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
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.
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Watch the step-by-step video
Intermediate
Change a Jacket Color with Color Range and Hue/Saturation
Show one outfit in three colors. Select the jacket with Select > Color Range, recolor it with a clipped Hue/Saturation layer and keep skin natural with a mask.
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Watch the step-by-step video
Intermediate
Turn a Day Street Photo into Night with Curves and Painted Light
Turn one daylight street photo into a warm night scene. Darken with Curves, cool with Color Balance, darken the sky with Select > Sky and paint lamps, windows and wet reflections.
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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.
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Remove a background without Photoshop
Cut the background out of a product or portrait photo in your browser and save it as a transparent PNG.
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Change an ID photo background
Turn a photo you took at home into an ID photo by replacing the background with a flat color.
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Blur a photo background online (no Photoshop)
How to keep the subject sharp and blur only the background so a portrait or product photo stands out. Works in the browser.