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Horror movie style cut head effect

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Start by opening an image of a woman.

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Create selection of the head and face using polygon lasso tool.

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Press Ctrl+J to copy paste the selection in a new layer. Hide the layer. Select the original layer and clone the head and face area using clone stamp tool.

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Unhide the head n face layer. Move it as if the woman is holding her head in her hand.

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Create a drop shape using custom shape tool. Fill it with blood red color.

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Double click the layer to open layer style window. Apply layer style with the settings shown.

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Create duplicate layers and warp to distort a bit. Similarly place some blood drops below the head.

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Create an ellipse using elliptical shape tool and place over the neck. Apply same layer style as we applied for the blood drops.

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Press Q to enable quick mask. From filter menu select render>>fibers. Apply settings as shown.

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Press Q to disable quick mask. Create a new layer and fill with blood red color.

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Create a rectangular selection using rectangular marquee tool.

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Press Ctrl+Shift +I to inverse the selection and press delete. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select warp. Adjust nodes to get the shape as shown. This is to create blood stream dripping down the head.

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Reduce the opacity to 70%.

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Similarly create blood fountain coming out of the neck. The only difference is warp shape which in this case should like a fountain.

Horror Movie Style Cut Head Effect