Lesson

Moonie's Lesson #4

Thursday, Oct 23rd, 2003

In this lesson you will need the Plugins:
Sextet and KPT 3
To start off, save the girl and the background below into your system.

1. Open up BOTH girls and increase the colors to 16 mill.
(Shift + Ctrl + 0)
2. Take girl1 and with your "Effects > Plugins > Flaming Pear > Swerve". Settings are:
warping 56 | warp size 45 | chop 0 | glue normal. Click ok.

3. Now with your Gaussian Blur apply with 1.99 radius.

4. With your KPT3 go to your Video Feedback. Settings are: Mode video feedback glue lighten only opacity 84 intensity 94 rotation -5. Click ok.

5. Again with your KPT3 go to your Vortex Tile. Settings are: Mode pinch vortex Glue difference opacity 43% vortex radius intensity 50. Click ok.

6. Go to your Automatic Contrast Enhancement. Settings are Bias lighter Strength normal Appearance-Flat. Click ok. This will lighten and you've just created your bg for your painting!

7. Now go to girl2. With your Selection Tool settings Ellipse feather 30 antialias checked capture her face as shown in portion in example.

8. Copy & paste face to your new bg. Merge layers.

9. Using Aetherize with settings blur 129 hues 54 colorize 187 hues 15 dreaminess 15 glue screen. click ok.

10. Go back to your Automactic Contrast Enhancement settings are bias neutral strength normal appearance flat. Click ok. This will bring out features in the face a bit.

11. Using your Retouch tool Color to Target with settings Size 7 hardness 74 opacity 11 step 31 density 100. Use Color R201 G200 B165 Color her eyelids.
12. Changing the same tool to size 20 -All other settings stay the same. Move across her cheek to colorize.

13. To colorize her lips use settings on the Color to Target size 5. -All other settings stay the same. Use Color R245 G196 B175 Fill in her lips.

14. Add new raster layer. Use fill color R214 G214 B206 and font Bon Jovi Size 12 Stroke off. Set your name down low on your av. Add a drop shadow with settings Vertical -1 Horizontal -1 opacity 80 blur 3.7 Color Black and click ok. Lower layer opacity to 60% and change your Layer Blend Mode to LUMINANCE.

15. Add new raster layer. With color Black font Scriptina Size 20 add your name again. Lower your layer opacity to 80%.

16. When satisfied with results.... Add your own bit of Magic ....

And Voila' you are done!!!

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