Effect; Adding/Removing Lipstick
Original Post
Program used: Photoshop 7
Involves: color layers
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 3-4
Difficulty: Super Easy
I'm starting out with an image of Namie Amuro. As you can see, her makeup here is very natural.
The first step is to choose the color for the lipstick. Now this may seem like an ugly color choice, but please trust me. Any muddy, darkish shade of red, pink, or purple will do. (The darker the color you choose, the darker the lipstick will be).
Next zoom in to the lips, and start drawing with the color you picked. Be sure to trace the lip-line as close as possible. You don't want to add the color anywhere where you normally wouldn't put lipstick (unless you are going for a special/unique look).
The next step is to change the "mode" of your layer. Here is Namie with her lipstick set to "vivid light"
I really like this, but I kind of wanted a darker red than that. So I duplicated the lipstick layer, set the bottom one to "overlay" and the top remained at "vivid light" (in this case both are 100%, but you can alter that to your linking). And this is how it turned out:
** A good tip; If when you change the mode to "vivid light" (or whatever mode you choose) and you notice the lipstick you drew on is off the edge of the lips a little, you can use the smudge tool (set to about 25-35%) to move the lipstick back onto the lips. You can also use this technique if you want to smooth out the edges. It works great in combination with the blur tool (set to 10-20%).
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Original Post
Program used: Photoshop 7
Involves: color layers
Translatable: Yes
Steps: 10+
Difficulty: Easy
I have a photo of Namie Amuro here, and she is wearing a dark pink shade of lipstick. I want to soften her look by removing it. Here is how I did that!
First use the color picking tool to find a shade of your subject's skin.
Next create a new layer, and draw onto the lips with the color you just chose. Make sure you cover any pink parts!
Next set the layer's mode to "hue". This will make the lips the same color tone as your subject's skin. And we can use this as a base for re-coloring the lips.
Next I chose a medium/light pink shade, and colored the lips in with this color.
Afterwards, I blurred the layer a few times (filter > blur > blur more). This is just to make sure the edges aren't too rough. And then I set the layer's mode to "soft light" at 70%. This makes the lips a light pink, like Namie is wearing a sheer lipgloss.
You can keep them this way if you like, but I went a little further. Next I chose a light, pinky-purple shade (this is just to add a little interest in color). And again, I traced the lips with it, and blurred when I was finished.
And I set this layer to "soft light" at 60%.
Now, to me, the lips look like they've lost some of their shine. So I duplicated the original layer, and cut the lips out. I used the polygonal lasso tool, but if you have another technique you feel comfortable with - go ahead and use it.
After deleting everything but the lips (CTRL + I to invert the selection, and the delete button on the keyboard), I selected the empty space and went to the menu "Select > Feather..." (you can also just use the shortcut CTRL + ALT + D) and chose a feathering of about 3.
I then hit delete on my keyboard a few times... and this was the result:
I then set the lips layer to "soft light", but now the lips look too orange!
This is easily fixed by desaturating the lips layer. There are several ways to do this, the easiest being going to the menu "Image > Adjustments > Desaturate" (or the shortcut SHIFT + CTRL + U). And this is how it looks now:
Much better. And now we're finished. :D
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