{"id":2596,"date":"2026-02-26T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/?page_id=2596"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:41:59","slug":"mutant-zoo-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/mutant-zoo-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutant Zoo (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Use Photoshop to create a hybrid animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose your pictures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You will need at least three starting images: two animals and a background. It usually works better if the animals are in profile (side view).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are my starter images:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open all three images<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Open all three images in Photoshop. You will see a tab for each picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select and copy the main creature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Switch to the tab with the image of the main body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Contextual Task bar, choose Select subject<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The marching ants will show the selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Press cmd-c to copy the selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paste the body onto the background<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Select the background tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press cmd-v to add the selection as a new layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If necessary, resize the image by pressing cmd-T. Remember to leave enough room for the parts of the other animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select and copy the second creature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Switch to the second creature’s tab and select it the same way you selected the first one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Copy and paste the second creature onto the background image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adjust the size and position<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Press cmd-t to transform the second animal. The Contextual Task Bar will change to this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use the transform tools to size and position the part of the second animal you’re going to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hide the extra parts of the second animal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Add a mask to the layer with the second animal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Make sure the mask is selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Switch to the brush tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure your foreground color is black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Change your brush to “soft round pressure opacity.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brush over the parts of the second animal you want to hide. Don’t press too hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hide the extra parts of the first animal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Switch to the layer with the first animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add a mask to the layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the brush to hide the parts that you don’t want to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DONE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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