How to use PhotoVim

Step-by-step guides for the work people actually do — removing backgrounds, erasing objects, making thumbnails.

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• Watch the step-by-step video Intermediate Text Behind and In Front of a Person: Typography Poster Tutorial

  Combine background blur, portrait curves, silver dimensional type and perspective. Use matching type layers and a painted layer mask to weave lettering behind the portrait and in front of the jacket.

  #Text #Compositing

• Watch the step-by-step video Beginner Create a Neon Movie Poster with Portrait, Rain and Text

  Build a neon movie poster from a transparent portrait and separate rain layers. Follow the video to refine the hair edge with a layer mask and add editable type.

  #Compositing #Text

• Watch the step-by-step video Beginner Composite a Travel Portrait onto a Coastal Background

  Combine a clean coastal background with a transparent portrait. Follow the placement, positioning, detail review and layered PSD save in a real editor recording.

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• Watch the step-by-step video Beginner Create a Sneaker Ad with a Product Cutout, Shadow and Dust

  Build a product ad from a transparent sneaker, a separate shadow, orange dust and blue particles. Follow the recorded workflow with the practice source files.

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• Watch the step-by-step video Beginner Create a Coastal Travel Cover with Layered Photos and Type

  Composite a coastal scene and transparent portrait, then add an editable COASTAL DAYS headline. Includes a recorded workflow, English subtitles and practice sources.

  #Compositing #Text

• Watch the step-by-step video Beginner Create a Color Echo Effect with Duplicate Layers

  Duplicate a portrait into orange, magenta and cyan echoes, then add editable type. Follow the actual editing workflow with shortcut captions.

  #Color & tone #Compositing

• Watch the step-by-step video Intermediate Double Exposure Portrait: Forest Inside a Silhouette

  Blend a transparent portrait with a forest using a clipping mask, layer masks and soft brushes. Follow the real editor recording with shortcuts and practice files.

  #Compositing #Selections & masks

• Watch the step-by-step video Intermediate Sneaker Powder Burst Ad with Shadows and Light Beams

  Build a product ad from a transparent sneaker and red and blue powder layers. Add a soft floor shadow, light beams and front particles with masks, step by step.

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• Watch the step-by-step video Beginner Ocean in a Bottle: Composite a Scene Inside Glass

  Place an island photo inside an empty glass bottle on a beach. Fit it with a mask, send it behind the glass and add a soft contact shadow.

  #Compositing #Selections & masks

• Build product detail images

  Put your product photo and copy together into the long images shops use on product pages.

  #Text #Compositing