chapped lip problem

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The Data Rat
Jan 13, 2004
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Hi all,

A friend of my daughter’s took a lot of pictures of my daughter holding her snake. The pictures are great, very well composed and good lighting. However, my daughter lips appear very dry and pale. How do I add color or even make it look like she has on lips gloss?

I made a new layer and adjusted the layer for color only to darken her lips. However, no matter what color I choose, it turns an odd looking shade.

I opened a picture of her with lip gloss on and tried to duplicate the highlights but it looks more like a commercial for "got milk"? 🙂

Any and all suggestions are appreciated!!

Thanks

Suzi
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Glenn
Jan 14, 2004
Paint with a very light brush ( low opacity) and build up the effect

"The Data Rat" wrote in message
Hi all,

A friend of my daughter’s took a lot of pictures of my daughter holding
her
snake. The pictures are great, very well composed and good lighting. However, my daughter lips appear very dry and pale. How do I add color or even make it look like she has on lips gloss?

I made a new layer and adjusted the layer for color only to darken her
lips.
However, no matter what color I choose, it turns an odd looking shade.
I opened a picture of her with lip gloss on and tried to duplicate the highlights but it looks more like a commercial for "got milk"? 🙂
Any and all suggestions are appreciated!!

Thanks

Suzi

WS
Warren Sarle
Jan 15, 2004
"The Data Rat" wrote in message
A friend of my daughter’s took a lot of pictures of my daughter holding
her
snake. The pictures are great, very well composed and good lighting. However, my daughter lips appear very dry and pale. How do I add color or even make it look like she has on lips gloss?

I made a new layer and adjusted the layer for color only to darken her
lips.
However, no matter what color I choose, it turns an odd looking shade.
I opened a picture of her with lip gloss on and tried to duplicate the highlights but it looks more like a commercial for "got milk"? 🙂

First, work at at least 200% magnification.

Color: Select the lips and add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. Increase the saturation a bit. You might also want to decrease the brightness and/or tweak the hue. This should give you natural-looking lips. If you want more of a lipsticky effect, you might add a color balance layer or paint with a soft brush set to color blending mode and low opacity.

Highlights: Try the dodge tool with range set to highlights and a moderate exposure. If no effect, change range to midtones. If that’s still not glossy enough, the sharpen tool in lighten mode might help. Or a curves layer.

If you do a lot of this, you would probably enjoy the book, "Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, 2nd ed." by Katrin Eismann and Doug Nelson, 2003, ISBN: 0735713502, New Riders Publishing
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RTo2
Jan 15, 2004
You can also

1. Add new layer
2. change layer mode to color
3. Use paintbrush and select color and paint over lips.
4. dodge/burn layer by creating a new layer and setting it to overlay and fill wil 50% gray, then use white/black to lighten/darken areas

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:45:19 -0500, "The Data Rat" wrote:

Hi all,

A friend of my daughter’s took a lot of pictures of my daughter holding her snake. The pictures are great, very well composed and good lighting. However, my daughter lips appear very dry and pale. How do I add color or even make it look like she has on lips gloss?

I made a new layer and adjusted the layer for color only to darken her lips. However, no matter what color I choose, it turns an odd looking shade.
I opened a picture of her with lip gloss on and tried to duplicate the highlights but it looks more like a commercial for "got milk"? 🙂
Any and all suggestions are appreciated!!

Thanks

Suzi
S
supchaka
Jan 16, 2004
You can also invest in some chapstick. I keep one in my car door at al times for impromptu photo shoots

supchak
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