Elf Yourself

Elf Yourself

Elf Yourself 

Photography Section

  • Take a photograph of a person close up OUTSIDE in the shade!
  • 1 ear must be showing.
    • You can show both ears and Elf both ears for extra credit
      • Person has hair behind their ears
      • May wear a hat backwards with ear showing

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Camera Raw

  • Before you begin to Elf the ears you must edit in Camera Raw to clean up exposure and colors.

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Photoshop Section

Step 1:

  • Open your photo into photoshop

Step 2:

  • Right Click on the Background layer
  • Duplicate the Layer

Step 3:

  • Choose the Quick Selection Tool
  • Select the entire ear

Step 4:

  • Edit
    • Transform
      • Warp
  • You will now see a box graph over the ear

Step 5:

  • Click at the top of the ear up
  • Slowly pull the ear up into a rounded point so it looks like an Elf ear
    • Do NOT make it to pointed or large

Step 6:

  •  Select
      • Deselect

Extra Credit Steps for : Eye and Nose Section

  1. Go to Filter- Liquify

2. Click on the bottom left icon of a person and select Face Tool

 

4. Select the Nose section

All the numbers below may be altered to fit your photograph.  These are just guidelines.

  • Nose Height (100)
  • Nose Width (-100)

Finish your image with editing with the adjustments.  If you would like to add snow to your image you can find the tutorial here

http://cvhsphotography.com/snow-overlay/