Help with Stamp Tool features..

[muaddibzor]

Hey!

I have Photoshop CS3 and messing or getting to know the Stamp Tool step by step.

But what i can't do, or more likely don't know how to is how can i do it realistically. - for example, when i would like to put half of my face robot style (from Terminator's face), so that it looks reals, like you can sense depth and there's little bit skinny/bloody corners, etc..

So, guys, do you know is there any tutorial(s) specifically for that tool, or can you give some advice yourself?


Thanks for answering

edit:

for example like something like that:
http://mural.uv.es/clacla/terminator3aok.jpg

but it's very unrealistic (as i can do that myself, too) and would like to do something "further"..

[Isick]

I wouldn't use the stamp tool for that. I would place the face image in its own layer and cut out, with the lasso tool, the parts that will be kept and removed.

As for the bloody corners and torn skin the only thing I can say is that some things just need to be done by hand. There isn't always going to be a tool or filter that you can just apply to solve every problem. This is where the artsy person in all of us must show through.

[muaddibzor]

yeah, that's true.

here's an example made by me:
http://xs217.xs.to/xs217/07306/burntfacetest.jpg

i can't feel any "depth" in this, that's the problem i'm facing with

edit: i figured you can sense the depth when you thicken or grease the skin's edge, but gotta figure out which way to do it best.

[Isick]

I would also say that contrast from the skin to the metal underneath is so stark a contrast that is just doesn't look believable to the eye.