Merge wife with Mona Lisa!

Jacob Thomas

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Nov 6, 2004, 5:32:25 PM11/6/04

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I'm trying to produce an image for my wifes birthday card wherby she
is merged into the portrait of the Mona Lisa (bet no one's thought of
that before).
Background - Mona Lisa
Layer 1 - wifes face which I have resized using the deformation tool
and also cut to the shape of Mona Lisa's face.
How do I:
Apply the Mona Lisa's skin colour to wifes face
Apply cracked oil paint effect to wifes face (seriously)
Blend so that you can't see any joins

Any help much appreciated
Thanks in advance

Jacob Thomas

fugitive

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Nov 6, 2004, 9:08:14 PM11/6/04

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In the Manual Color tool, you can set to manual, and use a sample from
anywhere for skin color. BTW, I wouldn't even think of adding wrinkles
to the wife, just not a good plan.

Kris Zaklika

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Nov 7, 2004, 12:41:15 AM11/7/04

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Jacob Thomas wrote:
>
> I'm trying to produce an image for my wifes birthday card wherby she
> is merged into the portrait of the Mona Lisa (bet no one's thought of
> that before).
> Background - Mona Lisa
> Layer 1 - wifes face which I have resized using the deformation tool
> and also cut to the shape of Mona Lisa's face.
> How do I:
> Apply the Mona Lisa's skin colour to wifes face

Manual Color Correction. Sample from one and apply to the
other.

> Apply cracked oil paint effect to wifes face (seriously)

Experiment with layer blend modes.

> Blend so that you can't see any joins

Use a soft eraser around the pasted content. Clone over
any remaining visible seams.

Angela M. Cable

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Nov 7, 2004, 1:44:31 PM11/7/04

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Jacob Thomas wrote:

> I'm trying to produce an image for my wifes birthday card wherby she
> is merged into the portrait of the Mona Lisa (bet no one's thought of
> that before).
> Background - Mona Lisa
> Layer 1 - wifes face which I have resized using the deformation tool
> and also cut to the shape of Mona Lisa's face.
> How do I:
> Apply the Mona Lisa's skin colour to wifes face
> Apply cracked oil paint effect to wifes face (seriously)
> Blend so that you can't see any joins

It's for PhotoShop but will work fine with PSP:
http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=160978

--
Angela M. Cable
Paint Shop Pro 9 Private Beta Tester
Neocognition, digital scrapbooking source:
http://www.neocognition.com/

PSP Tutorial Links:
http://www.psplinks.com/

5th Street Studio, free graphics, websets and more:
http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/alaia/354/

Jacob Thomas

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Nov 9, 2004, 4:01:41 AM11/9/04

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Many thanks everyone for your tips & links, I'm very pleased with the
result. I've taken it a step further by adding a Marks & Spencer
shopping bag and credit card. The only thing I'm relying on now is my
wifes sense of humour!
Thanks again

Jacob Thomas

Bobby Dogg

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Nov 9, 2004, 5:06:11 AM11/9/04

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Yeah, particularly as ther is some speculation that Mona Lisa was in fact a
male!!

We promise not to tell your wife

BD
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Dave Symes

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Nov 9, 2004, 1:53:54 PM11/9/04

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In article <41909677$0$24201$cc9e...@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,

Bobby Dogg <Bobb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, particularly as ther is some speculation that Mona Lisa was in
> fact a male!!

Really!
Last I heard, she was a female, and that the Art history smarties had a
darn good idea who she was. (Can't remember the detail now as I have more
important uses for the storage part of my brain).

Maybe you are confusing that with the idea that Leonardo had a liking for
young guys.

Dave S

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false_dmitrii

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Nov 11, 2004, 7:08:04 PM11/11/04

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Dave Symes <d...@ukgateway.net> wrote in message news:<4d0b44...@ukgateway.net>...

> In article <41909677$0$24201$cc9e...@news-text.dial.pipex.com>,
> Bobby Dogg <Bobb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, particularly as ther is some speculation that Mona Lisa was in
> > fact a male!!
>
> Really!
> Last I heard, she was a female, and that the Art history smarties had a
> darn good idea who she was. (Can't remember the detail now as I have more
> important uses for the storage part of my brain).

<snip>

Per the very silly Da Vinci Code, some believe Mona is an androgynous
version of Leonardo himself. But I wouldn't for a second take Mr.
Brown's version at face value. :)

false_dmitrii

~~ Bunny ~~

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Nov 23, 2004, 5:20:23 PM11/23/04

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I make parrody's all the time...
and though they arent perfect.. but they are well enough Im not ashamed....

to get skin tones the same...
I use the retouch tool (little white hand), with the setting of color to
target
once coloring is good, I use the smudge setting to spread the face
then I use the soften setting to smooth out the edge....

this method also works awesome with coloring b/w images....
I wrote a tut on coloring b/w using this method with screen caps...
if you would like to read it just email me off list at
incoming-info AT filmfr3ak.com

*I am in no way a professional at PSP, and dont claim to be an expert...
Just sharing technique.*

~B

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Uni

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Nov 23, 2004, 9:52:53 PM11/23/04

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~*~ Bunny ~*~ wrote:
>
> *I am in no way a professional at PSP

No one here is. That should make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

:-)

Uni