3D Pop-out Effect

A volleyball player jumping right out of the picture to spike the ball.  He's got great hops!  This image plays with your mind because perspective makes the background look flat, even though it obviously isn't.

 

A Photoshop Instruction Summary (This one's more complicated):

 

~Make two extra copies of your background image (I'll call them "copy1" and "copy2," bottom to top).

 

~Colour the original background black (alt+delete)

 

~Add a new layer between the copies (I'll call it "frame").  Turn off the eyeball for the top layer.

 

~Select a rectangle around the area you want in the frame, i.e. the court and the player's legs.

 

~Under Edit, click Stroke to create the frame.

 

~Under Image, click Transform and Perspective.  Move the bottom corner out and the top corner in.

 

~Ctrl+click on the thumbnail of the "frame" layer and invert the selection.  Create a levels layer.

 

~Paint outside the frame black.  Drag the levels layer below "frame" and "copy1" and group "copy1" to it (ctrl+g).

 

~Turn "copy2" back on and select what you want to show outside the frame.  Create a Levels layer.

 

~Drag "copy2" back to the top and group it to the levels layer.

 

~OPTIONAL: Play around with your background.  Maybe try a gradient?