Help needed with doublechin

[Juicer]

Hi guys,

was wondering if anyone can help with the double chip on this photo of my g/f's mum. she hates it and i have tried with the liquify tool, but im just not good enought at it. my photoshop ability is not very good at all.

many thanks

[P_fuzz]

oh c'mon... dont do this!!!
It is not bad at all!!!

[Juicer]

yea i didnt think it was either, but she doesnt like it.

[Gary Richardson]

Had a quick go with your picture.

A little bit of patching and cloning, to a new layer, then I reduced the layer opacity a touch to show through some of the original detail and get a better blend.

Colour corrected image and reduced red-eye.

It's a bit rough and ready, but gives you some idea of what can be achieved.

[Juicer]

wow thanks gary thats much better than my efforts.

[Gary Richardson]

You're welcome.

As I forgot to say it in my first post ........... Welcome to RetouchPro.

[chillin]

You could use the liquify tool + some D&B

[Michel B]

A quick adjustment,
- red eyes (to test ACR in PSE6)
- color adjustment
- reducing local contrast on faces (softlight highpass, inversed and masked)
- dodging and burning on the double chin (softlight grey layer, painting with cheek colours)
- camera distortion towards pincushion

[Juicer]

thankyou all for your help, i really appreciate it.

[philbach]

Using Photoshop CS3

I corrected the red eye

I lightened the image some by copying the layer using screen mode at about 20% opacity

I selected some portions of the double chin and copied them to a new layer and using the move tool moved them centrally.

I used the liquify filter

I lightened up a few creases.