Tip of week 36 - get a tripod

Besides from having an ultra cool name it's very useful when you need to erase stuff from your chop. First take an image of your scene. Next you place your object in the scene and take the second shoot. The tripod will keep your camera in the exact same position. The light might change between your two images, but if you are shooting RAW images you can match the light later on.

Open the two images. Copy/Paste the one with the object and place it in a new layer above the image with the scene. Apply a layer mask set to hide all and paint back the parts you want to reveal. Make an object fly, merge objects or erase your own legs as in this example.