Danielle's Tutorial

PSP 7.04

This technique works quite well on full face avs.  Many times,

 it can work wonders on a poor quality face av, such as shown here.

SAVE THE TWO AVS ABOVE.

BEGINNING WITH THE FACE AV, GO TO COLORS>>>GRAYSCALE 

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GO TO COLORS>>>ADJUST>>>BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST>>>

BRIGHTNESS =   5       CONTRAST 35

GO TO COLORS>>> INCREASE COLORS TO 16 MIL

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USING  YOUR RETOUCH TOOL>>>COLOR TO TARGET>>>

SHAPE = ROUND........SIZE = 20 .....HARDNESS = 0....

OPACITY = 5.....STEP = 24.....DENSITY = 100

FLESH COLOR NUMBERS:  R 213....G 170.....B 139

PAINT ALL FLESH AREAS USING THESE SETTINGS

FOR COLORING CHEEKS, LIPS, ETC, I USED THESE NUMBERS:

R203.....G 133....B 109

CHANGE BRUSH SIZE TO 15, AND LIGHTLY DAB SOME OF THIS

 COLOR ONTO THE CHEEKS.  DECREASE BRUSH SIZE TO 1,

AND INCREASE OPACITY TO 10, AND  COLOR LIPS.

TO BRIGHTEN WHITE OF EYES,  I USE THE AIRBRUSH TOOL,

 WITH THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS:  ROUND.....SIZE = 1 .....

HARDNESS = 0 .....OPACITY = 9......STEP = 25.....DENSITY = 100

ENLARGE AV QUITE A BIT, SO YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THE

FEW PIXELS TO LIGHTEN.  YOU CAN ALSO USE THE SAME

SETTINGS TO WHITEN TEETH A BIT.

COLOR FOR EYES:  R 104.....G 129..... B 142

USING RETOUCH TOOL, SIZE 1.....OPACITY 10.

ENLARGE AV, JUST ADD A FEW DABS TO GIVE SOME

 COLOR TO EYES

COLOR FOR HAT & DRESS:  R 222.....G 187.....B 178 (OR

WHATEVER COLOR YOU LIKE)

USE RETOUCH TOOL:  BRUSH SIZE 15  (OR WHATEVER IS

GOOD FOR YOU)  OPACITY 15, AND PAINT IN THE HAT AND

DRESS AREAS

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MAKE A DUPLICATE COPY OF THE AV YOU JUST PAINTED  (SHIFT D)

GO TO EFFECTS>>>>>>BLUR>>>>>>    GAUSSIAN BLUR >>> 3.5

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COPY AND PASTE THE CLEAR AV OVER THE BLURRED AV.  

WITH YOUR ERASER TOOL, (BRUSH SIZE 20, OPACITY 20)

LIGHTLY DAB OVER THE CHEEKS, FOREHEAD, CHIN, AND NECK.

 DO NOT GO OVER EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH,

OR IT WILL BECOME VERY BLURRED.   

GO TO LAYERS>>>MERGE>>>MERGE ALL.

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INCREASE COLOR ON BACKGROUND AV TO 16 MIL.

COPY AND PASTE BACKGROUND TO THE FACE AV.

USING ERASER TOOL:  ROUND.......SIZE 40......HARDNESS 0.......

OPACITY 55 STEP 25.....DENSITY 100,  ERASE THE FACE AREA                                         

OF AV.                                                                                                                                            

USING ERASER TOOL AGAIN, INCREASE SIZE TO 70,

DECREASE OPACITY TO 22, AND ERASE A BIT MORE. 

THIS WILL GRADUALLY BLEND BACKGROUND TO AV.

GO TO LAYERS>>>MERGE>>>>>MERGE ALL.

ADD YOUR FAVORITE FONT, AND ANY SPECIAL EFFECTS

THAT YOU MAY LIKE,  AND YOU ARE FINISHED!!