Retouch Challenge #10

How I Did It

Using PaintShopPro 7

Using PSP 7

I found this one extremely difficult. As a result I was constantly switching back and forth between layers trying to get it to suit me. I never did get a smile for her... but she doesn't look quite as angry.

• Duped original to use for work.

• HAIR - Using magic wand.... selected hair on left side and copied as new layer. Mirrored and rotated it into position over right side. Felt I needed more hair so I repeated. Adjusted brightness on these two layers to blend better with the right side. Erased extraneous hair. Merged layers and used smudge to blend certain areas.
• Selected girl with magic wand... copied onto new image. Used eraser to clean up some
• Adjusted saturation, lightness, and contrast.
• Found a background from files and added as new layer behind girl.. Used gaussian blur on background.
• Edges of girl looked sharp so I used the retouch>soften tool around her.
• Was still unsatisfied with color so I split channels on layer with girl. Took the red layer and copied as new layer over girl with low opacity and blend mode set on multiply. Merged these two layers.
• Using clone tool... widened mouth, narrowed bottom lip and attempted to make more of a smile. Decided she needed laugh lines so using retouch>darken made her some then softened using retouch>soften.
• Decided eyes needed widening so using lasso tool selected top lid, copied and pasted as new layer. Repositioned it a bit higher. Merged these two layers and used clone brush to correct area under new eyelid. Repeated this for second eye.
• Made new layer and with airbrush on low opacity added a bit of blush, lipstick.
• Colored the eyes a bit and added a hi-lite.

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