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PHOTOSHOP
This model was shot for amagazine cover. We needed tomake her more obviously blonde,adjust her eye colour to fit with theother cover colours, and brightenup her lips. We did this veryquickly, using the techniquesdescribed opposite
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Practise with the Pen tool much of the time it's quicker to
cut out by hand and then smudge a mask than it is to use the
Extract or Colour Range tools
ONECLICKFIX
PAINT THE HAIRDouble-click the Quick Mask icon and set it to
the selected area at 100 per cent. Choose Quick
Mask (Q), a black brush (D) and start to paint over the hair
with the brush. Use a white brush to make a hole in the
mask on the forehead (see red circle).
01 APPLY COLOUR CURVE LAYERCome out of Quick mask (Q) and you willnotice that the mask has become a selection.
Choose Window8Layers and from the bottom of the layers
palette curves. A mask will be created automatically from
the selection. Select Channel8RGB8Red.
02 CHANGE THE COLOURWith only the red channel selected, click themiddle of the curve and a point will appear.
Type 55 into Input and 39 into the Output field. Click on
Channel8Red and change to blue. Click again and enter
Input 50, Output 59, then OK.
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SELECT THE EYESGo into Quick mask (Q) and select one
eye using the Elliptical Marquee tool.
Drag to fit the eye and hit D to default the swatch
to black and white.
01 REFINE THE MASKUse Alt Delete to fill. Repeat with the other eye,then deselect the selection using Command D.
Remove excess Mask using the white brush. Press the X
key to flip the brush from black to white.
02 ADD COLOURCome out of Quick mask and, from the Layerspalette, select Hue/Saturation. Click Colorise
and set Hue to 202 and Saturation to 56 per cent. You
may want to experiment with other colours, too.
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DRAW A PATHCheck the Path and not the shape layer is
active in the top tool bar. Go to Window,
select Paths. Select the Path tool and draw a path around
the mouth. Check the path is active in the top tool bar.
01 MAKE IT A SELECTIONClick in the path and click on the first pointmade to make one sealed shape. From the
Paths palette (with the path still selected), click the Load
path as selection icon from the bottom of the palette.
02 COLOUR THE LIPSFrom the Layers palette, choose Colour Balance.Drag the magenta green slider down to -50
and the yellow blue to +10 and press OK. Try playing
around with your own settings to colour this image.
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HAIR
APPLYA COLOURCURVEHere we paint over the hair
and apply a colour curve togive our model a new look
QUICK MASKSWith the clever use of a
Quick mask we can change
the colour of the eyes, too
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EYES 2
LIPS
DRAWINGPATHSBy drawing a path around
the mouth its then a simple
step to play with the colour
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Fast facial retouchingNEW SERIES! Each issue, Chris Stocker reveals quick ways you can improve any digital image inPhotoshop. This month: faces
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nspired by my three-year-old niece and her
vivid imagination, I set out to create a
picture book for her. In this book she is the
central character, meeting magical creatures along the
way. I asked my family to pose in costumes and, using
my digital camera and a bit of Photoshop magic, I
conjured up a world of pixies, giants and wizards.Once Id decided on the theme, I started to collect
macro shots from nature. Most digital cameras have a
good close-focusing capability that enables you to fill
the frame with leaves, toadstools, butterflies and so on.
Tools of the tradeBack at home, I put together the image. A favourite
tool for this kind of project is the Free Transform tool in
Photoshop. This enables you to adjust the size of
subjects so that they fit in their new macro setting. By
shrinking your subject or making it giant size, you can
create your own, fantasy world: put wings on tinyhorses, make houses nestled in trees and have fairies
flying on leaves.
For this image, I duplicated the pixie, attached
wings, then brought the picture alive with movement
using Motion Blur settings and added masses of
autumnal-colour leaves with the Paint Brush tool.
Now its your turnThis project was great fun to create, and has become a
real family treasure. Its easy to copy the images are
on this months coverdisc. Once youve completed this
pixie image, why not develop your own, originalfantasy image using the skills and techniques that
youve learnt?
From pixels to pixiesWith Photoshop and a digital camera, Karen Spychalski shows you how to conjure up a magicalworld of dancing pixies!
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EXPERT TIP0KAREN SPYCHALSKISCLEANING TIP
DANCING PIXIES
KEY DETAILS
SKILLLEVEL
TIMETO COMPLETEMINSPERIMAGE
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PHOTOSHOP DANCING PIXIES
How to mimic Photoshop plug-ins worth 100s for free!
NEXT MONTH
Sky.psd, PixieWings.psd,Pixies.psd
FILES ONCD
[1] COLOURFUL SKYThe sky is a genuine photograph,tweaked to boost the colours.
[2] MOTIONBLURPhotoshops Blur tool enables you to add
fake motion effects to static images.
[3] PIXIE WINGSThese pixie wings are based on a
photograph of a normal leaf.
[4] A MASS OF LEAVESThe twirling leaves on the ground are
created with a Photoshop brush.
IN DETAIL
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MAGNIFIER TOOLWhen working with Layers, theMagnifier tool is a real asset.
There can be rough edges orspots not visible when working inthe regular screen mode. Theseflaws will show up when youprint your work, though. To keep
your work clean, choose the
Magnifier tool, then take a lookat every inch of your work.
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STAGE1
OPEN THE SKY.PSD FILEOpen the Sky.psd background Layer and then
the Pixies.psd. Using the Move tool, drag PixieOne onto the sky background. This is the first pixie in the
dance sequence all the other pixies will be layered on
top of Pixie One. Apply Motion Blur as below.
USE MOTION BLURYou can find the Motion Blur tool by going to
Filter8Blur8Motion Blur. Set it to 47. Drag PixieTwo onto the background and position her in front and to
the right of Pixie One. Repeat the Motion Blur technique
from step one.
02 PIXIE THREEDrag Pixie One from Pixie.psd onto thebackground and rename it Pixie Three.
Place her in front and to the right of Pixie Two. Using the
Lasso tool, select her head and right arm, Motion Blur to
95, Deselect, Lasso her extended arm and dress, set
Motion blur to 18 and Deselect.
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PIXIE FIVEDrag Pixie One onto background and rename it
Pixie Five. Position this Layer on top and to the
right of Pixie Four. Using the Lasso tool, select the full bodyand head leaving the extended arm free. Motion blur (67),
Deselect, Lasso the arm and Motion blur (32).
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PIXIE SIXApply Motion Blur to the dress (32). Use the
Blur tool to clean up any rough edges. You can
set the Blur tool to 100% and go over each Layer where
the Lasso might have left a distinctive line.
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MAKING THE MOSTOF THE MOTIONBLUR TOOLThe Motion Blur tool enables
you to make a static image
come alive with movement.
It can be used on the entire
image or just on selected
aspects of it.
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BRUSH SELECTIONPhotoshop is a wonderland of
opportunity. Its fun to explore its
various tools and brushes(available in the Tool Options bar).
Its worth spending some time
working with all the individual
brushes. Play around with different
sizes, shapes and opacity.
KAREN SPYCHALSKISBRUSHWORK
New in Photoshop 7, the Healing brush allowssmoother blending, matching the texture andtone of a correct area to the area to be fixed
There are many options when creating a dropshadow (opacity, width, position, colour). Experimentwith the choices to create the most realistic effect
ONECLICKFIXES*
04 INFOCUS THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT
Pixie Four
UNSUNG HERO
In order to get the right composition, you often
need to reposition different Layers. The Move tool
is an indispensable tool and will help you organise
your image.
CREATING MOVEMENT
By selecting separate parts of the pixie and
applying different Motion Blur settings, you
can make a static group of images come alive
with movement.
Drag Pixie Two from Pixie.psd onto background and rename it Pixie Four. Position this new Layer on top of Pixie Three.
Using the Motion Blur tool, blur the whole body (39). With the Lasso tool, select just the dress, set the Motion Blur to
92 and Deselect
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EXPLAINED0BLUR TOOLUse the Blur tool to soften roughedges or specific parts of a photo.
This tool, like most Photoshoptools, can be set to different
levels of pressure from the
Tool Options bar. Also from thesame palette as the Blur tool is
the smudge tool. This is useful
when you want to smear one
colour into another. The amount
of surface you can smudgedepends on the size and softness
of the brush.
PHOTOSHOP DANCING PIXIES
STAGE2
TAKE FLIGHTNow its time to learn how tochange an everyday leaf into
magical pixie wings.
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OPEN PIXIEWINGS.PSD
There are just a few steps to colour yourimage, and once youve mastered the
technique you can experiment with different colours of
your own. To begin colouring the wings, Invert the
image (Image8Adjustment8Invert.), then Equalize it
(Image8Adjustment8Equalize).
CHANNEL MIXER
Next, go to Image8
Adjustment8
ChannelMixer. Here you can adjust the three (red,
green, blue) different Source Channels and the three (red,
green, blue) Output Channels. Using the Mixer gives you a
wide range of colour options.
08 SET THE LEAF COLOURSSet the leaf to red (Ctrl+1). Set the slides to+200 (red), +104 (green), -154 (blue). Use the
pull-down menu to change the Output Channel to green
(Ctrl+2). Adjust the slide to -164 (red), +96 (green), -30
(blue). Change the Output Channel to blue (Ctrl+3). Adjust
slide to +30 (red), 0 (green), +100 (blue).
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DUPLICATE THE WINGSWhen youre happy with the colour, change
the opacity of leaf to 68% and drag it onto
the sky background. Use the Free Transform to sizethe wings. Duplicate this Layer until you have all the
wings you need.
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LAYER THE WINGSLayer the wings in among pixie Layers 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5. Make use of Skew, Distort, Rotate and
Flip Horizontal when youre working with individual
wings. Apply Motion Blur to some of the wings. Note: the
object here is to create a sense of movement.
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its photographers be an inspiration for you
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12 INFOCUS FINISHING TOUCHES
Blowing leaves
PAINT ANYWHERE
It doesnt take a steady hand the brush blows
leaves in a random pattern when you drag the
mouse and release. Try half circles with the
mouse and continue painting until it looks alive
with leaves.
Select the Paint Brush tool. On the Tool Options bar, pull down the brush choices. Youll see brushes in various sizes and
shapes. Choose the brush that looks like a maple leaf. Set the brush size to 45 with 100% opacity
AUTUMN COLOURS
You can pick any colour for your leaves. Weve
chosen to use an autumn palette. Choose a
dark orange colour for the foreground and a
light orange for the background colour.
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