How do you create the ghost mannequin effect for clothing product photos?

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I want to photograph clothing with the "ghost mannequin" or invisible mannequin look, where the garment keeps its shape but the mannequin doesn’t show. What’s a simple step-by-step workflow for shooting and editing this effect? A brief process is fine.

user6530 · Accepted Answer

Thanks for all the feedback. Mixing and matching what other answers that were given, I got this.

Mixing it all together a bit, here is a very very quick snapshop of what I'm going to do. Please note that I did this in 5 min, didn't take out all the gear...and only did the neck part for demonstration.

STEP 1: Take a simple picture picture of your item on a mannequin:

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STEP 2: Take a picture of your t-shirt inside out on the same mannequin

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STEP 3: Mask out the neck part of the picture you took in step 1: enter image description here

STEP 4: Mask out the picture you took in step 2 and add some shadow: enter image description here

STEP 5: Put your step 4 underneath your step 3, then simply stamp or heal tool where you need to get the result:

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This is pretty time intensive editing. But it can give awesome results.

How do you create the ghost mannequin effect for clothing product photos?

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