blending

[AmmocK]

oke i am goin to go over 3 techniques used to blend renders with the bg
i am goin to use this render pasted on a black bg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/step1-2.png
i am using a bigger canvas for demonstration purposes

Note: screen shotes may get resized by the forum, so click on the pictures to view full sized images

1. Select/Feather
oke 1st 1 is feathering
this is wt u do

in ur layers platte select ur render layer and right click on the thumbnail part and click on select pixels, this will select ur render

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/step2-2.png

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/renderselected.png

then go select>modify>feather
feather it depending on how big/small ur render is, since i am using a bigger canvas and my render is fairly large in size, i am goin to feather it by 30 pixels

after that go select>inverse, then go edit>clear or edit>cut
this is the outcome

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/feathered.png

u can see is fairly blended in as compared with the original 1, but there are parts that can be more blended, there are 2 ways around it, either select diff parts of the render individually and feather them on diff sizes or use this 2nd technique described below

2. Erasing
well it gives u the same effect as feathering but personally i like this technique more since it gives you more control as to which parts u want more blended

select ur eraser tool, use a mid sized soft brush, and set the opacity to about 25 (very Important)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/eraserop.png

then just erase over the parts u want blended in, zooming in can help if ur using a smaller canvas, this is the result of the blending i did using this technique

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/erasedcopy.png

3. Smudging
now this is rather more useful when workin with a stock instead of a render since u cannot use feathering or erasing on a stock since ur focal and bg are part of the same layer, it can be used with renders too none the less
just select the smudge tool with ur favorite smudge settings, and smudge the parts u want blended in, keep in mind to smudge in the direction of flow

heres the outcome

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd31/AmmocK/smudged.png

if u want to use smudging then use a smaller sized brush for better outcome than mine >.<

so well thats about it, i kept it fairly simple and didnt go into much details, if any thing is unclear or needs further detail lemme know
when workin with renders i recommend using the erasing technique coz its my fav 1

[zanbatsu-kun]

Nice one mate, very helpfull

[Storm]

not very helpful i could use dis in gimp but i already know all this what would be a good tut is a sig basically already made then blending tips like gradient mapping and colouriseing and stuff or just knowing how to do this stuff with yr render in a ready made sig bg and stuff you get me but this defo is the basics and easy to use so 7/10 i rate this tut dude

[bobyman101]

Its a lil helpfull i rate it a 7/10 i already new how to do this but in a diff. way which i think better