How do I add more curls?

[lolli]

Hi have ps cs3 and need to know how to add more curls to this pic to fill out head .I am still a novice so go slow ...lol thanks ahead of time

[kezzy]

Hi... you could always try the clone stamp tool.
You could aslo use the Marquee tool and select
the curls you want and jump it to a new layer and
move it to where you want it to be. And mask it in
to make it look like it was there. Well thats what I do.

Hope it helps. Good Luck

Kezzy

[lolli]

I have been able to select the curls move them place them but not able to make them look realistic how do I mask? sorry I have no clue what I am doimg and get nothing from tutorials. My budget is nil on these pics so trying myself oh my...
Pat

[Steve Payne]

I would suggest the curling tool, it's in the same group of tools and the comb and straightners. You could even run the perm filter on it and it will do it all for you as if by magic. Photoshop's dead easy.

[amica999]

lolli, have a look here. there are some vid tuts: http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html or here: http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=228. hope thast helps some

[lolli]

Ok where in the heck is the perm filter do I have to down load it? I am getting better at the curls but still not good. I looked at the tutorials Amica but for some reason I get nothing out of tutorials obtuse no doubt At 56 I am stiill a hadd person thanks for help all Pat

[palms]

Originally Posted by Steve Payne

I would suggest the curling tool, it's in the same group of tools and the comb and straightners. You could even run the perm filter on it and it will do it all for you as if by magic. Photoshop's dead easy.

come on admit you where winding Lolli up ( and not on curlers !)

Palms

[lolli]

Oh how funny I have been googling like crazy found some interesting stuff but no perm tool. !!! Good one steve but I think you spelled your last name wrong pain would have been more appropriate. Thanks though did make me at least find some additional tools.
love this place .....

[palms]

Lolli try this tut and see how you get on
layer masks may seem complicated but they are not and are invaluable and well worth learning in fact you have probably spent more time googling than what it would take to learn

Palms

[girlsfather]

Originally Posted by lolli

Hi have ps cs3 and need to know how to add more curls to this pic to fill out head .I am still a novice so go slow ...lol thanks ahead of time

What I would do:
- select existing curl
- copy and paste - that results in a new layer
- move to the place where you want to add a curl
- transform the curl, maybe also mirror, rotate etc. (transform has some extra options like waves, bows etc. which can be modified or can be done manually) Too extreme changes makes the hair look fake, as the thickness changes.
- add a layermask (on bottom of the layerpallette - looks like a sheet with a hole inside), fill with black (makes layer unvisible) paint with white where it should be seen
- finally some cloning in an extra layer above
- do these steps wherever you want to add curls

If you have additional pictures of these curls in other pictures from different angles or other, similar curls, the steps would be same, but could lead to better results.

Good look!

P.S. I am shure there is no perm filter ;-)

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Steve Payne

I would suggest the curling tool, it's in the same group of tools and the comb and straightners. You could even run the perm filter on it and it will do it all for you as if by magic. Photoshop's dead easy.

Hang on it's not 1st April yet.

That was funny.

Peter

[kezzy]

Hello.......

well by reading what girlsfather
had to say it what I would have suggested.
Hope it getting easier for you to get your
pic done....... shout if anything else!!

Kezzy

[ray12]

If you had a number of images you could take the curls from one model and cut/paste them onto another model so they did not look exactly the same. Because you have a nice smooth background...it may be possible to extract these curls of yours so that the holes are transparent and will lay over new areas great.

Im with the others...cut a curl from the same or another image...put it on a new transparent layer above...transform it into position and shape...then put a black layer mask on that layer and paint with a soft white brush on the mask...that will blend in the hair to the existing hair better.

Since this new hair is on a new transparent layer...you can hit the small "lock transparency" icon at the top left of the layers pallet and that will enable you to paint ONLY ON THE HAIR...NOT in the transparent areas...So, that means that you can draw in strands of hair to make it look more natural...or clone other hair texture from this image or another one...so now you have some good and believable texture as well...and maybe even a good color match if from the same person.

Good Luck!

Ray12

[albatrosss]

Don't know if this is what you want but all I did was lasso the left side of the hair and made it into a layer which I then flipped horizontally using the Transform tool . Since the background was the same color the selection did not have to be done with any care at all.