This is a PHOTOSHOP tutorial for photographers and photomanipulators who want to edit their portraits and macro shots of body parts. A professional edited photo is the perfect base for any kind of artwork that may result from it. If you want to use the tips and informations provided in this tutorial you must have a basic understanding of picture editing and you should own at least Photoshop 6 or 7!!!
Skin Colour We start with simple adjustments on the over-all colour sheme of the picture to remove the colour imbalance and reddishness of the skin. 1. Create a new blank layer on top of your background layer and fill it with bright skin tone colour like you see on the right. 2. Blending Mode: SOFT LIGHT, Opacity: 30% Copy skin tone layer with Shift + J or right-click on layer >> Copy layer, Blending Mode: HUE, Opacity: 30% …. How to use it in general: 1. Select the Clone Stamp Tool from the Toolbox. 2. In the Options bar, set the tool’s tip size and hardness. 3. Point the cursor at the image area you want to paint with, hold down [Alt] key, then mouse-click. You have just selected the source point for cloning. 4. Paint with the copied pixels. 5. The “Aligned” gadget in the Options bar (checked by default) forces the source point to follow your mouse,
