I will attempt to create a cracked egg and will make something emerge out of it. This can be done in any version of Photoshop.





Step 5 : The Paths pallette has opened. You can immeditately see the Workpath. Right click it and from the drop down click Make Selection.

Step 6 : As soon as click Make Selection the Make Selection dialogue box opens. Put the Feather Radius at zero. Click ok.

Step 7 : The egg has been selected.




Step 11 : I am drawing out a selection for the 'crack'.

Step 12 : The selection with the Lasso Tool is complete. This will be the crack.



Step 15 : I was working on the Paths pallette. Now I will click on the Channels pallete.

Step 16 : The Channels pallette opens. Notice the 'egg' and 'crack' channels at the bottom.








Step 24 : Press SHIFT+F5 and the Fill dialogue box opens. Make sure 'use' is set to Foreground Color. Click ok.

Step 25 : The selection has been filled with Black.


Step 27 : Press CTRL+I. The black will be inverted and become white.
Step 28 : Press CTRL+J. This will form a new layer above Cracks 1. I have renamed it Crack fade.





Step 33 : Drag down diagonally with the Gradient Tool.

Step 34 : This is the effect you get. This is the cracked egg.

Step 35 : I will now use this photo of a tiger cub. I have cut it out from the background. The tutorial for cutting out an image from the background is here.

Step 36 : I have placed the tiger cub's photo over the egg.


Step 37 : Notice that the tiger cub's photo is on the topmost layer.

Step 38 : Now again go the Channels pallette. CTRL+ALT+Click on the 'egg' layer, then again CTRL+ALT+Click on the 'crack layer'.


Step 39 : This will make the selection re-emerge as shown above.

Step 40 : With the selection in place, click back on the Layers pallette. Double clcik on the Background which contains the photo of the egg and rename it egg. Then press CTRL+J on the keyboard.

Step 41 : Pressing CTRL + J on the Bckground Layer will make a new layer form above it. I have renamed it 'Egg Shell'.

Step 42 : Now drag the 'egg shell' layer right to the top and place it over the tiger layer.


Step 43 : This is how the image looks.

Step 44 : Click the tiger layer. Then click the Add Layer Mask button. The Layer Mask forms next to the tiger layer.

Step 46 : Now click on the Brush Tool. Make sure that the Foreground Color is set to Black.

Step 47 : Use the Brush Tool to gently wipe out the parts of the tiger falling outside the egg shell. Here I have wiped away one of its paws.

Step 48 : I have wiped away the other paw with the Brush Tool.

There you are. The tiger cub safely ensconsed in an egg. You can put anything inside the egg. It only depends on your imagination. The steps will remain the same.

Step 49 : Click onthe layer thumbnail of the tiger layer to select it.

Step 50 : Go to Layer>Layer Style>Drop Shadow.

Step 51 : In the Drop Shadow dialogue box which opens decrease the Opacity to between 40 to 50 % depending on your image.

Here is the completed picture. Have fun.