How to Put a Face on Joker Body in Photoshop

Even before the release of "The Dark Knight," the Joker was one of the most popular of all comic book villains. His absolute insanity combined with his ingenuity to make him the perfect foil for Batman. A cool thing to do if you have a friend who is into the Joker is to take a photo of your friend and place his face on the Joker's body. You might have thought that you needed an expensive software package such as Photoshop to do this, but you can use the freeware program GIMP.

Instructions

1. Load a picture of the Joker onto your computer. There are many versions to pick from--in addition to the two movie incarnations, there are various television and comic book versions.

2. Load a copy of your friend's picture onto your computer. You can do this by inserting digital media or connecting a digital camera with the file and transferring it. You could also scan it in.

3. Open Photoshop. Select "File" and click Open." Browse to the image of the Joker you picked and open it.

4. Select "File" and click "Open." Browse to the picture of your friend and open it. Select "Edit" and "Copy."

5. Reduce the top-layer opacity to 50 percent. Select the "Scale" function under "Edit" and resize your friends face so that it is over the Joker's.

6. Select the "Polygon" selection tool and draw a selection around your friend's face. Now go to "Selection" and click "Inverse." Hit "Delete" on your keyboard.

7. Raise the opacity of the layer back to 100 percent. Select "File" and click "Save." Name your file and save it.