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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

Paint with a very light brush ( low opacity) and build up the effect


"The Data Rat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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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
>
>

"The Data Rat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:wgVMb.323$_H5.27@lakeread06...
>
> 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

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"
<(E-Mail Removed)> 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
>

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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