r/photoshop • u/Cosmotoaster • 1d ago

Help! How to combine these photos to make the background one take the shape of the top one?

Hi! So I'm wanting to make a realistic version of a drawing I did of a mountain shaped like a dragon skull.

I'm just wondering if there is a tool that can do this easily? Like the content aware stuff maybe? Or if I have to do it by hand.

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u/johngpt5 60 helper points | Adobe Community Expert 1d ago

If we reverse the layer order, we can clip the mountain to the drawing layer.

We can clip any number of mountain photo scenes to the drawing layer, choosing the most appropriate parts of mountains to use.

I'm just doing the quick and easy method, reversing the layer order and clipping.

If we convert the mountain photo layer to smart, we can use the transform tools with less regard for image degradation as we use the tools.

We can clone stamp bits from other photos into clipped layers too.

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u/Cosmotoaster 1d ago

Thank you!
Although, this isn't exactly what I mean, since it's just the vauge outline of the shape, and not the other details. That's my bad for not clarifying.

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u/johngpt5 60 helper points | Adobe Community Expert 1d ago edited 1d ago

Remember that you can copy other features in or clone other features in to better match your drawing. Don't take what I've shown about clipping masks as a final product.

You should also clone parts to layers above the clipped layers so that there isn't a hard edge from the path showing.

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u/Cosmotoaster 1d ago

Good point! I've been experimenting and I'm liking it all so far. Thanks for the advice

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u/Cosmotoaster 1d ago

If I have to do it by hand somehow I will haha, just wondering if there was an easier way.

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u/ButteredFingers 1d ago

Check out puppet warp

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u/Cosmotoaster 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hmmm I've checked it out but I'm not sure if it's quite what I'm looking for, although I'll probably have to experiment more to really understand the tool.

EDIT: Okay after finding a really good guide, this does actually seem to be getting some results, although I'm still open to more options. Thank you for the suggestion!