PS Synthetic Phantom Effect

PS Synthetic Phantom effect

This PS tutorial introduced the special effects of the production method can be applied to any video, but the black and white color, fixed lenses and other scenes are particularly suitable for the scene, because the omission of the background processing and pixel processing problems.

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1. Create a document

This tutorial is used by the singer MV. The video screenshots are a bit similar, but very different. Select the screenshot process, the need to expand the acquisition range to the entire video, because unless it is a special shooting, otherwise want to be in a video interval to find a big difference in the screenshot, or a bit difficult.

Step 1

A dance video of a dancer in a red dress is selected for the tutorial.

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Step 2

Start Photoshop and click "File > Open" to load the video file. The Layers panel displays the video layer in the video group, and the main canvas displays the first frame.

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Step 3

If the video panel is not open, click on the "Window > Timeline" to display it. Drag the playback handle to the right to browse through all of the video frames, or click the Play button to play the entire video.

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2. Select Static Screen

Phantom Dancer special effects production is relatively simple, select the static picture of the video, the synthesis of the final picture. Using Photoshop to select a static screen from the video can be precise to each frame and is easy to use.

Step 1

In the video panel, drag the control ruler on the timeline and select the static screen as shown below.

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Step 2

Select "SELECT > All" in the main menu bar to choose the entire static screen. Then select Layer > New layer > Create by Copy (CTRL+J) to copy the static screen and create the layer. Photoshop automatically places the new layer in the video group, using the Layers panel to drag the new layer off the video group and on top of it.

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