A Work in Progress: before and after

This guide was made for entry:
before and after
In Contest:
beauty pageant

step 1 of 13

Start image, one of my own

step 2 of 13

I used Portrait Professional to smooth the skin

step 3 of 13

I selected her neck and chest, made a selection from the red channel, used Gaussian blur to smooth the skin.

step 4 of 13

used the sponge to de-saturate the red across the nose and on the cheeks

step 5 of 13

On a separate layer set to colour, I added some lip colour and eye shadow.
I then selected the background and couch and gave it a neutral gradient.

step 6 of 13

I took the hair from an other of my own photographs

step 7 of 13

I selected the hair and copied it to the photograph I was working on.

step 8 of 13

I created a top

step 9 of 13

Added a frame

step 10 of 13

I set the new hair layer to screen to lighten the edges of the hair, I lightened the frame and added some lens flares.
Also changed the colour of the top.

step 11 of 13

Still not happy with the frame or top, I made both lighter.

step 12 of 13

still not happy with the frame, I changed it to black and white and gave it a tint.

step 13 of 13

I also added a necklace, own image.

Final result

Pxleyes

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