Post by Angie on Apr 18, 2007 19:08:37 GMT -5
Not just touch-ups - hair color changes and such too.
And if Ethan's so self-conscious, he can use this tutorial to make his picture perfect so he can finally show it to us!
So anyway, I was fooling around with my hair, my sunglasses, and a camera last night, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to put the pics to some actual use and make a tutorial out of them. And just for your own amusement, I'm going to do some kind of wacky things with the picture.
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Original Photo:
*Fix blemishes:
Use techniques from this tutorial to get rid of zits, dark spots, light spots, wrinkles, freckles, whatever. Try not to make it look extremely perfect/smooth, though, or it could look obviously airbrushed. Unless that's what you're going for, of course.
*Get rid of extreme nose/cheek shine and/or eye circles:
Use the eyedropper tool to select a color that is a medium shade from the skin. Create a new blank layer, and set its opacity to about 50% (you may change this later, depending on how it turns out). Using a fuzzy brush, paint over the shine or eye circles.
*Change hair color:
Create a blank layer above the photo. Fill it with a color such as red, blue, green, etc. Set it to overlay. Add a layer mask, and fill it with black. Using various fuzzy brushes, paint white on the mask in the shape of your hair so that the color only overlays on the hair. Change the opacity to suit you. You may need to have multiple layers (such as red and yellow) to achieve the desired result, and some layers may need to be set to "color" instead of "overlay". If the color you're going after contrasts with the hair's natural color too much, you may need to apply the layer mask, alpha to selection on the color layer, select the photo layer, and do a Layer > Colors > Desaturate (that's what I have to do when I color my hair blue or green).
*Lighten hair (not tested on super dark hair):
Make a layer that's shaped like your hair, like you would do if you were changing your hair color and applying the mask to the color layer. Use the eyedropper tool to pick a light color from your hair. If needed, edit this color to make it lighter. Fill the hair-shape layer with it. Set to screen, and turn down the opacity (I have mine set at 50%). It may look kind of uniform and fuzzy, so this is what to do if it does: Duplicate your picture layer, alpha to selection on the hair-shape layer, Select > Invert, and cut the selection from the duplicated layer so that only your hair is left on it. With this layer just above your photo, set it to overlay, and put the opacity at about 90%. Go to Layer > Colors > Brightness-Contrast, and turn up the contrast. If it still doesn't suit you, experiment with sharpening tools and filters. Note: you may need to lighten your eyebrows for it to be realistic. Blondes' eyebrows should be three shades darker than the hair, but I wouldn't go that far if your hair is naturally pretty dark.
*Darken hair:
Get a hair-shape layer like above. Using the eyedropper tool, grab a dark color from your hair, and make it so dark it's just a shade or two below black (I don't suggest using black, though), and fill your hair-shape layer with it. Set the layer to overlay, and lower the opacity. You might have to use a fuzzy brush and the eraser tool (set at about 25% opacity with incremental turned on) and erase some of the darker spots on the hair-shape layer. Note: you may need to darken your eyebrows for it to be realistic. Brunettes' eyebrows should be three shades lighter than the hair, but I wouldn't go that far if your hair is naturally pretty light.
*Change eye color:
Create a new blank layer. With a small slightly fuzzy brush, color over the iris with the desired color, making sure to avoid the whites (they're not pure white) and the lids/lashes. Do a slight gaussian blur. Set the layer mode to overlay and/or color, and lower the opacity. You may need to use similar techniques as those that we used on hair shading/coloring to get the darkness and tone just right.
*Add lipstick:
Use the eyedropper tool to pick a shade from your lips, and lighten or darken it to suit your needs. Using a solid (not fuzzy) brush, draw and fill in the shape of your lips on a new blank layer. Gaussian blur about 1. Set the mode to multiply or screen (depending on whether you want it lighter or darker), and lower the opacity. If you have any super dark or super light spots, use a low-opacity fuzzy eraser to fix it. If you want "lip-liner" to define the shape a bit more, duplicate the lip layer, alpha to selection, Select > Shrink by 1 pixel, and Edit > Cut.
The Barbie Doll Result:
"I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie wo-orld. . ." And that's why I don't like to alter photos of myself like that.
And if Ethan's so self-conscious, he can use this tutorial to make his picture perfect so he can finally show it to us!
So anyway, I was fooling around with my hair, my sunglasses, and a camera last night, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to put the pics to some actual use and make a tutorial out of them. And just for your own amusement, I'm going to do some kind of wacky things with the picture.
~
Original Photo:
*Fix blemishes:
Use techniques from this tutorial to get rid of zits, dark spots, light spots, wrinkles, freckles, whatever. Try not to make it look extremely perfect/smooth, though, or it could look obviously airbrushed. Unless that's what you're going for, of course.
*Get rid of extreme nose/cheek shine and/or eye circles:
Use the eyedropper tool to select a color that is a medium shade from the skin. Create a new blank layer, and set its opacity to about 50% (you may change this later, depending on how it turns out). Using a fuzzy brush, paint over the shine or eye circles.
*Change hair color:
Create a blank layer above the photo. Fill it with a color such as red, blue, green, etc. Set it to overlay. Add a layer mask, and fill it with black. Using various fuzzy brushes, paint white on the mask in the shape of your hair so that the color only overlays on the hair. Change the opacity to suit you. You may need to have multiple layers (such as red and yellow) to achieve the desired result, and some layers may need to be set to "color" instead of "overlay". If the color you're going after contrasts with the hair's natural color too much, you may need to apply the layer mask, alpha to selection on the color layer, select the photo layer, and do a Layer > Colors > Desaturate (that's what I have to do when I color my hair blue or green).
*Lighten hair (not tested on super dark hair):
Make a layer that's shaped like your hair, like you would do if you were changing your hair color and applying the mask to the color layer. Use the eyedropper tool to pick a light color from your hair. If needed, edit this color to make it lighter. Fill the hair-shape layer with it. Set to screen, and turn down the opacity (I have mine set at 50%). It may look kind of uniform and fuzzy, so this is what to do if it does: Duplicate your picture layer, alpha to selection on the hair-shape layer, Select > Invert, and cut the selection from the duplicated layer so that only your hair is left on it. With this layer just above your photo, set it to overlay, and put the opacity at about 90%. Go to Layer > Colors > Brightness-Contrast, and turn up the contrast. If it still doesn't suit you, experiment with sharpening tools and filters. Note: you may need to lighten your eyebrows for it to be realistic. Blondes' eyebrows should be three shades darker than the hair, but I wouldn't go that far if your hair is naturally pretty dark.
*Darken hair:
Get a hair-shape layer like above. Using the eyedropper tool, grab a dark color from your hair, and make it so dark it's just a shade or two below black (I don't suggest using black, though), and fill your hair-shape layer with it. Set the layer to overlay, and lower the opacity. You might have to use a fuzzy brush and the eraser tool (set at about 25% opacity with incremental turned on) and erase some of the darker spots on the hair-shape layer. Note: you may need to darken your eyebrows for it to be realistic. Brunettes' eyebrows should be three shades lighter than the hair, but I wouldn't go that far if your hair is naturally pretty light.
*Change eye color:
Create a new blank layer. With a small slightly fuzzy brush, color over the iris with the desired color, making sure to avoid the whites (they're not pure white) and the lids/lashes. Do a slight gaussian blur. Set the layer mode to overlay and/or color, and lower the opacity. You may need to use similar techniques as those that we used on hair shading/coloring to get the darkness and tone just right.
*Add lipstick:
Use the eyedropper tool to pick a shade from your lips, and lighten or darken it to suit your needs. Using a solid (not fuzzy) brush, draw and fill in the shape of your lips on a new blank layer. Gaussian blur about 1. Set the mode to multiply or screen (depending on whether you want it lighter or darker), and lower the opacity. If you have any super dark or super light spots, use a low-opacity fuzzy eraser to fix it. If you want "lip-liner" to define the shape a bit more, duplicate the lip layer, alpha to selection, Select > Shrink by 1 pixel, and Edit > Cut.
The Barbie Doll Result:
"I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie wo-orld. . ." And that's why I don't like to alter photos of myself like that.
;D