A Work in Progress: Grandma rejuvenated



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1. First step I select filter/liquefy.

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2. I work on the sagging jowls for now.

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3. Now I’ve taken about 10 years off.

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4. I use the blur tool to smooth out the wrinkles.

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5. I change the size to cover a bigger area.

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6. Then I found this source. http://www.flickr.com/photos/24079740@N05/2560427108/

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7. I crop the young blonde source image and drag it over to the grandma image and change the opacity to view both layers.

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8. I then select the eraser tool.

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9. I erase the young blonde’s face.

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10. Then I flatten the image.

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11. Using the clone stamp tool, I fill in some of the gray hair.

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12. I realize that I’m better off selecting a section of the young blonde’s hair and select the area I want to replace to create a mask.

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13. I then drag the mask to the young blonde.

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14. Using polygonal lasso tool, I select the lips and select inverse to remove the dark shadow around the lips.

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15. I then select polygonal lasso tool.

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16. This time I select the right eye brow and adjust the contrast/brightness to darken. I repeat later with the other eyebrow.

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17. Using polygonal lasso tool to select the whole face I adjust the brightness and contrast to better match the neck.

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18. Then I adjust the color to better match.

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19. I use the burn tool to add more definition to the face.

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20. I use the dodge tool and blur tool to blend better.

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21. I decide to crop down to the face to make the main focus.

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22. So far this is my final result.

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23. To give the left eye a line over it like the right eye, I use polygonal lasso to select the live over eye with a 1 pixel feather, copy, paste and flip horizontally using free transform to match the other eye.

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24. I adjust the brightness and contrast to match the tone. Finally, after various touch-ups with liquefy, sharpen, blur, dodge and burn to get the right Depth and shadow.

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25. Finally, after various touchups with liquefy, sharpen, blur, dodge and burn to get the right Depth and shadow.

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Final result

Creation of Grandma rejuvenated: Final Result

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