Virtual Makeover / Photo Retouching

Today we are going to explore doing a virtual makeover.  In a previous assignment we took a face with scratches or pimples and retouched it to make it look a little more natural.  Today we are going to go a little further by beautifying someone.  In short, we are going to take a photo of someones face and smooth wrinkles, remove blemishes, adjust colors, brighten teeth and eyes, etc.  We can even try some "virtual makeup".  


Remember that we aren't trying to make anybody into a super model, we're simply trying to bring out their natural beauty.


You can search for "no makeup" on Google Images for some examples.  Click here to see a few:  http://tinyurl.com/3727dqn.  


Here are some celebrities [mostly] without makeup: http://www.funzug.com/index.php/celebrities/celebs-without-makeup-portraits.html


Here are some examples of Virtual Makeovers:

If you would like to follow along with a video tutorial, you can check these out:

Photoshop: Fool the Eye

Today we are going to begin the "Fool the Eye" project -- basically a project where you take multiple images and put them together in the same scene smoothly.  It's similar to the "Project Frankenstein" project except that you are creating a scene instead of a face.

Some examples of Fool the Eye projects:

 

 

Here are some components showing how this project can be done:

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