I didn’t do pictures for it at the time because I was at my Dad’s, but it’s easy to follow without pictures

There are unlimited ways to blend a render, this is just one of my favourites
P.S. Some methods are more suited to others depending on the piece!

Step 1: Highlighting the render
Get the basic lasso tool and carefully draw around the object, it doesn’t have to be that precise as it’s different to cropping.

Step 2: Feathering the render
Press ‘Ctrl+Alt+D’, this will bring up a feather menu, feather it 10 pixels.

Step 3: Blending the render
Now it won’t look any different yet, but if you go to the ‘layers’ window there is an icon at the bottom which looks like a small camera, hover over it and it should say “add layer mask”. Click it.

Step 4: Finishing off
The layer should now be masked and the image blended. To finish off you can blur any areas you think need it but I usually don’t need to, I always find adding line work a good finisher

Some useful tips from my compilation which are relevant!

- Lighting; you ‘can’ use curve layers but when you’re starting out it’s easier to use this method. New layer > Apply Image > Filter > Render >
Lens Flare > Select a setting > Place it on your sig and set the layer to soft light. Nice and simple.

Lighting can be a very effective method but needs time and practise.

- If you’re resizing a render or image, be sure to hold down shift whilst doing so. This will hold the proportions of the image.

- Learn what all those tools in the toolbar on the left of your screen (left as default) are, and what they do.

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