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[ 61 ]› › RETOUCHING MAGIClayer (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Hue Saturation). In the
Properties panel, I pulled the Saturation all the way down
to –100. Then, I created an empty new layer and painted
some funky colors, slightly overlapping each other. You can
see that colorful layer, at the bottom of the previous page.
Step Two: The next step was to apply the rainbow colors
only to the lips, so I added a black layer mask (hold down
Option [PC: Alt] when you click the Add Layer Mask icon
[circle in a square] at the bottom of the Layers panel). Once
my black mask was created, I painted the lip area of the
black mask with white to let the color show through. To get
the desired effect from this layer, I decreased the Opacity to
60% and changed
the blend mode to
Vivid Light. I also
copied the layer
mask to the Hue/
Saturation layer to
remove the black-
and-white effect from the rest of the image. To copy a layer
mask to another layer, hold the Option (PC: Alt) key, and
click-and-drag it to the layer to which you want to copy it.
Since the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer already has a
mask by default, Photoshop will ask if you want to replace
the mask. Click Yes.Step Three: The steps to complete the transformation of this
image was to add a few Curves adjustment layers (Layer>New
Adjustment Layer>Curves) to accentuate the highlights and
shadows on the lips, giving them a more three-dimensional
appearance. (Be sure to copy the lips layer mask from one of
the other layers to the Curves adjustment layers.)
Step Four: Then, as with most images that I retouch,
I added a High Pass layer with the blend mode switched
to Soft Light to sharpen the layer. I also desaturated (Shift-
Command-U [PC: Shift-Ctrl-U]) the High Pass layer so as
not to change the colors in the image. To create a High
Pass layer, create another merged copy of the image at
the top of the layer stack using the Shift-Option-Com-
mand-E (PC: Shift-Alt-Ctrl-E) shortcut, then go to Filter>
Other>High Pass.