed. It was incredible tech back in the early 90's, but very expensive. It was a $25,000+ package for the camera gear, computer station and software if I recall. Now you can do it by switching hands and using your phone (and your laptop) for a total of a couple grand of stuff everybody carries around with them.
Or... You can take your two photos with hand on the right side and the left side. Cut them in half from the center (for Paint users like me). Combine the two half images in one. Make some fine adjustments in some on-line editor (I use Pixlr). And you are done. :D
here's an example: scontent-sof1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51088777_2326929537341241_2589346602057465856_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ht=scontent-sof1-1.xx&oh=c3e537c21fdf03f2e752186e6a353000&oe=5CB88B60
Haha it’s very similar to this, technically I didn’t just cut them in half and combine, I used a layer and mask style, but they are very close to the same!
This is such an awesome tutorial ! I've never thought about this trick at all ! Mostly, I use fishing line and then I erased it in photoshop. But I think your method is much easier. I'll try it ! Good job man !! keep inspiring people and keep capturing moments !
I definitely tried fishing line! It was quicker in the editing phase but took a lot more effort and time in the setup phase. And I also found it limiting in the way that I could “pose” the object. Like how I had my camera tilted to the side and slightly forward. And also the fishing line didn’t work so well with anything that didn’t have somewhere to hook it through like a lens or a baseball. Definitely a great way to do it, but overall kind of limited and I would argue that my experience with it was not easier.
@@alicedell8595 yes I thought so, but until I realized that it's not an easy way when it comes to some stuffs which do not have holes or something to hook up the fishing line..and also we need to put a liitle more efforts to determine the falling angle of our stuffs..so I guess,as for me,.. it's not an easy option anymore. 😁.
@@dunnadidit exactly!! When it comes to editing phase, it is indeed relatively quicker than any methods as far as I know. But like you said, I couldn't agree more..there are problems with fishing line method... especially in the setup phase. 👍
Rarely I see such quality content here on TH-cam, and you're in the team! Totally different and better from those click-bait-cringe-of-videos I come around. Happy I found a new channel to watch!
Scripts - Load files into stack - Select both layers - Auto-align layers. Or your copy method, but the auto-align works flawlessly most of the times. I've done some crazier shit with it before
Yeah I really wanted to include auto align in this video, but it only worked for me about 1/3 of the time so I left it out. But someone brought up that you can “open as layers in photoshop” which saves a few seconds, and then apparently photoshop has a feature where it will actually automatically find the differences between pictures and mask it out. Which I’m yet to dig into.
Great idea! The only thing I can think of that might make it less complex is to use some kind of hardware grip that you can grip the camera on the left side, take a shot, then grip on the right side, take a shot, etc. But would probably take more time than just holding it. Definitely going to try this out!
@@dunnadidit This would be advisable if you were doing this consistently for 100's if not 1000's of photos! I sub'd bro! Love your positive attitude and your professionalism with a friendly attitude! That makes people feel like they know you!
@Viral Virality - Yeah thats a good point, you’d end up saving time if you were repeating a lot. Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate you saying that!
Great tutorial, Dunna. I love how you were able to do it with a few simple Photoshop tools and a little ingenuity. Plus, no cutting the object out, which is a chore. Happy holidays!
I used to make photos like these, but with people in it! For that, I take a piano chair, and lay the person right on it. The first frame is the scene without someone in it, the second shot is with the person on the chair. I edit out the chair in photoshop and boom! Levitating people! I got a really nice shot of my (now ex) Girlfriend floating over an antique altar in a beautiful black dress!
That’s awesome! Those kinds of shots are all over Instagram at the moment too cause Peter McKinnon did a tutorial on it! Really sick technique and awesome looking shots!
Great idea man, I'm gonna try it out. Clever choice using manual focus. Since you said you're not very experienced in PS, I can suggest another way to match the two layers. You can set the upper layer's blending mode to 'Difference', wich will invert that layer's colors while making it transparent as well, and you can easily match both objects just by dragging that layer until they fit. At least that works for me. Anyway thanks a lot!
Oh dude that's was great eh! As soon as you switched hands I was like AHA perfect. Brilliant for a noob like me looking for good ideas. Thank you muchly.
A couple of years ago i created a series of photos of levitating fruit by using a skewer which i removed later in Photoshop. Took very little time for each fruit but i loved the result :)
@@dunnadidit This is how it looks like (creepily enough, the surface and the wall behind are very similar to yours :D ) www.dropbox.com/s/ycxt5s0h8wsq91q/2017_Catalog_056.jpg?dl=0
Nicely done! One question, instead of manually lining up the 2 layers in Photoshop could you have used Photoshop's Auto Align layers function or would that not work?
I actually tried that first but found that it got confused by the object being different and the background the same. It may have just been that one though.
But, but... you told me that the Sigma was just a BEAST of a lens and could take being repeatedly dropped on the table! The truth comes out! 😂 This is a great tutorial, and your personality and editing make it flow really well. Great stuff, and thanks for the awesome tip! 🍩👍
Very nice indeed! Now you have to review all the photos with that hashtag when they come up in Instagram 😂. Also, personally I would’ve crank up a little the aperture, to have both the lens and body of the camera on focus, but that’s just my style.
Haha totally! I hear you about the aperture. I kept it that way because when I cranked it up, the texture of the background started to show and I didn’t like it. So I had to split the difference instead of 1.4 I went with 1.7
Also, I wanted to ask if you knew how to do that with video. Idk how good you are with After Effects, but I think it would be a really good counterpoint with this “floaty image” style.
Oh man, I hope you read the fine print in the video description about me not being liable for any injury due to misplaced equipment 😉 Thanks for subscribing 😁😂
Yeah totally! I’ve tried this method too, the photoshop part is definitely quick but the setup was a lot more involved, took more time, and required separate materials. So it’s just a bit of a trade off, either more work in the start or at the end. The nice thing about being able to do both methods is that different objects work best with different methods. For example, a camera would be ok on strings cause you can use the eyelets for the strap, but a lens would be harder to tie a string around, so the hand holding works well 😁
Dude this was so sick and so much simpler than I thought it would be! Thanks for sharing your creativity online, instant sub. Everything about the video was great.
👍Well done, Dunna. “Floatos” - great term, sounds like a breakfast cereal, or over-eating symptom.😁 Glad to see the vintage Pentax again 😉. The cam deserves more than a cameo appearance, but, hey, that might make a neat Dunna Did It visual trademark - find the cam (sometimes hidden) in each vid. OK, maybe not, just a thought.😂 Shadow preservation is key, as you pointed out. Shadow could be painted in later. One image/layer could be scene w/o cam or hands. Hand shots might be easier to hold steady by resting your arm on a prop that is later masked out in PS. Replace hands with set of side clamps. Mounting cam on more elaborate tripod on the horizontal or angle (keep shadow but maintain a fixed location). Or... turn set up on its side so a wood surface is vertical and white background holds cam with a support; shoot top down. Then adjust pic orientation. Or else open cam film door and attach a clamp to it. Then grab other end of clamp from the top and hold the clamped cam above desk for pic/layer 1 with no cam scene as pic/layer 2, then mask out unwarned stuff. Happy New Year, guy! Keep up the good work.
Dang! I think you thought of everything! Someone suggested a wire apparatus to rest it on that I thought was interesting too. And yes, eventually I’ll actually get some film and use the Pentax 🤦🏻♂️ lol
Good job Dunna. It seemed like you were really passionate about getting this right. I personally would have done the pic of the background and a pic of the item then I would match it in photoshop. You are so innovative about your projects. Keep up the good work😄
the center of the lens looks very pixelated ;is this real (i.e. looking with your eyes to front of camera lens) or you just pixelated the video post productio or something like that?
Thanks so much for this video it was really helpful. However I learned a very valuable lesson in not allowing your hands to crossover on the images that you are using. I managed to do that and didn’t matter what I layer I used the brush tool for, part of my hand would become visible when I erased the other hand. I have never used photoshop before so, it took me about two hours to figure that out but I’m glad I’ve learned that lesson I’m pretty sure I’m not making it up - i’m tired so who knows. I don’t know but if anybody else has any experience with that?
Thanks! The other one that I’m interested in now that a few people have brought up is a wire stand. Like bending a coat hanger into a stand. That might be my next experiment lol
I just hold them up with one hand. It’s super easy 😉 There’s two main ways I’ve seen, 1. Take a photo of the background first, and then take a photo of the person sitting, standing, or laying on a chair or object that you can mask out after. 2. Set your shutter speed super high and have them jump. Also good to get a photo of the background just in case.
@@dunnadidit I think the first option is what this creator is using b/c the model is always lying with her dress or clothes hanging. Then just add an arbitrary shadow or how is that created?
That one will be a bit more difficult. I would either hang it from something, or stand it up off the ground on something. Then get a picture of that, and then a picture of the plain background and mask out the parts you don’t need.
You can try a different way to do that. If you take a shot of the background without the object and than later you hold the object not from the side but from the back, masking on the background layer without nothing you are able to remove your finger from the edge and also to remove the shadow of your arms. Super quick and easier. :P
I actually tried that and have done it with other objects too but trying to hold it from the back proved to be a problem! I’ve definitely had it work in other situations though and it does save one step for sure!
Mount the camera to a collapsible table. Make sure the table is on the verge of collapsing. Then place the object on the table in front of the camera. Now all you have to do is collapse the table with considerable pressure when taking the shot and PRESTO, you've taken a shot of an object suspended in space before gravity kicks in. Now you have a really cool photo of a blurry image of a floating object which may not be in sound conditional to retake the shot, making it the only one of it's kind.
Having tried both, I have to disagree. The string was easier in the editing stage(only by a small amount) but was much more difficult and limited in the setup. In the end, I was able to get this version faster and with less effort.
@@dunnadidit That's what made me pull back, to be honest. The editing stage is where I want to save most of the time in general, usually I have to take my time for a setup anyway. I still think it's cool to see how you found your own way of creating that particular effect :)
I’ve tried that actually! I used fishing line. And while the editing portion is a it easier, the setup is more difficult. You need to have the fishing line on you(which I didn’t happen to own before) You need something to hang it from. Certain objects don’t have a good way to attach fishing line. Also, you’re limited in how you can position the object, I was able to tilt the camera to the side and slightly forward but with fishing line that would be hard to do. In the end, the fishing line method actually took longer, was more difficult, and required extra materials. It did save a bit of time in the edit but overall it was definitely the more trouble out of the methods. Every different method seems to have its pros and cons though!
Yeah, someone brought this up the day that I uploaded the video and I felt silly haha! Definitely saves a few seconds and I’ve been using it since :) thanks for sharing!
Wow at first I thought you were using strings but this method is straight boss... I was laughing at how simple but ingenious this method is... GREAT JOB... looks like my afternoon will be consumed playing around with this technique... thanks for the great vid :)
Honestly in that range I’d go with a Sony a6000 or a Canon m50. They might be a bit more than that budget though and they are technically mirrorless not dslr
As soon as you mentioned that you take 2 photos holding in each hand, I knew where you were going with the editing. I do a night/day trick with my wristwatch photography that is very nearly what you are doing here, but I take a shot exposed normally then turn off the lights and take a dark photo with the lumed parts glowing. I used to use the brush for my layer masks, but instead have since learned a better blend by using the gradient-fill tool on the layer mask. BTW, I do it all with GIMP instead of Photoshop.
There is also an option in Files > Scripts> Statistics in Adobe Photoshop. Using this you can add the photos to be combined. It actually automatically removes the difference between the two photos while maintaining the common part of them. This technique is also used by Travel photographers to take Crowd free photos of famous monuments or tourist locations.
Woah cool! Definitely checking this out! Thanks!
Epic!!! Really good to know!!
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Cool! I can actually levitate objects with my mind, but for those that don't have telekinetic powers, this is a good tutorial. Keep rockin' dude, you are going to crush it in 2019! Merry Christmas.
Want to do a guest tutorial on my channel, teaching how to do that? That would definitely make it easier!
I would but it does not work when people are watching, lol.
Ah... that’s tough! Well I appreciate it either way 😂😉
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Do u have videos showing ur telekinetic powers?
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Sorry, the constant static electricity from video recorders interfere with it, can only do one quick shot with a camera.
*Apparently people are telling me I accidentally cracked the same Hogwarts joke as Peter McKinnon... If Peter is down for a Harry Potter Trivia battle, I’d be down*
wdym i have no idea what ur talking about xd
Yup!
So you don't just say Wingardium Leviosa? Shit, I've been doing it wrong.
That was definitely what I tried first. I even busted out my wand and everything.
@@dunnadidit Swish and Flick is the trick!
It's levi-O-sa, not levios-AAAA. ;)
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9Tech Your saying it wRoNg. iT iS LeViOsAAaAaAa
Awesome video! Photoshop actually has an auto alignment function, just highlight the two layers and go to edit (if i remember correctly) don`t know if it will work with the hands in each side but worth a try ✌🏻
Great call, I did actually try that first but because the photos are too different, it didn’t work for me. Might be worth trying each time but for the sake of the tutorial I figured it would be better to just try the one I knew would work for sure lol 😉
The shallow depth of field gives you a lot of soft spots to put the blend, so that's handy. Plus, while you've got the grid helping you align the X and Y of the two images during exposure, the focal range helps you keep the Z consistent. You're going to know if you've slipped too far back or forward because it'll be out of focus.
Absolutely!
Support item, can be done in many ways, take photo #1. Remove item and its support, take photo #2. Layer #1 over #2. Delete whatever you do not want from layer #1/top. Done. No need for several hit or miss photos to later be matched together.
Cool! Any idea what you could use for a support item? Especially something that could be easy to angle the object like this? Also, how would you get the shadow?
If you want to speed up the manual part of aligning your images, Photoshop does have a trick for you. Load your 2 files as a stack. File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack. Check the box that says attempt to automatically align source images. Then mask the unwanted parts like you described.
Auto aligning is great but I didn’t have much luck when using this method, it only seemed to work about 1/3 of the time so I left it out of the video. But it could still be worth trying first 👌👍
Or u drop that camera while taking pics in burst mode xD for some objects 1 time use only!
Haha yes... that is one method if you don’t mind disposing of whatever your objects are and most likely marking up your table like crazy haha 😂
enjoy the discussion that follows... because you took the time to encourage people to share...
I have been! It’s been awesome to see people’s take on this!
5:36 - "Let's hop into the computer..." Like Magic School Bus? How are you gonna fit us all in the computer, Dunna? Be realistic! 😜
Great video! Something you mentioned that I want to hit a little harder is how important your lighting position was. If you have the light heavily to one side, you'll have shadows crossing the mid line, which will make it much harder to mask out the shadow created by your hand. Overhead is definitely recommended and much easier!
I am so Ms. Frizzle!
Great point about the light! I even could have made sure it was centered more. In my final photo the shadow was a bit off center 🤦🏻♂️
Many, many thanks Dunna. I needed to create an ‘Altered Reality’ photo for a camera club competition and hadn’t quite grasped how to blend two photos together and use the mask and brush tool. I followed your instructions using an old camera as a subject and succeeded to get a photo that I am really pleased with. I aligned the two photos manually like you, as the the auto-align didn’t work too well for me either. I finally changed the photo to black and white, which looks great. Again many thanks for your video. 😀
Amazing! So glad that this was helpful for you!
The way I do this is much easier. I simply install a multitude of positively charged magnets in the item and in the table below (using different strengths to achieve different floating levels and stability). No photoshop needed and all you really have to do is drill a bunch of holes and ruin the item you are taking a photo of to insert these magnets so you can't see them in the photo. Sure you ruin thousands of dollars worth of stuff but photoshop is expensive so it's totally worth it.
Problem solved 👍
Brilliant. That sounds easier.
I’m pretty good at photoshop and while looking at the video I was thinking in 100 ways to do it, you nail it, one of the easiest, now I want to give it a try!
Nice! That’s great to hear!!
Great video! I'm also a hustler when it comes to Photoshop, in that I know a few things but I somehow make it work. Thanks for being honest! I've done a number of product photos in which I made objects float using a variety of clear cubes, putty, wires hanging from rods, etc. It was a lot of post work and this is much easier, especially since I use plain backgrounds which allows for using Photoshop's auto-align without worrying about the background.
I’ve always wanted to try out the clear cubes, I used a glass once turned upside down. Haha I’ll use whatever I have to. Gaff tape is another good one to hang things with.
Fantastic, so simple yet effective
Thanks dude!
Great idea! One thing you could do as well is put the camera in a timelapse mode while you are taking the pictures so you dont need to worry about pressing the stutter button.
Great idea!!
I love the honesty at the beginning. Thats so scarce today for some reason.
Subbed and Liked. Good video and concept :)
Thanks a lot Kyle! I appreciate it!
Genuinely was interested in how you were doing this! Love it
Thanks a ton dude!!
Years ago I demoed an Industrial Canon engineering documentation package, and it had a software function similar to this, you could merge several photos automatically by simply selecting a view point in a CAD like page, it would look thru the photo library, and tell you if it could do it, if not it gave instructions on what additional photos to take (add the the subject library). It then added/subtracted all the pieces, scaling, changing view points etc, whatever it needed to do to give you the image.
The salesman took a dozen or so photos of the machine in our showroom, then rendered it with all the piping removed. It was incredible tech back in the early 90's, but very expensive. It was a $25,000+ package for the camera gear, computer station and software if I recall.
Now you can do it by switching hands and using your phone (and your laptop) for a total of a couple grand of stuff everybody carries around with them.
Haha that’s awesome! Pretty incredible what we can do now!
Or... You can take your two photos with hand on the right side and the left side. Cut them in half from the center (for Paint users like me). Combine the two half images in one. Make some fine adjustments in some on-line editor (I use Pixlr). And you are done. :D
here's an example: scontent-sof1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51088777_2326929537341241_2589346602057465856_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ht=scontent-sof1-1.xx&oh=c3e537c21fdf03f2e752186e6a353000&oe=5CB88B60
Cool!
Isn't that how it's literally shown in this video?
Haha it’s very similar to this, technically I didn’t just cut them in half and combine, I used a layer and mask style, but they are very close to the same!
I thought this was going to be super complicated from the thumbnail. It is so simple. Mind blown 🤯
It’s way easier than it seems hey!? Glad you liked the video!
This is such an awesome tutorial ! I've never thought about this trick at all ! Mostly, I use fishing line and then I erased it in photoshop. But I think your method is much easier. I'll try it ! Good job man !! keep inspiring people and keep capturing moments !
Thanks so much! I’m glad you found it helpful!
Fishing line is simpler and quicker for photoshop.
I definitely tried fishing line! It was quicker in the editing phase but took a lot more effort and time in the setup phase. And I also found it limiting in the way that I could “pose” the object. Like how I had my camera tilted to the side and slightly forward. And also the fishing line didn’t work so well with anything that didn’t have somewhere to hook it through like a lens or a baseball. Definitely a great way to do it, but overall kind of limited and I would argue that my experience with it was not easier.
@@alicedell8595 yes I thought so, but until I realized that it's not an easy way when it comes to some stuffs which do not have holes or something to hook up the fishing line..and also we need to put a liitle more efforts to determine the falling angle of our stuffs..so I guess,as for me,.. it's not an easy option anymore. 😁.
@@dunnadidit exactly!! When it comes to editing phase, it is indeed relatively quicker than any methods as far as I know. But like you said, I couldn't agree more..there are problems with fishing line method... especially in the setup phase. 👍
Rarely I see such quality content here on TH-cam, and you're in the team! Totally different and better from those click-bait-cringe-of-videos I come around. Happy I found a new channel to watch!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so glad you enjoy my content!
Skip to 6:40 then you get the answer to the title in about 5 seconds
Lol hey! That’s cheating!
@@dunnadidit I like it quick :D
Haha fair enough.
@@dahahaka that's what she complained about.
My thoughts too. Lol! 'Was fun watching though.
First time watching photography videos and that was incredible.
Thanks Lia!
I'm gonna try this ! thanks for sharing :))
Have fun Doc!
Not sure I'll be trying to create a 'floato' any time soon, but I appreciate the clear, concise tutorial.
Cheers!
Scripts - Load files into stack - Select both layers - Auto-align layers. Or your copy method, but the auto-align works flawlessly most of the times. I've done some crazier shit with it before
Yeah I really wanted to include auto align in this video, but it only worked for me about 1/3 of the time so I left it out. But someone brought up that you can “open as layers in photoshop” which saves a few seconds, and then apparently photoshop has a feature where it will actually automatically find the differences between pictures and mask it out. Which I’m yet to dig into.
I never pressed subscribe so fast after seeing a vid, this is exactly why I'm addicted to photography. Well done man.
Wow thank you so much!!
I would have done this pretty much the same way you did. Nice!
Im hesitant to say great minds think alike since you’re an evil genius... but meh 🤷🏻♂️
SWEET CHRISTMAS 🎄 You sent every viewer a 🎁🎁 this holiday season. 👏🏾
Haha merry Christmas everyone!
Just did this with my stuffed turtle toy that I use when travelling.... awesome tutorial!!!!
Nice! Thanks for watching!
Great idea! The only thing I can think of that might make it less complex is to use some kind of hardware grip that you can grip the camera on the left side, take a shot, then grip on the right side, take a shot, etc. But would probably take more time than just holding it. Definitely going to try this out!
Yeah that’s a great idea! Probably a bit more work in set up, but more accurate and easier in editing!
@@dunnadidit This would be advisable if you were doing this consistently for 100's if not 1000's of photos! I sub'd bro! Love your positive attitude and your professionalism with a friendly attitude! That makes people feel like they know you!
@Viral Virality - Yeah thats a good point, you’d end up saving time if you were repeating a lot.
Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate you saying that!
Really good result. Definitely will give it a try!
Awesome! Have fun with it!
Great tutorial, Dunna. I love how you were able to do it with a few simple Photoshop tools and a little ingenuity. Plus, no cutting the object out, which is a chore. Happy holidays!
Thanks Matias! I really appreciate it! Happy holidays!
I used to make photos like these, but with people in it!
For that, I take a piano chair, and lay the person right on it. The first frame is the scene without someone in it, the second shot is with the person on the chair.
I edit out the chair in photoshop and boom! Levitating people!
I got a really nice shot of my (now ex) Girlfriend floating over an antique altar in a beautiful black dress!
That’s awesome! Those kinds of shots are all over Instagram at the moment too cause Peter McKinnon did a tutorial on it! Really sick technique and awesome looking shots!
Great idea man, I'm gonna try it out. Clever choice using manual focus. Since you said you're not very experienced in PS, I can suggest another way to match the two layers. You can set the upper layer's blending mode to 'Difference', wich will invert that layer's colors while making it transparent as well, and you can easily match both objects just by dragging that layer until they fit. At least that works for me. Anyway thanks a lot!
Nice! Thanks for the tip!!
Really cool tutorial man (applause)
Thank you so much! (Bows)
Oh dude that's was great eh! As soon as you switched hands I was like AHA perfect. Brilliant for a noob like me looking for good ideas. Thank you muchly.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
supercool floato
Thanks!
A couple of years ago i created a series of photos of levitating fruit by using a skewer which i removed later in Photoshop. Took very little time for each fruit but i loved the result :)
That’s a really cool idea!!
@@dunnadidit This is how it looks like (creepily enough, the surface and the wall behind are very similar to yours :D ) www.dropbox.com/s/ycxt5s0h8wsq91q/2017_Catalog_056.jpg?dl=0
Those are so cool!
*Do you have another way to do take Floating Photos that I didn't mention in the video?*
You can definitely do that! But In my opinion hanging stuff from ropes seems like more work than what I did 😉
Tried and true method I guess!
Love you dude, but this can't be the easiest way. I have an idea or two on how to do this with less work. "ill let you know my results.
Maybe not! Let me know what you find!
I like using string
Woahh this is pretty cool! ❤️
Love your explanation and video and how you’ve edited the whole thing!
Class content, man😤👌🏽
Thanks a ton!!
@@dunnadidit Haha anytime! :D
i'll give it a try
Have fun!
Awesome technique, man! Simply and effective. Well done! )))
Thanks a ton!
This looked pretty easy to do.
It is!
I have used this technique before in Adobe. Its really intresting. Thnk u for sharing this technique to all.
That’s great! Thanks for watching Jake!
Nicely done! One question, instead of manually lining up the 2 layers in Photoshop could you have used Photoshop's Auto Align layers function or would that not work?
I actually tried that first but found that it got confused by the object being different and the background the same. It may have just been that one though.
Dunna, this is gold! It's so good and I can't even do it, because it's like "oh that's the Dunna floating image"
Haha do it man! Just tag me and use #floatos 😁👍
But, but... you told me that the Sigma was just a BEAST of a lens and could take being repeatedly dropped on the table! The truth comes out! 😂 This is a great tutorial, and your personality and editing make it flow really well. Great stuff, and thanks for the awesome tip! 🍩👍
Haha don’t twist my words Brian!! Lol thanks man I’m glad you enjoyed it!
this was something completely new and i seriously love it ♥️♥️♥️ great job, man
Thanks so much’ I’m glad you liked it!
Very nice indeed! Now you have to review all the photos with that hashtag when they come up in Instagram 😂. Also, personally I would’ve crank up a little the aperture, to have both the lens and body of the camera on focus, but that’s just my style.
Haha totally! I hear you about the aperture. I kept it that way because when I cranked it up, the texture of the background started to show and I didn’t like it. So I had to split the difference instead of 1.4 I went with 1.7
Dunna Did It oh yea, I kinda thought about that after I commented. But at least you had a good aperture.
Also, I wanted to ask if you knew how to do that with video. Idk how good you are with After Effects, but I think it would be a really good counterpoint with this “floaty image” style.
Kind of! I’ll see if I can work out a tutorial!
Dunna Did It Awesome! Can’t wait for that one 🔥
Found your channel through Mistakes TH-camrs make. Just want to say it's helpful!
Thanks for coming over from Jeven! I’m glad you’re liking my channel!
Instructions unclear.
Tripod got stuck up my ass.
JK, actually a great guide! You gained a subscriber!
Oh man, I hope you read the fine print in the video description about me not being liable for any injury due to misplaced equipment 😉
Thanks for subscribing 😁😂
Shit happens 😁
Haha
Oh wow, I never thought of doing it this way. I only knew of the string method, but having the shadow adds a little pizzaz. Thanks!
Use fishing line, remove line with photoshop in 45sec.
Yeah totally! I’ve tried this method too, the photoshop part is definitely quick but the setup was a lot more involved, took more time, and required separate materials. So it’s just a bit of a trade off, either more work in the start or at the end. The nice thing about being able to do both methods is that different objects work best with different methods. For example, a camera would be ok on strings cause you can use the eyelets for the strap, but a lens would be harder to tie a string around, so the hand holding works well 😁
Dude this was so sick and so much simpler than I thought it would be! Thanks for sharing your creativity online, instant sub. Everything about the video was great.
Thank you so much for the kind comment and for the sub! Hope to see you in the comments on other videos too!
👍Well done, Dunna. “Floatos” - great term, sounds like a breakfast cereal, or over-eating symptom.😁 Glad to see the vintage Pentax again 😉. The cam deserves more than a cameo appearance, but, hey, that might make a neat Dunna Did It visual trademark - find the cam (sometimes hidden) in each vid. OK, maybe not, just a thought.😂 Shadow preservation is key, as you pointed out. Shadow could be painted in later. One image/layer could be scene w/o cam or hands. Hand shots might be easier to hold steady by resting your arm on a prop that is later masked out in PS. Replace hands with set of side clamps. Mounting cam on more elaborate tripod on the horizontal or angle (keep shadow but maintain a fixed location). Or... turn set up on its side so a wood surface is vertical and white background holds cam with a support; shoot top down. Then adjust pic orientation. Or else open cam film door and attach a clamp to it. Then grab other end of clamp from the top and hold the clamped cam above desk for pic/layer 1 with no cam scene as pic/layer 2, then mask out unwarned stuff. Happy New Year, guy! Keep up the good work.
Dang! I think you thought of everything! Someone suggested a wire apparatus to rest it on that I thought was interesting too. And yes, eventually I’ll actually get some film and use the Pentax 🤦🏻♂️ lol
Good job Dunna. It seemed like you were really passionate about getting this right. I personally would have done the pic of the background and a pic of the item then I would match it in photoshop. You are so innovative about your projects. Keep up the good work😄
Thanks so much Crae!
No HOGWARTS diploma required 😂😂😂
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this is actually pretty cool
So no one is going to talk about the mouse? lol 5:57
It’s the best ever! I couldn’t live without it! geni.us/dunnatrackball
So simple, so effective, so cool. Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
the center of the lens looks very pixelated ;is this real (i.e. looking with your eyes to front of camera lens) or you just pixelated the video post productio or something like that?
No that’s actually what it looks like when you look into the lens... kind of crazy right!?
Thanks so much for this video it was really helpful. However I learned a very valuable lesson in not allowing your hands to crossover on the images that you are using. I managed to do that and didn’t matter what I layer I used the brush tool for, part of my hand would become visible when I erased the other hand. I have never used photoshop before so, it took me about two hours to figure that out but I’m glad I’ve learned that lesson I’m pretty sure I’m not making it up - i’m tired so who knows. I don’t know but if anybody else has any experience with that?
Clear fishing line....
Definitely an option! I tried that one and it was easier in the edit, but harder and more limited in the setup.
Sound very cool, I will give a try to this method. Thanks
Awesome! Have fun!
I would just take a rod and connect it to the back of the object with like suction cups and edit out the shadow, less photos less work
Yeah, that could work depending on the object for sure! A little more set up work but less editing work!
This is the best floating method for sure! The hanging stuff from a wire works well but it's soo damn fiddly! Great stuff Dunna!
Thanks! The other one that I’m interested in now that a few people have brought up is a wire stand. Like bending a coat hanger into a stand. That might be my next experiment lol
Dunna Did It interesting!! Would that mess with the shadow? That’s one of the best bits about your method - the shadows look so good
I think if you had the light set up like I did, almost directly above, then it should still be good. But that’s a great point!
How would you do this with people? Ive seen some awesome IG photos of people levitating.
I just hold them up with one hand. It’s super easy 😉
There’s two main ways I’ve seen,
1. Take a photo of the background first, and then take a photo of the person sitting, standing, or laying on a chair or object that you can mask out after.
2. Set your shutter speed super high and have them jump. Also good to get a photo of the background just in case.
@@dunnadidit I think the first option is what this creator is using b/c the model is always lying with her dress or clothes hanging. Then just add an arbitrary shadow or how is that created?
Sometimes, there’s enough of a shadow left that you can use it. But other than that, you kind of have to paint one in.
Set your shutterspeed as high as you can preferably at 1600 and make your subject jump.
Yup. Nice to take a photo of the background too just in case.
Great video , definitely I’m going to try this on my photos
Can i levitate my touring bicycle?
That one will be a bit more difficult. I would either hang it from something, or stand it up off the ground on something. Then get a picture of that, and then a picture of the plain background and mask out the parts you don’t need.
Agreed!
It could work!!
I love your creativity! Thanks for subscribing!!
Thanks, man! I'm definitely going to apply this knowledge to a photo idea that I have planned out!
That’s awesome!!
Cool idea. Instantly subscribed you :)
Thanks so much for the support!
You can try a different way to do that. If you take a shot of the background without the object and than later you hold the object not from the side but from the back, masking on the background layer without nothing you are able to remove your finger from the edge and also to remove the shadow of your arms. Super quick and easier. :P
I actually tried that and have done it with other objects too but trying to hold it from the back proved to be a problem! I’ve definitely had it work in other situations though and it does save one step for sure!
Nice! But because of Christmas you should write "LET it float" (from let it snow) 😉😊
Haha that’s a bit of a stretch but I like where your head is at 😉
Wow that looks simple especially for a person like myself that never used photoshop. Great trick and thanks for sending the link!
Yeah it’s actually super easy! Thanks for watching!
You could have done that so so much easier haha!!\
OHH why why no
Green screen gloves ??
Haha 😂 I guess I gotta get on amazon and find some.
@@dunnadiditWell Yes
I understand that good enough
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Nice regards.
You're doing some great talented work man.
Thumbs up
Thank you!!
Awesome tip! I've seen the other ways of doing this, but this is super cool for product photography
Thanks!!
I don't do editing i always use telekinesis it's easier
So much easier!!
Mount the camera to a collapsible table. Make sure the table is on the verge of collapsing. Then place the object on the table in front of the camera. Now all you have to do is collapse the table with considerable pressure when taking the shot and PRESTO, you've taken a shot of an object suspended in space before gravity kicks in. Now you have a really cool photo of a blurry image of a floating object which may not be in sound conditional to retake the shot, making it the only one of it's kind.
This is what I imagine it’s like when you’re going to blow things up in movies and they only have one shot to get it right... amazing
@@dunnadidit Haha, yeah. Perhaps multiple takes and a degree in CGI would be more affordable.
Haha
This is so much more complicated than a string if you think about it
Having tried both, I have to disagree. The string was easier in the editing stage(only by a small amount) but was much more difficult and limited in the setup. In the end, I was able to get this version faster and with less effort.
@@dunnadidit That's what made me pull back, to be honest. The editing stage is where I want to save most of the time in general, usually I have to take my time for a setup anyway. I still think it's cool to see how you found your own way of creating that particular effect :)
I totally hear you, there are definitely pros and cons to every single way to do it. It’s cool to see all the creative ways people have come up with!
Thank you!!! Definitely gonna try this out!
or you can use clear string and brush it after, This method is too much of a trouble man
I’ve tried that actually! I used fishing line. And while the editing portion is a it easier, the setup is more difficult. You need to have the fishing line on you(which I didn’t happen to own before) You need something to hang it from. Certain objects don’t have a good way to attach fishing line. Also, you’re limited in how you can position the object, I was able to tilt the camera to the side and slightly forward but with fishing line that would be hard to do. In the end, the fishing line method actually took longer, was more difficult, and required extra materials. It did save a bit of time in the edit but overall it was definitely the more trouble out of the methods. Every different method seems to have its pros and cons though!
In my head that what i would as my first option but I believe you
It definitely works either way though. Maybe if you got good at doing it with fishing line and practiced a bunch, it would get quicker. 😁
I was like .... oooh he's smaaaart and smiling in front of my phone ! God Job Mr.Potter !
Hahaha 😁
Your photoshop skills are anything but bad.
Good work. Gonna try this.
Thanks a lot!!
Can never know enough tricks and tips! Thanks!
Agreed!my pleasure!
This inspired me to try so much stuff. Can’t believe I never thought of this before but u explained this so well. Ur really great at this
That’s so great to hear Matthew! I’m glad my stuff inspired you!!
Dunna Did It seriously ur gonna get huge one day and I’m so happy to be one of ur somewhat earlier subscribers don’t forget me lol
Haha thanks so much! I’m glad you got in early in too!
great video, you can highlight both photos in Lightroom and select from the menue to load them as layers in photoshop directly
Yeah, someone brought this up the day that I uploaded the video and I felt silly haha! Definitely saves a few seconds and I’ve been using it since :) thanks for sharing!
Wow at first I thought you were using strings but this method is straight boss... I was laughing at how simple but ingenious this method is... GREAT JOB... looks like my afternoon will be consumed playing around with this technique... thanks for the great vid :)
Nice! I hope you have fun with it!
Oh I'm definitely trying this. Great tutorial!
Thank you! Have fun!
So cool!!! I'll try it tonight
Have fun with it! I hope you enjoy
Honestly blew my mind when I saw these pictures, I'm gonna have to try this right now...
Nice! Have fun with it!
@@dunnadidit By the way, do you have any recommendations for a camera under $400/£300? I'm looking for a DSLR as I currently have a bridge
Honestly in that range I’d go with a Sony a6000 or a Canon m50. They might be a bit more than that budget though and they are technically mirrorless not dslr
@@dunnadidit Thanks for the help anyway man, keep up the great work, I've watched quite a bit of your videos over the past couple hours.
My pleasure! I appreciate you watching!
I really like the concept
Thanks
As soon as you mentioned that you take 2 photos holding in each hand, I knew where you were going with the editing. I do a night/day trick with my wristwatch photography that is very nearly what you are doing here, but I take a shot exposed normally then turn off the lights and take a dark photo with the lumed parts glowing. I used to use the brush for my layer masks, but instead have since learned a better blend by using the gradient-fill tool on the layer mask. BTW, I do it all with GIMP instead of Photoshop.
Cool idea! Love the creativity!
thanks, definitely going to try this out sometime
Awesome! Have fun Wayne!
I use a similar process but in snapseed for Android using the double exposure setting and brushing away to other photo. Great tutorial.
Cool! I’ve been pondering messing with this on my phone too!
@@dunnadidit do it brother. It's rather easy. Then make the tutorial, BOOM CONTENT!
Also, no need to crank down the opacity to manually align as there is an option in Photoshop to auto-align layer which do perfect job.
Unfortunately auto align didn’t work most of the time for these shots and did a lot of weird things. That’s why I left it out 😞
congrts.you got a new subscriber. the way you explained everything is stunning.
Thank you so much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it!