Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Lips Glossy
There are so many different things you can do in Photoshop. One feature Photoshop has is Filters. The Filters apply numerous different effects to photos and make it possible to add certain textures and other aspects to photos. There are different Filters, but in this tutorial we'll use the Artistic Plastic Wrap Filter.
One thing Photoshop is used for is to edit pictures of people. You can change pictures of people in numerous ways. You can change hair color, skin color, eye color. You can also change backgrounds, edit blemishes. Because Photoshop is used to edit pictures of people, I will show you how to edit lips in this particular tutorial. I will show you how to make lips shiny and glossy. This is a great technique to learn and use when you edit pictures of people because it can really enhance a glamour photo or any old portrait.
To begin, you'll need a picture of a person or a close up shot of lips to work with in Photoshop. You can use a portrait or a macro shot. You can also use your own photo of a friend of yourself. If you don't have a photo to use, visit morguefile.com or sxc.hu. At either of these websites you can find free photos to use. To find a good photo simply go to either website and search "woman lips."
So let's begin!
Step 1) First, open your picture in Photoshop. Go to File > Open and search for your picture like you would any old document. If you're copying and pasting off the web, go to File > New and click OK. The canvas size will automatically adjust to the size of the photo on your clipboard.
Step 2) Duplicate the layer by going to Layer > Duplicate.
Step 3) Zoom in on the lips to about 200 percent using the Zoom Tool, located on the free-floating vertical menu bar.
Step 4) Choose the lasso tool, either the regular Lasso Tool or the Magnetic Lasso Tool. Both can be found on the vertical menu bar grouped together. Choose to Feather at 4 pixels.
Step 5) Select the lips. Go slowly and be careful to select all of the lips, connecting the Lasso.
Step 6) Go to Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap. You'll see it will only apply to the lips.
Step 7) Now you'll see the plastic wrap over the lips. We need to change the overlay of the layer now. On the layers palette go to the background copy and change it to lighten. This will give you the nice, glossy look on the lips of your photo.
Then you're done! And you've given your lips a beautiful, glossy look in just 7 easy steps.
