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Moonie's Lesson #17 Thursday, September 2, 2004 |
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To start off, save the girl and the background below into your system.
1. Increase them both to 16 mil colors.(shift + Ctrl + 0) 2. Take your Selection Tool and with settings: Ellipse and Feather 24, grab the girls face and copy and paste on bg as a New Layer.
3. While the girl is still a layer 2, go to your Aetherize and with settings: Blur 32, Hues 46, Colorize 55, Haze 25, Dreaminess 21, Glue Normal. Click ok. This is going to soften her. Click ok. And merge your layers.
4. Now go to your Effects...Enhance Photo...Automatic Color Balance. Settings are: Strength 29, Remove Color Cast clicked on, and Temperature 5344. Click ok.
5. Now take your Selection Tool...Color to Target with color R182 G157 B154 and settings: Shape - Left Slash, Size 11, Hardness 74, Opacity 11, Step 31, Density 50. Colorize along her cheekbone any darkened areas of the face. 6. Do the same type of colorizing to enhance color down her throat. Add some color to her lips also.
7. Now with your Selection Tool Soften and settings: Round shape, Size 5, Hardness 0, Opacity 100, Step 25, Density 100. Smooth out only her skin areas.
8. We are going to use our Aetherize on this av one more time. Settings are: Blur 110, Hues 93, Colorize 12, Haze 21, Dreaminess 5, Glue - Multiply. Click ok.
9. Now make a New Raster Layer. With Font Beautiful Caps ES, Size 26, and color R216 G206 B206, put the first initial of your name on the av. Lower your layer opacity to 50%.
10. Add another new Raster Layer. Using the same color and font Micro. Size 11, add your full name and set it down over the large initial. Lower this layer opacity down to 85%. Merge all your layers
11. When satisfied with results....add your own bit of magic...
And Voila' you are done!!!
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