Coffee With Morgan: PhotoShop Makeup: Lipstick and LipGloss!
>> Monday, March 29, 2010
Glossy Lips Tutorial
Let's say your model comes and doesn't have gloss, so when you photograph her, her lips are flat or matte. Or even say you're outdoors and you don't want your model's hair sticking to her lips, you can fix the "gloss" problem in post. It is so easy, even a caveman can do it :)
I know, bad joke haha.
Ok first you start with your edited image that you want to add the glossy lips to. Then duplicate.
Then you want to get out your dodge tool.Set on highlights. Set your exposure around 20. You can see where the light reflects on her lips, run your brush over it a few times to bring up the highlights.
Next you set it to midtones, and keep the exposure low. Then paint over the entire lips.
Then you bring the opacity of the top layer down to where you think it looks right or believable.
There are times also when your model needs a bit more color to her lips, the sponge tool is perfect for that! Duplicate the top layer and set it to saturate and paint over them to get the desired amount of color.
So here is the comparison, from the normal to glossy to added color and gloss.
Meet Morgan! I am from a small town in southern Texas, but now live in central Texas, Fort Hood/Killeen area to be more specific. I am a stay-at-home mom and do photography in my spare time. I am married to a wonderful man that I was lucky enough to meet and be able to spend my life with. We have two beautiful children, Payton 4 years old & Amelia 1 year old. The thing I love the most about photography is that you can take an intangible moment in time and make it last forever. I don't have any formal training, I just learn from experimentation and research.
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6 Thoughtful Comments:
Great tips! Love everything you've done so far...can't wait to see what's coming!
What a great tutorial! This is good information to have, and I'm definitely filing this one away for future use.
Morgan, I just love your tutorials. Thanks so much. You are so talented!
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [30 Mar 03:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria
Great idea! I've wanted to do this before and never knew how. Thanks so much!
That is amazing! On a totally unrelated topic do you still love your little toaster oven you posted about way back in February? I've almost splurged a couple of times and got it, but now I think I've convinced myself I really want it. Thanks!
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