Detailed instructions for Moose's method except as modified to start
with the original images as raw files in ACR:
Process the original raw image in ACR to look as your original but
adjust the color temperature slider to get the hair and eye color the
way you want it. Pass the competed image to PhotoShop which will be a
16 bit image. Select that image and on its layers palette duplicate the
background layer. Before closing the duplicate pop-up window rename
this layer "Cool" or something else meaningful. Adjust the image
magnification down such that you have space to show two images of this
size about 30-50% overlapped and position the image toward the right
side of the screen.
Now reprocess the original raw file in ACR again but this time adjust
the temperature slider to give the appropriate warm tone to the skin.
Don't worry about the hair, eyes or teeth. Pass the completed image to
PhotoShop and select it. Your original layers palette will disappear
for the moment to be replaced by the one from the warm image. Slide the
warm image to the far left such that it's right side is overlapping the
cool image. Press CTRL-A on a PC or whatever you press on a Mac to
"select all". The warm image should now be surrounded by "marching
ants" indicating that the entire image has been selected. Select the
"move tool" (northwest pointing arrow beside a cross), put it on the
warm image and click and hold the mouse button. While holding the mouse
button move/slide the warm image over onto the cool image. When the
move tool pointer is well onto the cool image release the mouse button
and then reselect the cool image so you can see all of it. Then use the
move tool again to accurately align the warm image directly over the
cool image. If you now look at the layers palette you will see that the
warm image has been added as its own layer above the cool image. Click
on the "eyeball" on the warm layer to turn it off and see the cool
layer underneath and to check the alignment. Click on "Layer properties"
and change the name of this layer to "warm".
Now click on the "add layer mask" icon on the bottom of the layers
palette (the one that looks like a camera) to add a layer mask on the
warm layer. Change the magnification of the image such that you can see
all of the hair. Select black paint at the bottom of the tool bar and
then select a feathered brush with a diameter about the size of the
width of the eye. Set the opacity and flow to about 40%. Make sure the
mask is selected and then start brushing the hair with black paint. The
silvery hair from the cool image will now start showing through. Keep
brushing until the warm hair layer is masked away revealing the silver
hair underneath. Reduce the size of the brush to about pupil size or
smaller and brush over the whites and pupils of the eyes in the same way.
I think Bill Barber has suggested using the "eraser" tool for something
similar but painting on a mask is better. If you make a mistake painting
on a mask you can easily undo the mistake by changing the paint to white
and brushing over the mistake.
Now to treat the wrinkles. While holding the ALT or Option key down
select Layers -> Merge Visible and release the mouse button. This is
called "stamping" and PS will merge all the visible layers into a new
top layer. Name this layer "sharp". Then duplicate this layer and name
is "Smooth". Then select Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur (or the blur
filter of your choice) and set the radius such that the blur diminishes
the wrinkles to your liking. Don't pay any mind to the fact that the
entire image is blurred. Then add a mask to the smooth layer and with
mask selected, take the paint bucket with black paint and pour it over
the mask. This will completely uncover the "sharp" layer below.
Now take the paint brush with 50-60% opacity and flow and use white
paint to start painting over the wrinkled skin areas that need
softening. If you make a mistake and start reproducing that 23 year old
bunny then switch back to black pain and undo the mistake.
Now you're done except for flattening the image, and resizing and
sharpening for a print.
Chuck Norcutt
Bob Whitmire wrote:
> That's a good 'un, Moose. I really like it. Now I have to learn how
> to do it. <g>
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bwp33.com
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>
> On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:24 AM, Moose wrote:
>
>> I'm with Chuck on this one. I dropped the warm, weird color hair
>> shot in
>> a layer on top of the original, lowered the opacity 'til I got a skin
>> color that I liked (45%) - a white person in winter, but a living one.
>> ;-) Then i made it a mask layer and painted out the hair area with a
>> softish brush with low flow.
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Whitmire/Esteemed.htm>
>>
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