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Transformation and distortion
Two views over this lawyer’s shoulder. The top image shows him holding a realistic sheet of paper; in the bottom picture, he’s holding a letter that appears unnaturally stiff, as if it has been pasted onto a sheet of card. Transforming the sheet was the work of just a few seconds, yet can make all the difference when creating a realistic montage.
PHOTOMONTAGE IS ABOUT COMBINING images from a variety of sources. And unless you’re very, very lucky, you’ll need to at least change the scale of some of these images to make them fit with the rest of the picture. You may also need to distort and modify them in other ways. ...
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