How To Create Glossy Lips And Change Hair Color.
I created this tutorial on request, as a continuation of the Change Eye Color tutorial.
In this tutorial i will show you how to change the hair color and create glossy lips.
STEP 1
Open the image you would like to edit in photoshop.
STEP 2
Now zoom in to the hair area and press “Q” to open Quick Mask Mode.
Select the Brush tool “B” and select a soft brush to color in all the hair, please take your time to do this. If you color outside the hair (like parts of the face), dont worry this can be fixed later on. Just make sure you paint all the hair.
I ended up with this: as you can see i painted outside the hair area, but that is not a problem.
STEP 3
Now press “Q” again, and you see a selection of the area you just painted.
Press “M” to open the 
Rectangular Marquee Tool. Right click the hair and click Select Inverse, right click again and click Layer Via Copy.
You now see two layers, one with the complete picture and one with the selected hair area.
Submit your poster design to PsPrint and get a huge discount in poster printing cost.
STEP 4
Turn off the Layer Visibility of the photo.
Now you only see the hair selection. As you can see i have painted way more than the hair, so we need to delete the area we dont need, you can do this with “E” the Eraser Tool 
.
Join 70-647 web designing course to learn the art of photo manipulation. Download 70-290 tutorials and 642-436 videos to learn how to adjust a photo in photoshop.
STEP 5
Turn the visibility of the background layer back on.
Make sure you have selected Layer 1 “the hair layer” and press “CTRL + B “. This will open the Color Balance panel.
Play with the slides till you are happy with the color. I made the hair dark purple.
STEP 6
Now we will create glossy lips. Zoom in to the lips, create a new layer “CTRL + SHIFT + N” and open the Polygonal Lasso Tool.
Make a selection around the lips, make sure you have the new layer selected.
Right click the selection, and click “Feather” typ in 3px.
The selection looks a lot smoother now.
Make sure you have set the foreground color to black and press “ALT + DELETE” this will make the selection black.
Now set the Layer mode to “Soft Light” you will notice the lips look a lot darker now.
Now you can play with the opacity to get the result you want.
The lips look a lot better already:
STEP 7
If you want more gloss effect, select the background picture and open the Dodge Tool “O” set the range to “HighLights” and set the Exposure very low. Now paint the areas where you want more gloss.
Final:
If you take the time you can end up with more precise details.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Please leave a comment with you final result.
Comments
Can somebody please tell me how do get brown color ?:)
just goo to colour pallete n move the cursor on plette
why didn’t u erase the gloss on the teeth…
now the teeth look yellow :S
this is wonderful tutorial .. i read it 3 times and get a fantastic results and sure i put a
copy of this lesson on my site here
http://www.sukoon-bh.com/vb/
First i have to say thanks to whoever did this tut. but I did try many pics seem like it doesn’t work for many pics, maybe i could be wrong 😀
Thank you for all your comments and i am glad you like it.
#HELARI Just play with the Color Balance in step 5.
#ME This is because i also painted the teeth in step 8, simple delete the teeth area to get the nice white teeth back 🙂
#البحرين Thank you, let me know when you did paste it on your site.
#DRAGONFLY Thank you, this should work for the most pictures, but try different colors to get a real effect.
Arrh its not working for me, crap 🙁
nice short cut
You didn’t do a very good job on the hair, her skin turned purple as well 😉
I know :), but this is just a tutorial about how to do this, if you take the time the end result will be better.
very nice tutorials
it worked for me. thanks alot. gd tutorial.
AMAZING! Thank you so much.
[…] http://tutorialfreakz.com/how-to-create-glossie-lips-and-change-hair-color/ […]
Erm.. , i press ‘Q’ but it doen’t appear any selection. Am i missing any steps here??
#Ryan: Make sure you did STEP 2 correctly, press “Q” to get in Quick Mask mode, then paint the hair “B”, when you press “Q” again you will leave Quick Mask Mode. There should be a selection of the area you just painted when you where in Quick Mask mode. If you dont paint anything there will not be any selection.
#ABHI, TARSHIKA, NALA: Thank you, i am glad you like it.
im havin the same problem as Ryan. Im doing step 2 as you say, but there is no selection when i leave Quick Mask Mode
[…] September 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment http://tutorialfreakz.com/how-to-create-glossie-lips-and-change-hair-color/ […]
thats awesome
Really well done my boy
Loved the tutorial, it helped oodles, now I don’t have to pay someone to edit my photos. THANKS!!!!
#AME, RAMACRAZY, DRIA: Your welcome, i am glad you all liked it.
i need help, when i press CTRL+ALT+N, it doesnt come as a new layer, but as a new porject kinda think. maybe you put that wrong ? idk
Hi GABY, thank you for your comment, you are right it has to be CTRL + SHIFT + N . 🙂 i have changed it in the tutorial.
Oooh…. I love it, L O V E I T! 😀 And it was so funny!! Thnx so much for this tut!
Hi Chris
I read this tutorial and was trying to follow it but after I exit quick mask it selects the whole photo. Could you please help me by telling me what I am doing wrong.
Thanks
Hi Jeet,
Thats weird… I did some research on the web and founded this link: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/373531 and this: http://forums.devshed.com/photoshop-help-88/quick-mask-problems-266540.html
Maybe you have the same problem? Make sure you set your brush opacity to 100%
If nothing works you can try to reset your photoshop settings.
Good Luck.
Thanks! that helped..U are a legend…
Thanks
Who is the actress in this picture for your tutorial
Is so pretty, I hope you could do that with my picture. Congratulations you have a future. Peace!
This tutorial is awesome…….I have never ever found before…..I thank you lot…..It helped me to explore photoshop more deeply…Thanks…
Step 5 is too confusing
nice
this tutorial is awesome!!!!
seems to be a long process….. 🙁
Many tutorials that have the same goal, but you make it easier.
great..i like this tutorial..
What a great program!
how can I do a photoshop of myself?
hey…amazing tutorial..but i have a problem…still beginner with photoshop…but when i press q and then b and when i am trying to paint it sais *Could not use the color replacement tool because it dont work with alpha channels*
PLS HELP…. 🙁 searched many times on the web…and nothing found
Wow, Fantastic article, it’s so helpful to me, and your blog is very good, I’ve learned a lot from your blog here, Keep on going,my friend, I will keep an eye on it, One more thing, thanks for your post!
I am such a PS tut collector I never get tired of learning about new ways to use this products – much appreciated.
I have been useing PS since 2001 but come here at least once a month to see new ways to help my clients with their needs. Thank you,
-david
this is awesome!
it’s amazing how a simple thing like hair coloring requires so much expertise and research.
Nice tutorial but you should’ve erased the black that was over her teeth cuz that made them look brown lol but otherwise it’s awesome 🙂
I have been useing PS since 2001 but come here at least once a month to see new ways to help my clients with their needs. Thank you,
Splendid job, professional touch found in this tutorial. Beautiful techniques to adopt from this tutorial. Great job.
Very nice tutorial. Thanks a lot
Leave a response