Sunday, November 30, 2008

statue details



fix heidi klum/ then make her into an alien

use the healing brush to repair all of the wrinkles and other problems with heidi

use the red eye tool to fix heidi's red eye.

use the blur tool to smooth out the rest of her skin


create an adjustment layer (levels) and adjust rgb channels separately to change the color of her skin and hair.

download the three statue pieces.

cut them from their background by using magic wand and selection tools. copy and paste them onto heidi's face and arrange them with move/transform. make the pieces fit the face.

clean up the edges of the pieces with the eraser tool.

duplicate the layers of each piece. (drag layer image into new layer button) set each duplicate to screen.

Derive selection from each piece. make a new layer at the top for a color silhouette.

Choose paintbucket and sample heidi's skin color using option key.

Fill selection set with paint (skin color)

Switch blending mode of silhouette layer to color.

Select all three layers by holding shift. Hit apple G for group.

Make sure your move tool is set to auto select group.

Apply a mask to the group.

Use the black to transparent gradient to fade transitions between the face and the statue pieces.

repeat with all of the statue pieces.

blur/sharpen/burn/dodge/smudge

alter the picture of the Sacre Cour in the following ways:

Dodge the wall in front of the sacre cour.

Burn the church itself.

Blur the wall in front of the sacre cour to create a depth of field effect

Sharpen the church itself to emphasize its detail

Smudge the sky and clouds into new forms.