DON’T LOSEYOURHEAD!
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‘almost’goodportraitletdownbyan
insinceresmilesotakestepstofixit.5
REFINETHEDONORSTheTransformcommands(Edit>Transform) can
helpwithalignment,butbecarefulnottodistorttheface.If after
Step3 & 4 therearevisiblejoinsandmisalignments,usetheClone
StampTool, setSample:AllLayersand50%Opacity,zoom into the
areas and replace the pixels by sampling a nearby area by clickingAlt.6
YOURFINALEDITSOnce you’rehappywithyourportrait,youcanfocus
on retouching and global edits.HereI applya Curvesadjustment
layer to darken the backgroundandusetheBrushToolona LayerMask
to remove the effect from theskin.It’sa goodideatokeepa PSDfileto
retain the layers for future edits,butalsosavea flattenedJPEGfile.December 2019 DigitalSLRPhotography 43
Face-swapping portraits