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There are lots of techniques available in photoshop to do whatever you want with your images. Swapping faces is one of them, just follow an easy to learn tutorial here and have fun with your pictures.
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HowtoswapfacesinPhotoshop? ThissimplePhotoshoptutorialwillshowyouthebasicsonhowtoswapfacesinPhotoshop.OneofthemostcommonusesforPhotoshopisswitchheads,facesetc.Whenyouseevariousmagazinecovers,movieandshowposters,youwillnoticethatafaceorheadhasbeenreplaced.TherearenumerouswaystoreplacefacesorheadsusingPhotoshopsoftware.However,youwilldiscoverthatoneoftheeasiestandoftenthemostusefultechniqueisusingtheAutoBlendLayersoptionfoundintheEditmenu. TheAutoBlendLayersworksseamlesslyandwithlittleefforttocombineafacetoabodysmoothly.TheAutoBlendLayersarealsoquiteexpertinmatchingtheskintonebetweenthe2subjectsinquestion.Aftercompletingthistutorial,youcanveryeasilyandquicklyswapthefacesbetween2peoplesevenwitheverydifferentskinstones,withonlyafewclicks. Nowthisnextsectionwillshowyouhow to swap faces in Photoshop.Wewillbeginwiththefaceofawomanandthenplaceintheman’sbody. DrawaselectionusingLassoTool: First,youwouldclickontheLasso Tool. Andthendrawaselectionusinglassotoolaroundtheman’sface,mouthandnosearea,pen toolcanbeusedforthisselectiontoo,capturingtheeyes.Besuretoincludeanycreasesontheperson’sface,likenearthemouthornose.
Copytheselectionarea: Afteryouhavemadeyourselection,youwouldgotoeditoptionfrommenubarandcopyorpressCTRL+Conthekeyboardtocopytheselection. Pastethecopiedareainnextimage: Nextyougothenextimageorthewoman.ThenyouwouldgotoeditmenuagainandthenpasteorpressCTRL+Ptopasteyourselectionontotheimage.
Reduceopacityto50%forabetterview: ThenholddownALTandusethemousetozoomintotheimage.Thenholddownthespacebarandusethemousetopantheimagearoundforabetterview.ThengoovertothelayerspanelandchangetheOpacityto50%.
Setupbothimage: Nextyouwillclickonlayer1andcallthiswoman’sface.ThenyouwouldpressVonthekeyboardtoswitchovertotheMoveTool.ThenmovetheimageupandpressCTRL+T.Thenfindthepivotpointanddragitovertotheman’seye,youshouldbeabletoseethatinthebackground.Thenplacetheman’seye,directlyontopofthewoman’seye. Nextyouwillgotooneofthecornerhandlesintheupperrightcorner,andholddownShiftandALTwhileyouclickanddragtoscaletheimagedowntofitinsidetheman’sface.Youneedtolineuptheeyeandthemouth.Thenyougobacktothecorner,toclickanddraguptoadjustforanytiltintheface.
Backopacityto100%: Nextyouwouldclickanddragtheotherhandlestomakesurethefaceyouhaveimportedfitsperfectlyonthenewface.Thenyouaredone,clickenteronthekeyboard,andbringtheOpacitybackupto100%.Youmaynoticethattheskinofthewomanisnotcoveringanyhairontheman’sface. Duplicatethelayerandrename: Nowyouneedtoclickonthebackgroundimageandclickrightbuttonorpress CTRL+J,whichwillduplicatethatlayer.
Thenyouwouldrenamethelayerwomanbody. Makeaselectionofman’sfaceandcontract: Thenextstepwouldbetostopaccessibilitytothebackground,andthengotothethumbnailandCTRLclickonthelayeredthumbnail,whichwillselecttheman’sface.
Nextyougointoselect,thenmodifythencontractontheman’sfacearea.Nextyougointoselect,thenmodifythencontractontheman’sfacearea. Whenthecontractboxcomesupyouwouldenter10pixels.
Deletethewoman’sfaceareabehindtheman’sface: ThenholdtheALTwhileusingthemousetozoominclosertoyourimage.Youmightnoticethattheselectionisnolongerattheedgeofthepicture.Thenyouwouldstopthevisibilitytotheman’sfaceandclickonthewomanbodylayerandthenpressbackspacetodeletethosefaces. Bringbacktheman’sface: Thenyouwillbringthewoman’sfaceback,byclickingonthetinyboxtotheleftofthe1stlayer.ThenyouwillzoomoutbyholdingtheALTkeyandscrollingout,usingthemousewheel.ThenpressCTRL+Dtodeselect.
Selectbothlayers: Thenselectbothlayersbyholdingtheshiftandclickingonbothlayers. Useblendlayeroption: Nextyouwouldgointoeditandselectautoblendlayers.
Aboxwillopenandmakesurethatpanorama is selected,seamless tonesandcolorsis checked,andthenpressOK. YoucanseethemagicofPhotoshop;howitblendedthosetwolayerstogetherperfectly.Itautomaticallymatchedtheskintonestogetherseamlessly. Thebestpartisthatyoudon'thavetobeaprofessional Photoshop experttogetprofessionallookingresultseither.Withtheseeasytechniques,youwillalsobeable
tocombineimages,andputdifferentfaceondifferentbody,withonlyafewsimpleclicksofthemouse.tocombineimages,andputdifferentfaceondifferentbody,withonlyafewsimpleclicksofthemouse. Infact,afteryouhavetakenthisPhotoshoptutorialyouwillhavegreatsuccessinchangingbodiesandfaceswithease.YouwillenjoythenewlooksyoucanachieveandevenimpressyourfamilyandfriendswithyournewPhotoshopskills. TutorialPublishedonhttp://www.clippingpathindia.com/blog/2014/07/14/how-to-swap-faces-in-photoshop/ About the author: RokaiyaYeasminMunni GraphicDesigner,SEOSpecialistandDeputyManager(MarketingDivision)AtOutsourceExpertsLtd,whichisthemothercompanyofhttp://www.clippingpathindia.com