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Tutorial goal:
This tutorial shows how to create subtle enhancements to eyes and lips, and changes the hairstyle from pigtails to luscious free-flowing curls.
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step 1
Intro: This tutorial was by request. Source photo from clipart.com. Model's natural beauty meant that very little correction was needed for skin tone and texture. But that beautiful curly blonde hair screamed for freedom from those pigtails. Here's how I did it...
1. Open your Layers palette if it's not already open. Make a copy layer of the original source by dragging the background layer to the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette, then letting go.
step 2
2. Using the Patch tool, make minor corrections to eyes and skin. With Destination radio button selected, use the Patch tool to make a small selection on clear skin near the area you want to correct, drag the selection onto the "wrinkled" skin and let go. This is a little different from the way others use their patch tool.
step 3
3. Make a selection of the irises. Because it gives me Selection immediately, I used the Polygonal Lasso tool in this project, clicking often to make small segments to get the general roundness. Click Add To Selection. After both irises are selected, click Copy and Paste to make a new layer. Name it Iris Dodge. Duplicate the irises layer and
name it Iris Blend.
4. Use the Dodge tool set to Highlights and brighten the area around the pupil. For this size image, the brush size is 10, hardness 10, exposure 20%.
step 4
5. Click on the Iris Blend layer to activate it and reduce opacity to 75%.
step 5
6. Click on the Background copy layer and reduce Dodge exposure to 10%, harness to 0, and brush size to about 15. Use Dodge on the eye whites to brighten them.
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I think the last part with the hair was a mistake. No offense but I think it's WAY too poofy. The hair float way to far back in the image. Good facial enhancement but I think the hair could do with some serious work. (88 days ago)
People will learn something from this, that's what is important. 
thumbs up. (88 days ago)
great tutorial.. i enjoyed reading it.. i usualy prefer video tuts .. but realy liked this one.. A couple of weekes now u were a newbie and now u are writing tutorials and have a high level.. that's great
.. keep going (87 days ago)
Thanks, everyone! I appreciate the comments.The poofy hair is poofy on purpose. : ) In "fashion" or glamor shots, everything is exaggerated. (I hope that doesn't sound defensive; I appreciate your opinion anyway.)
I would love to do video tutorials because I, too, prefer them and love to follow along, but I don't have the equipment.
(86 days ago)
thank u so much elemare for taking care of the request it was really heplful tenkiuw (86 days ago)
very brilliant....i lyk ur tutorials....i love it (84 days ago)
Nice tut thanks - I learned a few things there (and like the hair). Could you explain why you use the patch tool the way you do? (81 days ago)
Sure, Wobbly man. First, I use the patch tool that way because that's how I taught myself to do it! I've since tried the more popular reverse way of selecting the area to be patched and then finding an area with which to patch it, but I find I have more control over color and texture that ends up in the patched area if what I am selecting is the clean patching material itself.
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