Photo for Vampire 

  • Take the photo in the shade or inside.  Vampires don’t go in the sun!
  • Must be very close up
  • Low aperture
  • Eyes in focus
  • Mouth open with teeth showing
****Examples of photos that would not work with this project****
 No Teeth or too little teeth
Not enough teeth
Vampire Teeth 
 
Step 1:
  • Zoom in close until you are only looking at the mouth
  • Right Click Lasso Tool (3 down from the top) 
  • Choose the Polygonal Tool

Step 2:

  • Slowly click around the tooth tracing it as close as you can. 
  • Once you have traced all the way around, double click your mouse to lock it in.  
  • You will now see marching ants around the tooth
Step 3:
  • Go to
    • SELECTMODIFYFEATHER
    • Change the number to 1

Step 4:

  • Go to
    • Layer- NEW- Layer Via Copy 
  • This will create a new layer on your layers pallet

Step 5:

  • Go to
    • EDIT TRANSFORM–  WARP

Step 6:
  • You will now see a box with a graph around the tooth
  • Pull the tooth down to make a pointed vampire tooth
  • Flatten your image when you are done with the tooth
Step 7:
  • Repeat steps 1-5 for the second tooth
  • Flatten your Image when done before the next section
Vampire Skin
 Step 1:
  • Pick the Hue/Saturation on your adjustments
  • Move the Saturation down between -50 to -30 (use your judgement on how it looks)
  • You want the skin to look sickly

Step 2 :  You will now be bringing back the color of the eyes and hair

  • On the hue/saturation layer, you will see a mask (white box)
  • Select a black paint brush
  • Paint back in the color of 
    • Eyes (Iris and whites of eyes)
    • Hair
    • The clothing
    • Parts of the background
  • Flatten the image

Vampire Lips
 Step 1:
  • Zoom in super close to see the lips
  • Click on the adjustment at the bottom of the layers pallet
    • Choose Brightness/Contrast
    • Move the Contrast toward the right
    • Move the Brightness a little to the left
    • You want the lips to be a deep red
  • Do not worry that the skin is changing color also.  We will fix this

Step 2:
  • Click on the Black box next to the Brightness/Contrast Layer
    • Click on the brush tool
    • Make sure the top color box is black
  • Zoom in even closer so that you only see the lips
    • Paint back in the red of the lips
  • Flatten the image
  • If you mess up and paint to much off around the lips
    • Change the brush color to white
    • Paint back in the area.

Vampire Eyes
 Step 1:
  • Duplicate your background layer
  • Zoom in close to the eyes


Step 2:

  • Click on the Burn Tool (looks like a white glove)

  • With a small brush paint around the eye to make it look like they have dark circles/black makeup
  • Do not use to much of the burn tool.  You want it to look natural

Step 3:

  • Right click on the Burn tool
    • Pick the Dodge tool 

Step 4:

  • Slowly click ONLY on the coloredpart of the eye
  • Not not click on the whites of the eyes
  • Do not over edit this part

Step 4:

  • Go to Layer- New Layer

Step 5:

  • Where it says Normal at the top of the layers pallet, change it Color Overlay

Step 6:

  • Click on the color pallet
    • bottom at the tools bar.  
  • Pick an eye color
    • orange or yellow work good but you can also pick another color
  • Click on the brush tool
    • paint in the colored section of the eye
    • If it is to dark, pull down the opacity on the layers pallet

The Next Step is OPTIONAL

Vampire Blood
Step 1:
  • Select a PNG blood drip file
  • Drag onto lips

Step 2:

  • Click Control T to make the file bigger or smaller

Step 3:

  • Edit- Transform- Wrap

  • Move the dots around until it looks like it fits onto the lips

Step 4:

  • On your layers pallet change Normal to Multiple

Step 5:

  • Add a Layer mask (camera looking box at bottom of layers)
  • With a black brush paint out the blood that is on the teeth and what you don’t want

Step 6:   Do this step the red color does not match or looks fake

  • Image- Adjustments-Select Color

  • Move the sliders until it looks real

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