the Mouth
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Using the same practice image and the same file.
Using the same practice image and the same file.
Okay, here's where we left off with the eyes . . .
Activate the background layer, then add a new layer named upper lip. You really have to look at the image you are working on - each is different! In this one, I wanted my selection line to be above the shadow, without thinning out the upper lip too much. Antialias set to 0, as before. I also saved the selection to alpha channel.
I picked up the color from a portion of the light area of the face, then moved into the rosier range, then flood filled.
I set foreground and background colors to the same color and then deepened the hue of the background color. I used the brush set at size 20 and opacity of 100 to gently move the edge of the brush in until I started see a little deeper color at the bottom of the selection.
I contracted the selection by 2
Using the mover tool and right mouse button, I moved the highlight selection to the top of the lip and then increased brightness by 40.
got this
next, I added the drop shadow at the bottom of the upper lip using the settings below.
This was what I got - I didn't like the shine, so I called up the selection from alpha channel.
once selected again, I applied gaussian blur at 1 and got a softer look, deselected, hid the layer and activated the flesh layer.
Tutorial by CSGreen
12-16-2002