Comments on: Product Photography: How To Achieve The Ghost Mannequin Effect

By: Winter Hats

Winter Hats — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:09:59 +0000

Such a good article and may good replies! Thanks for sharing. I like James’s suggestion just above, I should try this !

By: James

James — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:22:24 +0000

The easiest and simplest way to create a convincing Invisible mannequin effect is to shoot the garment on a mannequin as you normally would and take all the shots you normally take. Then take the garment off the mannequin and turn it inside out and put back on the same way then turn the mannequin round and take a photo of the neck and shoulders so you can see the label etc.

In Photoshop take your front shot and remove the neck, arms & legs using the magnetic lasso tool. Duplicate the layer and remove the ‘white space’ so you have a layer with just the garment on. Next copy and paste the neck and shoulder label shot under the front layer then resize to match the necklines up. Use the burn tool to add a bit of shadow and your done!

I use this technique at work and can be seen here: http://www.vanmildert.com/mens-1/t-shirts-88/diesel-mens-t-animal-262975.htm

By: Michael Lin

Michael Lin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:02:39 +0000

Hi Chuck,

Would you share your way of taking Pinwall style pictures, if those are not your business “secrets”? Your photoes look fantastic, really!

By: Chuck Goodenough

Chuck Goodenough — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:06:48 +0000

Hi gang,
We’ve been shooting and preparing Invisible Mannequin Style images for several catalogs and online stores.
We do this off-figure styling effect two ways.

1) Pinwall Styling.
Here’s a sample of the Pinwall version which requires very little photoshop work:
http://cgphoto.photoshelter.com/img-show/I0000lvN1ugqxO20
http://cgphoto.photoshelter.com/img-show/I0000s3U0a.lfHsw

2) Mannequin or model.
Here’s a sample of the mannequin or model version which does require photo manipulation later:
http://cgphoto.photoshelter.com/img-show/I0000Cg8OVcYGQyk
http://cgphoto.photoshelter.com/img-show/I0000SThYs6upF54

More samples:
http://www.chuckgoodenough.com/invisible-mannequin.html

Hope that helps!
Chuck

By: The Ghost Effect: Making Mannequins look Invisible | Mannequin Madness

The Ghost Effect: Making Mannequins look Invisible | Mannequin Madness — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:31:14 +0000

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By: Chris Brock

Chris Brock — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:09 +0000

Hi there,

I put the guide together that “Shot by the Sheriff” mentioned above. The full link to the download page is at:

http://www.chrisbrock.co.uk/blog/?p=197

Many thakns,

Chris

By: Shot by the Sheriff

Shot by the Sheriff — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:25:39 +0000

Here is a link to how to do this effect – time consuming but then you have to charge for it !

http://www.chrisbrock.co.uk/downloads/invisible_mannequin.pdf

Keith

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By: Paula Gibbon

Paula Gibbon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:43:30 +0000

Hi, at http://www.designerdesirables.com we used mannequins and EVERYONE kept saying that mannequins were terrible, I went against the flow, as I did not want suspended garments hanging in the air so eventually we moved to “real models” and we have seem a growth in sales. It is costly and hard to choose the right model but we went for different sizes to appeal to as many as possible. We still need flat shots for mags and like everyone else struggling how to do it, but love live models have a look http://tiny.cc/WWpQq

By: Jaspal Budwal

Jaspal Budwal — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:07:07 +0000

To Whom It may concern,

I would like to learn how to do create a invisible mannequin shots that allow your neck and label to be visible.

I would appreciate if you could drop me a email.

Kind Regards

Jas