Face Transplant
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Selecting good source images
- Find two faces of similar orientation
- Can you see both eyes?
- Is the person facing the camera or looking to the side?
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Copy your images from Mozilla Firefox to Photoshop
- Right-click on the image and choose Copy Image
- In Photoshop, select File-New and click OK
- Select Edit-Paste and your image should fill the frame
- Return to Mozilla Firefox and copy your second image
- In Photoshop, select Edit-Paste
- You should now have both images in the same file on different layers
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Setting up your work area
- Select Image-Canvas Size to enlarge your workarea
- Change Width and Height to 200%
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Match the sizes of the two images
- Use Edit-Free Transform to change the sizes of the two images
- You may have to rotate one of the faces so that the features are aligned
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Copy features from one face to another
- First create a new layer to work on so that you don't lose the original images
- Next, select the layer you want to copy FROM
- Choose the Clone Stamp Tool from the toolbar on the left
- Hold down the Alt key and click on the area of the image you wish to copy FROM
- Now select your new, empty layer
- Move the mouse over the area of the photo you want to change, hold down the button and start to draw
- You should see the pieces of the first image appearing atop the second image
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Saving your work
- Be sure that you save your work to My Documents
- Your file should be in Photoshop format and the file's name should end with .psd
- This format will preserve your layers and history
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Exporting your work
- Use the Crop tool to trim away everything except for the the final image
- Select File-Save for Web and choose JPEG format
- Give this file a new name so that you don't confuse it with your original Photoshop project file
