Mischa tutorial
1. First open your images and paste them on a blank canvas. Preferably somewhere around 500x250-600x300.
2. Make sure the pictures overlap, and using the eraser tool, erase the excess (if you have questions about blending, comment below).
3. I like to retouch my images so I used the blur tool set on 50% and blurred only her skin.
4. Then, using the lasso tool, select her eyes and sharpen them, but don't deselect yet. Duplicate the layer and set it to overlay 100%.
Do the same thing with her lips, but set them to soft light 100%.
5. The fill layers are pretty self explanatory here :)
(They're in order according to the layer palatte, so read from the bottom to the top)
6. Now go to Layer>Adjustment Layer>Color Balance and set it to the following:
Midtones: -20, -10, +1
Shadows: -70, 0, 0
Highlights: 0, 0, 0
7. Moving on to curves :)
Layers>Adjustment Layers>Curves
Set curves to the following:
Red:
185/213 (input/output)
112/165 (input/output)
Blue:
184/184 (input/output)
8. Layers>Adjustment Layers>Levels
Set levels to the following:
RGB: 0, 1.83, 255
Red: 0, 1.00, 255
Green: 0, 1.00, 255
Blue: 0, 1.00, 255
9. Merge your blend and duplicate your base layer. Drag it to the top and desaturate it (Ctrl+Alt+U). Set it to soft light 100%
10. Use the polygonal lasso and select a box-like shape. Fill it, type some text, and you're done!*
*Used arial narrow, size 48, -75, drop shadow and outer glow :)
Comments are appreciated!
Please don't use blanks as bases.
2. Make sure the pictures overlap, and using the eraser tool, erase the excess (if you have questions about blending, comment below).
3. I like to retouch my images so I used the blur tool set on 50% and blurred only her skin.
4. Then, using the lasso tool, select her eyes and sharpen them, but don't deselect yet. Duplicate the layer and set it to overlay 100%.
Do the same thing with her lips, but set them to soft light 100%.
5. The fill layers are pretty self explanatory here :)
(They're in order according to the layer palatte, so read from the bottom to the top)
6. Now go to Layer>Adjustment Layer>Color Balance and set it to the following:
Midtones: -20, -10, +1
Shadows: -70, 0, 0
Highlights: 0, 0, 0
7. Moving on to curves :)
Layers>Adjustment Layers>Curves
Set curves to the following:
Red:
185/213 (input/output)
112/165 (input/output)
Blue:
184/184 (input/output)
8. Layers>Adjustment Layers>Levels
Set levels to the following:
RGB: 0, 1.83, 255
Red: 0, 1.00, 255
Green: 0, 1.00, 255
Blue: 0, 1.00, 255
9. Merge your blend and duplicate your base layer. Drag it to the top and desaturate it (Ctrl+Alt+U). Set it to soft light 100%
10. Use the polygonal lasso and select a box-like shape. Fill it, type some text, and you're done!*
*Used arial narrow, size 48, -75, drop shadow and outer glow :)
Comments are appreciated!
Please don't use blanks as bases.