{"id":15483,"date":"2016-09-02T16:04:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T23:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/?p=15483"},"modified":"2017-03-05T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T22:38:18","slug":"make-2-faced-optical-illusion-effect-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/tutorials\/how-to-make-a-2-faced-optical-illusion-effect-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a 2 faced Optical Illusion effect in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first noticed this stunning effect a while back on a movie poster. Then I saw it again on the Orphan Black ads and decided it would be fun to try and make it in Photoshop, I figured it out pretty quickly and decided to turn it into a Photoshop tutorial. At first it just lookes normal, sort of, but the more you look at this picture, the more it confuses your mind. It&#8217;s an optical illusion. Enjoy this qucik and easy tutorial!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-ljO4vrs98\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Two Face Optical Illusion Effect &#8211; Photoshop Tutorial<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to show you how to create a two face effect by combining a front on photo with a profile to create this cool optical illusion.\u00a0This is a\u00a0cool effect which you might have seen in movie posters, book covers, different things like that.<\/p>\n<p>Start with a front picture and a profile picture. Take a couple of yourself, or find others. Preferably you want to have this of the same person, however, you can\u00a0use different people if you want. In this case I am using the same woman from Adobe stock. You can grab the watermarked versions for free from here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.ly\/2bTDLpg\">https:\/\/adobe.ly\/2bTDLpg<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.ly\/2c5GH4D\">https:\/\/adobe.ly\/2c5GH4D<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/design-comp-adobe-stock\">How to use Adobe Stock Tutorial here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15526\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01\" width=\"650\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01.jpg 650w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01-600x648.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial01-100x108.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are going to start with a profile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15527\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial02.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial02\" width=\"604\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial02.jpg 650w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial02-600x577.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial02-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial02-100x96.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 1.<\/h4>\n<p>Select the white area ,with the Quick Select Tool, or you\u00a0could use the Magic Wand.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15528\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial03.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial03\" width=\"72\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15529\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial04.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial04\" width=\"604\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial04.jpg 650w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial04-600x577.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial04-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial04-100x96.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 2.<\/h4>\n<p>Inverse this selection, so only the person is being selected and not the white area. Ctrl+Shift+I or Command+Shift+I on Mac.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15530\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial05.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial05\" width=\"410\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial05.jpg 597w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial05-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial05-100x154.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Step 3.<\/h4>\n<p>Copy this selection\u00a0to the new layer\u00a0by pressing\u00a0\u00a0Ctrl+J or Command +J on Mac.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15531\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial06.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial06\" width=\"236\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial06.jpg 236w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial06-100x85.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 4.<\/h4>\n<p>Grab the front on view, we&#8217;re going to\u00a0drag it into the side view image to combine the 2 images into a single document.<\/p>\n<p>With the move tool active (V) Click and hold on the front view photo.<\/p>\n<p>Drag the photo to the tab of the other image at the top.<\/p>\n<p>Still holding down your mouse button, wait for the window to pop open.<\/p>\n<p>Drag and release your image into the 2nd image. The 2 photos will now be in layers in the same document window<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15542\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07-1.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07\" width=\"650\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07-1-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial07-1-100x55.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tip: One of the things I found for the profile, it&#8217;s good to kind of have the hair up, get it out of the way, so we can see the neck and everything, and get a clear silhouette. However, from the front on picture, having some hair helps because it will frame the image a little bit and you&#8217;ll see what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Step 5.<\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to use a clipping group to merge these 2 images together. Hold\u00a0the Alt\/Option key. Move your pointer between the 2 layers. You will see a little arrow appear.\u00a0Clickand it applies the mask. The top layer is constrained to the transparence of the layer beneath.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15533\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial08.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial08\" width=\"233\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial08.jpg 233w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial08-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial08-100x98.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15534\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial09.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial09\" width=\"236\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial09.jpg 236w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial09-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial09-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15535\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial10.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial10\" width=\"604\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial10.jpg 650w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial10-600x833.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial10-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial10-100x139.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 6.<\/h4>\n<p>Now we need to\u00a0move and scale the image to fit. We want the lips and the nose to fit in there. Making sure your top layer is still the active layer:\u00a0Press Ctrl\/Command + T for free transform.<\/p>\n<p>Hold the Shift key to constrain the movement, and Alt\/Option to scale\u00a0it from the middle. (Option+Shift\u00a0\/\u00a0Alt+Shift on Windows). Drag the corner point until the size is correct.\u00a0Drag\u00a0to move it into position.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15536\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial11.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial11\" width=\"540\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial11.jpg 540w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial11-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial11-100x97.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 7.<\/h4>\n<p>You\u00a0might need to\u00a0rotate it to get it looking just right. To rotate, move you curser just outside a corner point until you see a curved arrow. Click and drag to rotate your layer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15537\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial12.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial12\" width=\"604\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial12.jpg 650w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial12-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial12-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial12-100x55.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Step 8.<\/h4>\n<p>And you can see we start to get this cool optical illusion. Now I think I want to fill the background with black<\/p>\n<p>Hit the D key to reset foreground and background colors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15539\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial14.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial14\" width=\"71\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial14.jpg 71w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial14-70x61.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 71px) 100vw, 71px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the background.<\/p>\n<p>Press\u00a0Option+Delete or Alt+Backspace on Windows to fill with the current foreground color (black).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15538\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13\" width=\"237\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13.jpg 237w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13-100x99.jpg 100w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial13-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15540\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15\" width=\"236\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15.jpg 236w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial15-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And you can see right there, there&#8217;s our cool optical illusion. You can see at the bottom,\u00a0it looks like a profile, but it also looks front on at the top, so it&#8217;s a really interesting effect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15541\" src=\"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16.jpg\" alt=\"optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16\" width=\"535\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16.jpg 535w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16-100x98.jpg 100w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/optical-illusion-photoshop-tutorial16-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much for checking out this tutorial. 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