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I need help to create a black/dark gap in a curtain


Aragorn1976

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Hi!!! I am relatively new to Photoshop and I need some help to create a black gap in a curtain. I did a photomanipulation where a subject is coming out from a curtain, but the curtain has no black gaps, so it looks unnatural. Any ideas? I tried with the clone tool, but the circular shape doesn't help at all. Is there a way to create a gap/hole without using the clone tool? Or maybe I should use a different brush? Any help would be great, thanks!
 

IamSam

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One thing is true here on the forum is that a picture is worth a thousand words. Providing a sample image would make our job of helping you much much easier! Otherwise, we're only guessing at what you may need.
 

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Having no idea as to what you are actually needing, I can only guess based on your description. I won't go into any details until you respond with your images.

Here I took a set of curtains.
Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 8.25.38 AM.png

Divided them, placing each half on their own separate layers
Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 8.25.57 AM.png
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Then using Liquify, Created an opening for both sides
Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 8.26.31 AM.png

Added a background layer
Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 8.26.40 AM.png

And finally a brushed layer for shading.
Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 8.27.04 AM.png
Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 8.32.32 AM.png
 

Aragorn1976

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Thank you very much!!! I will keep that in mind for the next post. I guess you have created the layers curtain right and curtain left by using the select tool and then by selecting a rectangular area?
 

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