Keep painting, be sure to get some of the hair and pay attention to how the light would fall on other parts of the image... just play with it. This is the fun and creative part!
Now, we're going to tweak the face... get rid of pimples, oozing sores, lacerations, etc. Here, we have dark circles under the eye we want to reduce...
Thanks Phil. I had never thought of doing the eyes in that way. Goes to show I have soooo much to learn. I love learning something new. I found your tutorial easy to follow and have no question as to any of the steps. You did well teaching... even with the "white trash" text.
Wow! Thanks for the tutorial. The annotations are the best part. :) I haven't heard the name HyperSnap-DX in easily 5 years, I'm glad it's still around.
All that work is very much appreciated, Phil. I especially like what you did with her eyes. Btw, is she the sales gal that you posted in the sports forum? Verrrrry nice!
One minor suggestion I had would be to use a layer mask instead of erasing any pixels permanently.
Just a minor improvement to your already-cool tut.
Edited by gimmeYerglass on Sep 20, 2006 at 07:50 PM GMT
gimmeYerglass wrote:
All that work is very much appreciated, Phil. I especially like what you did with her eyes. Btw, is she the sales gal that you posted in the sports forum? Verrrrry nice!
One suggestion for anyone here who hasn't yet discovered layer masks (apologies to the rest of you guys)-- to add some versatility, instead of just erasing pixels on the one image layer to reveal parts of the underlying adjusted image, a layer mask can be added to that 'erasing' layer (by highlighting the layer and clicking the 3rd icon from the left at the bottom of the layers palette). The newly added mask icon on that layer will already be highlighted, enabling you to grab any size brush and paint directly on the mask, using black to hide pixels and white to reveal. The versatility comes from being able to bring back pixels you've 'hidden' with the mask by just repainting over black areas on the mask with white. Using an eraser, you're not able to salvage any pixels you've erased, which is permanent insofar as the number of history steps your preferences are set at or any progressive snapshots you've taken (all of which are gone once you close the file). The beauty is being able to save the layered file with all masks intact, enabling changes to be made at any future date.
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Yeah, I knew that was going to come up, but when I first started using PS I could not grasp masks, and just started using the erase tool. I know I suffer some flexibility but I've lived without it so far. Masks do have their advantages to be sure, but my old trusty erase tool works too...
Would it be easier to reproduce when you create a new layer above this one, fill it with black and change the opacity. (and if you really want you could apply a layer mask to this layer to reveal the origal image)
