morphing body edges? 1

[naomi525]

I'd like to learn how to morph body edges without losing realism. For example, how can I pull back the bridge of the nose below?

Using the clone stamp tool, I don't like the idea of copying the background and pasting over the undesired region of the nose because I would lose the nice shading line that runs along the nose edge. Instead, I could clone stamp the edge itself (as shown below) and pull that back, but I run into problems getting the new edge to line up with itself, presumably because the original edge is not a straight line.

So, are there other tricks I can use to achieve the desired effect? FYI, I'm using a Photoshop Elements 6 and a regular mouse.

 

[naomi525]

Sorry, I'm a having problems attaching the image in the body, but the image can also be seen here:

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?0i9lo72oda3enn3

 

[mscallisto]

You can try the "Liquefy" filter

Here is a short tutorial on how it works:

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/a-comprehensive-guide-to-photoshops-liquify-tool/

sam

 

[mscallisto]

Like this??

http://img818.imageshack.us/i/nose2.jpg/

I morphed the nose inward (along with your dotted line)

sam

 

[naomi525]

Thank you! That looks like exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.

 

[mscallisto]

Happy to assist

Good Luck

sam