9 Replies to Create Haunting Halloween Images:

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   Alfred

   August 27, 2011 at 5:33 pm

   Thank you once again Liz for an new enlightenment, and the means to play tricks on my grand-children with this timely explanation of your secrets…..”Ben”

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     Liz

     September 13, 2011 at 5:29 pm

     Heh-heh! You are welcome Alfred and I love your plan! =)

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   Vivian

   August 29, 2011 at 6:16 pm

   Great instructions! Thanks.

3. 

   Robert

   August 30, 2011 at 9:44 am

   I enjoyed doing the Eerie Eyes one best because I need practice with masks. And I was practicing on an image of Natalie Portman…that helped make it fun too! I couldn’t do Ghostly Apparitions because I don’t have PSE version 9.

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   Mary

   September 1, 2011 at 6:42 am

   Totally freaky effect! And I LOVE it!

   Thanks Liz!

   Mary

5. 

   Clarke

   September 7, 2011 at 10:29 am

   Readers may enjoy trying Dave Cross’s video PET tutorial of October 11, 2005 entitled “Ghosted Effect”. It uses a different (but quite effective) technique of obtaining the “ghostly appairitions” effect.

   Clarke

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   Gisele

   September 13, 2011 at 1:45 pm

   Hi Liz -

   Thanks for the tutorial. I ran into a few problems when trying it (PSE9, Windows 7).

   On step 5, when you say to choose the warp tool and place the X that sits at the center of my cursor outside of the pupil – I don’t have an X. I chose a soft brush and made it the height of the eye, which leaves me with a circle – not an X.

   Also on step 5, I’m trying to change the color of the eyes and increase the saturation. I went to the adjustment layer, and used sliders to change color, brightness, saturation, etc., but saw no change in the photo.

   Any help is appreciated.

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   Liz

   September 13, 2011 at 5:38 pm

   Ah yes, you are right about the “X”–that’s a Mac feature. Sorry about that. In Windows, there is no “X”–just an open-circle brush (even if we’ve set our preferences for the cross-hair). So, the trick is to reduce the size of the brush and center it just outside of the pupil. Then, warp away.

   Also, for the Hue/Saturation Adjustment, once you have the Composite Layer (e.g., Layer 1) above the Adjustment layer, you won’t be able to see changes made in the Adjustment Layer any more. To change the color, select and delete the composite (e.g., Layer 1). Next, re-adjust the Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Then, create a new composite (Command-Option-Shift-E) and warp the eyes as desired.

   Best wishes and happy Halloween!

   =) Liz

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   Gisele

   September 13, 2011 at 5:56 pm

   thanks, Liz – I’ll try that next time I get a few minutes to play around with it.

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