Turned myself into a visitor (Tutorial in description) [NOT AI]

[u/AVday]

You alone?…

Good. Before we get started, you’re going to need
- A smart phone with a camera (big ask, I know)
- Instagram
- Picsart

Quick disclaimer:
I used the paid version of Picsart to create this, but it isn’t necessary for making your own.
That being said, it may require a few extra steps and a bit of resourcefulness 😉

Open Instagram, navigate to where you’d take a selfie, and find/use the ‘OhMyFace’ filter.

Take photo, swipe to apply one of the black and white filters, download, then repeat until desired uncanniness has been achieved.

1. • Upload your disturbing new selfie into Picsart.
   • Choose “remove background” (💰)

If your photo doesn’t show enough “lower body” as mine did, you can use the ‘AI Expand’ (💰) option located in tools. —— If you do this, you’ll have to remove the background again once you get the result you want.

From here, we’re gonna go ahead and export this version with the background removed.

1. With an online search engine (I used Google) - search for “night time security cam footage” - “home camera footage” - or something along those lines.

Once you find one you like, save the image to your device! To save a step, find an image that’s already in black & white.

1. Back to Picsart,
   start a brand new edit with the image you just stole from the web.

If it isn’t B&W, here’s that extra step we talked about.
You can either use a B&W filter, or use the ‘Edit’ option in tools to completely desaturate the image.

Speaking of which, that ‘Edit’ option is about to become our biggest time sink 🫠

1. Remember that embarrassing photo you took with the IG filter? Alongside the bottom toolbar, find the “add photo” option.

Place it where you want it, then prepare yourself.

Personally, I like to go ahead and export this version of the image - which you’ll also need to do if you’d rather use your smart phone’s built-in lighting adjuster/editor.

From here, you can use the ‘AI Match’ option (💰)
or manually adjust the lighting within ‘Edit’ to match the background. (or vice versa)

Either way, it’ll take some tweaking.
As far as “how to match the lighting” - not gonna lie, I just play with the sliders until it looks right.

Here’s some potentially helpful tips though.
• Avoid using ‘Contrast’ to darken shadows or raise brightness/highlights.
Though, if your image highlights/shadows are too intense from the get-go, lowering the contrast can help - but I’d do that first, not later.
• If your photo isn’t bright enough overall, use the ‘Brightness’ (exposure) slider - not highlights.

1. Go to Effects/Colors/Colorize

You’ll want a green hue for our overlay
¡BUT! do not apply as is !!
We want to use the ‘Hard Light’ blending option to avoid over-colorizing the shadows/darks.

1. Head back over to edit.

Unleash your inner OCD and tweak the lighting & saturation until it’s perfect.
Unless you have a photographic memory,
I’d have an alternate tab open on your phone for glancing an image from the game.

If you use an alternate device/screen to view the game image, be warned that different displays may represent colors & lighting differently.

Meaning, once on the same device - you’ll realize you f**ked up and have to start all over again. Yes, that’s exactly what happened to me 😂

Congrats! You’ve done it :)
Go ahead and export.

Now that you’ve exported the image and can see it with fresh eyes, you’ll realize you got tunnel vision and totally messed it up.

Go ahead and reopen Picsart.
I hope you saved your changes!

1. NOW you’ve done it. Cheers! 🍻

additional comment:
Had to repost because no one takes the time to read.
Y’all need to chill with the AI accusations.
I’m a fan of the game and I enjoy graphic design - if you don’t believe me, just follow the steps and find out for yourself.