Saturday Special 8/15 Eyes Wide Shut!
Chelle here with this week’s Saturday Special!
We may have the ability to take as many pictures as we want with our digital cameras, but unfortunately we still can’t guarantee they’ll be great shots every time. During a family photo shoot, my husband blinked at just the wrong time:
Fortunately he had his eyes wide open in another shot:
Here’s one way to fix this problem:
Step one: Layer the open eyes picture on top of the closed eyes picture:
(don’t add a shadow, I did it so you could see what I’d done)
Step two: Lower the opacity of the top layer to 50%. Carefully move the top layer (open eyes) around until the eyes are in precisely the right spot–don’t worry about the rest of the picture, just the eyes.
Step three: Once the open eyes are in the right spot, change the opacity back to 100%. Then using a soft edged brush and the brush select tool, Paint in a loose mask-like selection over and around the eyes, like this:
Step four: Press Ctrl-J to copy the selection to a new layer (your top layer should now be just the eyes with a soft feathered edge. Click on the eyeball to make the open eyes pic invisible.
Step five: Flatten the image and TA DA! Eyes Wide OPEN!
You can adjust/replace smiles in a similar fashion. Here’s some inspiration from the CT:
From Krisi:
From Jeni:
So, your challenge is to “fix” a photo…eyes, smile, etc, and scrap it. Please show us your before photo, too!
And, a few housekeeping details:
There’s no double dipping. Your layout must be unique to this challenge.
Everyone who completes the challenge will get a point in the Matter of Scrap Challenge System.
You do not need to use ScrapMatters products, however, if you use something new from the ScrapMatters store (within the first seven days of a product’s release), you get an extra point.
And, I will choose my favorite layout to get one more point at the end of the challenge.
Don’t forget to upload to the Saturday Special Gallery and link back to the Saturday Special 8/15 Eyes Wide Shut thread with your layout image and link.
August 15th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Chelle, you’re a genius! Why did it never occur to me to try and do it like that?
August 20th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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August 21st, 2009 at 9:03 am
Is the brush select tool the same as the quick select tool in CS3?
August 28th, 2009 at 6:56 am
You can use the lasso tool in CS3, just be sure to feather the selection. (Didn’t know there was no brush select tool in PSCS – sorry) I don’t know ’bout the quick select tool. You are trying to make a feathered selection like a racoon mask around the eyes. Whatever tool you are comfortable with would be fine.