Hi. This is Marty from lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to transform a face into a
porcelain doll look.
Before we begin, I want to mention that his tutorial utilizes features from
Adobe's current version of Photoshop that's included in
the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan.
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description to get the discount. Open a photo of someone you'd like to use for this project.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.com. The first step is to make a selection around
your subject, so we can separate from its background. Do to this, I'll use the Quick
Selection Tool. If you're using this tool as well, the best amount for the Radius will
depend on the size and resolution of your image. Drag the tool over your subject to
select it. To make sure you selected all it, press "Q" to make the selection into a quick
mask. To revert it back into a selection, press "Q" again.
Click the Refine Edge button or go to Select and "Refine Edge".
I did an in-depth tutorial on Refine Edge, so if you'd
like to watch it, its link is below in the video's description. Check Smart Radius and
drag the Radius a little to the right. Drag your tool over the edge of your subject's
hair and release.
Make sure "Decontaminate Colors" is checked and drag the amount to approximately 80%.
Output it as a "New Layer" and click OK. Next, we'll make the eyebrows
thinner and straighter. Open your Lasso Tool and draw a selection around one of the eyebrows.
Go to the other eyebrow and press and hold Shift as you draw another selection around
that eyebrow. Press Ctrl + J on Windows or Cmd + J on a Mac to cut and copy the eyebrows
to its own layer. Let’s name the layer, “Eyebrows”. Click off the eyeball icon
next to the eyebrows to hide the layer. Click the thumbnail of the cutout subject to make
it active. Open your Patch Tool and make a selection around one of the eyebrows. Drag
the tool to an empty area of the skin like the forehead. The Patch Tool like combining the healing
brush with the lasso tool. To deselect it, press Ctrl or Cmd + D. Draw around the other
eyebrow and drag its selection to the same area of the skin. Then, deselect it.
Make the eyebrows layer visible and active. Open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T
Go to the top. middle point and when you see a vertical, double-arrow, press and
hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag the transform down approximately this much. Then,
press Enter or Return. If you see hard edges around the eyebrows, that will disappear once
we add filters later. Make the cut-out subject active and Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the
New Layer icon to make a new layer below the active layer. We'll fill the empty layer with
white, but first, if your foreground and background colors aren't black and white respectively,
press "D" on your keyboard. Since your background color is white, press Ctrl or Cmd + Delete.
Make a copy of the active layer by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Reduce the opacity of the
copy by 50%. Make the original white layer active and go to Filter and Lens Correction.
Click the Custom tab and drag the Vignette amount all the way to the left. Click OK.
We'll convert our image into a Smart Object, so we can modify it nondestructively. To to
this, make the top layer active and scroll to the bottom of the Layers panel. Shift-click
on the bottom layer to make all the layers active. Click the icon at the top, right corner
and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Go to Filter, Blur and Surface Blur. I'll make the Radius and Threshold both 10 pixels, however,
depending on the size and resolution of your
image you may want to play with these amounts to approximate the surface blur in this example.
Go back to Filter and Filter Gallery. Open the "Distort" folder and click "Diffuse Glow".
I'll make the Glow amount: 2 and the Clear amount: 14, but again, feel free to play with
these amounts to approximate this example. Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click
"Hue/Saturation".
Make the Saturation: minus 50.
Next, we'll replace back the saturation in the lips.
First, we'll zoom into it. Press "z" to open your Zoom Tool and drag it over
the lips. Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker. Make the size between 5 and 10 pixels and
the Hardness: 0%. Then, press Enter or Return. Make sure the Opacity is 100%. Invert the
colors by pressing "x" on your keyboard. Now, black is your foreground color. Brush over
the lips to restore back their original saturation.To fit your image back onto your canvas, press
Ctrl or Cmd + 0. If the lips don't have lipstick on them, I'll show you how to give them a
rich, red color. First, click the Adjustment layer icon again and this time, click "Color Balance".
We want to replace the layer mask of Color Balance with the same layer mask
of Hue/Saturation. To do this, press and hold Alt or Option as you drag a copy of the Hue/saturation
layer mask over the Color Balance layer mask. If you see this message, click "Yes" to
replace the layer mask. Invert the layer mask by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + I.
Click the "Color Balance" icon.
In "Midtones", I'll make the Cyan / Red: 50 and I'll do the same in "Shadows".
Keep in mind, since every photo is different, feel free to experiment with these amounts.
To add back some color saturation to the hair, make the Hue/Saturation layer mask active
and reduce the opacity of the Brush to 50%. Then, press Enter or Return. To make your brush bigger,
press the right bracket key on your keyboard. Then, brush over the hair. Next, we'll make
the color of the eyes more vibrant. Make the Color Balance adjustment layer active and
click the Adjustment Layer icon. Click "Solid Color". Pick a darker shade of the color you
want for the eyes. Then, click OK. Change the Blend Mode to "Soft Light". Make the Layer
Mask active and invert it. Invert the foreground and background colors, so white is your foreground
color. Reduce the size of your brush and brush over the irises to reveal their color.
Next, we'll smooth out the hair. Scroll down and double-click the Smart Object layer to open
its source. Make your subject active. Click the Layer mask icon to make a layer mask next
to your subject. Make sure your foreground color is black. Make your brush smaller and
brush over the edge of the hair to remove flyaway and stray hairs. When your done, close
the tab of the Smart Object and when you see this message, click "Yes" to save the changes.
Next, we'll exaggerate the features to give it more of a doll-like look. Scroll to the
top of the Layer panel and make the top layer active. Scroll to the bottom and Shift-click
on the bottom layer to make all the layers active. Then, convert all the layers into
a Smart Object. Go to Filter and Liquify. We'll be using 2 Liquify tools: "Pucker" and
"Bloat".First, click the Bloat Tool. To size your tool, either press the right bracket
key to approximate the size shown here or slide the Size slider. Make sure your tool
is centered over one of the eyes and gently click once or twice. If you overdid the effect,
press "z" on your keyboard or click the "Restore All" button, which will undo all the Liquify
effects. Click once or twice over the other eye until it matches the size of the first
eye. Click the Pucker Tool and make it approximately this size. Center it over the nose, mouth
and chin and gently click once or twice. Make the tool a little smaller and click on your image to
make those features as small as you want. Then, click OK.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!