I need tips on Photoshop CS?

Question

Y'see, I like to mess around with photo's - stuff like taking the body of one person and putting the head of someone else on said body, that kind of thing - the problem is, you can tell it's fake 'cause I can never get the skin colour etc to match very well.... so any tips on how to match the two skin colours etc better?

Answer 1

Check out this podcast called PixelPerfect.

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/

Answer 2

First of all, the skin color must of the head must be VERY close to the color of the body (so you can't put George Bush's head on Samuel Jackson's body). Generally, big skin color differences can't be dealt with, but I'm not a professional so I don't guarantee that. Now, if the skin color has a little difference, your best bet can be the Image > Adjustments menu. You can lighten the face, darken it etc. And lastly, if you have a good match, I'm sure your problem is that in the areas where the body meets the head, the edges are sharp. To smooth them, three tools work best: Clone Stamp tool is for drawing what the lower layer has on the upper layer. Healing Brush tool takes a sample from an area you indicate and uses the color, smartly changing it to 'cover' another area. And the Smudge Tool can be used to deal with minor details. The Brush Tool is also useful for the edges, but have in mind the following:

1) NEVER input the color on your own. Don't say "the human skin is brownish, so let's pick it up". NEVER EVER! Always use the Eyedropper tool to pick up the colors of the edges.

2)Zoom Very closely to the area you want to combine. You should not paint the whole area, just paint some pixels (yes, pixel by pixel work gives top-notch results) to match with the body/ head.

3)If you have something humorous in mind, use the brush to draw black angry eyebrows, facial hair etc.

Hope I helped!

Answer 3

Hi. check out you tube and type in somat like photoshop tutorial. there should be **** loads of them. later

Answer 4

There are HUNDEREDS of Photoshop CS Voice AND Visual walkthroughs on Youtube. Just type Photoshop CS tutorial in the search box and wo'hey, your off (: