Face Stretched Photoshop

• Use the black backdrop in class to take the photo
• Set your camer to AV
  • Pick a low aperture ( F/5 or lower)
• Take a closeup photo of a person
  • Focus on the EYES.  The eyes HAVE TO BE IN FOCUS 
• You may also do a person wearing a mask

• Layer
  • New
    • Layer via Copy

• Image
  • Adjustments
    • Desaturate
• This will turn your photograph black and white 

Step 3:

• Image
  • Adjustments
    • Color Balance
• The Color Balance Sliders will show up

• Click on Midtones
• Move the sliders and pick any color you would like

• Click on Highlights
• Move the sliders so that the face area is slightly lighter than the surrounding parts of the photo
  • • Do not make it look to white

• Click on Shadows
• Move the sliders so that the area around the face/hair is slightly darker
  • • Do not make it look to dark

• Make sure you are still on the second layer (the one you changed the color on)
  • Right click on this tool 
• Pick the  Single Column Marquee Tool

• You will be drawing a line down the MIDDLE of the person’s face
• With Single Column Marquee Tool 
  
  • Click anywhere in the Middle of their face
  • A line will appear 

Step 9: 

• Go to
  • Layer 
    • New
      • Layer Via Copy
  • You will now have 3 layer

Step 10: 

• Go to
  • Edit
    • Free Transform

• The line down the face will reappear
  • Click on the middle little box on the line
    • Hold down the Shift Key
      • Drag the box to the right until you reach the edge of the photo
        • Let go of mouse and shift when you are at the edge of the photo 

• Click Enter

  Step 13:

• Go to
  • Filter
    • Blur
      • Gaussian Blur

• The Gaussian Blur Box will open
  • Change Radius:  4.0

• Make sure you are on the 3rd Layer
  • Click on the Layer Mask at the bottom of the Layers Pallet (Box with Circle in it)
    • This will add a white mask 

• Select a Black Paint Brush
  • Change brush to
    • Flow 30%

Step 17:

• Start to paint over the right eye and remove parts of the blur
  • Click slowly so you do not take off to much
• Lightly remove the blur in parts of the face and the hair
  • Do NOT take off to much

Step 18:

• If you remove to much blur
  • Flip your brush to a White Brush
    • Paint back on the blur

• Add Logo
• Flatten Image