The program draws a perfectly straight line between the two points. You
can see how this particular shot came out:
FIGURE 15-1 It??™s fiendishly difficult to ???draw??? a straight line through the air with a flashlight
doing it the old-fashioned way.
CHAPTER 15: Create Special Effects 321
Put Your Kid in a Jar
Have you ever been impressed by the fanciful digital art in magazine ads that depict the
impossible or the far, far-fetched? I can??™t promise that you??™ll soon be able to photograph a cow
driving your car or aliens posing with your dog while it plays the piano, but let me show you
how easy it is to do something both cute and clever??”you??™ll trap your kid in an old mayonnaise
jar. Hopefully, when you see how easy it is to pull this stunt off, you??™ll want to make up a few
clever gags of your own.
This is going to be easy. You??™ll take a few pictures and combine them in layers within
Photoshop Elements, resizing them to achieve the effect we want. Do this:
1. Start by finding a nice, big jar
(when I tried this shot, I used a clear
plastic peanut butter jar, but a mayo
jar or any large, clear container is
ideal). Photograph someone peering
inquisitively into it.
2. Next, take the person who??™ll be trapped
inside the jar and pose him or her
in front of a big backdrop.
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