Using Photoshop on a doll

Yep. I put different eyes in dolls using photoshop. Sometimes I try different wigs too. I actually think there was a thread with photoshopped pictures somewhere...

 

I do that! In fact that's what I did for the picture I sent luts for a custom faceup. I just did it a few minutes ago for a doll I'm thinking about as well XD
somewhere in the gallery there's a 'doll concept art' thread with some photoshopped pictures

 

I woul dlove to do that! If that is I had any computer skillz u_u;

 

I do it all the time. I was trying for hours to figure out what doll I wanted to make a character out of, but then I realized I could easily photoshop the hair and makeup onto him. I did it with a couple of dolls and finally settled on one. XD One I NEVER figured would look like him.


I think it's the best way to try things out without buying them :3

 

Would I ever PhotoShop my dolls? Er ..... my avatar suggests yes (Isaura thinks I've made her look terribly spooky and isn't talking to me right now).

I've been PhotoShopping different kinds of eyes by taking screenshots of product images (god bless SnagIt!) and then working them into my doll photos. It works the charm (always with the caveat that computer screen colours are probably not exact matches to the real deal).

I also use PhotoShop to rough out costume ideas for line and balance.

In my little piece of the world, PhotoShop and dollfies were made for each other!

Lisa

 

This one maybe?

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21614

To answer the topic, I don't even have Photoshop. XD But I do use an ancient version of Paint Shop Pro to resize, crop, lighten or darken the photos I take. Doing anything more, like trying to create different looks and faceups, is beyond my severely lacking graphic manipulation skills. X]

 

Yeah, that one! Thanks Shimmeringcat!

 

I use PSP too.. PS has always been waaaaay too complex for me @_@ And PSP is free so XD

 

Paint Shop Pro is free? Oy, I paid for mine. When did they start distributing it free of charge? 8|

 

Er, my friend bought it for like 5 bucks (she split it with like 8 people) and gave me the files and stuff for it to work without expiring. So SOMEONE paid for it, but not me XD;;

 

i make some different color for the photo type by using photoshop...some times I add in something too...XDDD

 

I don't have full Photoshop - I have Photoshop Elements on some machines and Serif Photo Plus on others.

With my limited skills (I don't understand channels), I use the photo programs for...

1. Comparing scale - if you know the heights of two dolls or other items, you can scale their two photos to the correct height ratio and compare them as if the two things were in one photo.

2. Scaling to life-size - Sometimes I want to see what some item I am thinking of buying (like a tiny) would look like in its real size. I have a free program called Cool Ruler which is a popup ruler that can be calibrated to your screen size to be approximately the size of a real ruler. I scale a photo until the item measures actual size.

3. Trying on eyes - There may be a better way to do this, but this is what I do. This is easiest with a full front closeup photo of the doll's face, and full front photos of eyes that are all the same size. Put the eyes all near the middle of a large canvas. Sometimes I label each eye with text so I can remember what color or number each is. Now scale doll face until her irises are the same exact size as the eyes on your eye page. Carefully fill in the doll face's eyes with white (if it contrasts) or other very contrasting color. Then select the doll's filled-in eyes with the wand, invert selection in the select menu (now all except the eyes is selected), Copy, and paste into the eyes-only image as a new layer. Using the movement tool you can now move the eyeless face over the selection of eyes on your eyes page to "try them on" (one eye at a time). If you are a lot more patient than I am, you could instead make your eye page pairs of eyes the same color spaced properly so you can view both eyes in the doll at the same time.

4. Trying on wigs and clothes uses a very similar method except the contrast filling and selecting is done to isolate the wig or clothing so you can copy it then paste it as a layer over the doll body or head.

Carolyn

 

I used photoshop to put the faceup I wanted on an official pic of Clara, and Souldoll painted Isabel based on that ^.^ so photoshop is quite handy.

 

XD the only thing i made on photoshop to my dollfie is, gaussian blur and screen ^^ or just changing the color balance a little...I tried the stuff i generally do on my drawings but the photos looked ...scary...so i just stopped doing it ^^

 

Could I borrow someone's Photoshop skills? I have a head on layaway with a nice girl here, and I have some pics of the doll with eyes in, and he looks very nice in them, but I'm thinking of a different colour, and I'm really too poor to buy a pair I'm not going to use. (I try to just buy dolls, eyes, wigs and shoes, and make everything else) I have good full-on pics of all eyes involved, and him of course.

 

sure, send the pics to me, I'll do it ^_^

*loves photoshop* I always try out different colour schemes on a picture os my dollie's blank head before actually painging the face-up..same with eyes, wigs..it really helps ^_^

 

I always do that, even on dolls I'm not planning to buy! I like changing the hair color to plan on wig dye jobs or things like that, or custom eye colors!

 

Yeah, I've done a bit of colorisation to see certain dolls as some of my characters. ^_^.

 

It's one of the first things I did when I was deciding on which doll to get. I always thought that DOD Mir would be perfect if it weren't for that white bob, I photoshopped it out and she was perfect. It's really helped me pick out eye color too.

 

I don't have photoshop, per se, but I'z gut sum mad skillz in MS Paint. LOL!

I used that before I even got Ariela to see if what now has become her standard default wig would look good on her.
Mind you, I thought it was brown when I ordered it, and it turned out to be magenta-like... But still, yes, I used an image rendering program to see what my doll would look like with something new.

 

Could someone tell me what Photoshop tools they use when trying faceups on a doll photo? Airbrush with transparent color? Drawing tools? And do you use a mouse?

I have a heck of a time trying to draw freehand with a mouse or touchpad.

Carolyn

nm - I think I figured out what to use - a blank semi-transparent layer seems to work well. The background of the doll photo shows through but you can paint and erase makeup on the top layer. So that works for blushes, lips, eyeshadow. Guess I'll have to add a regular layer too for doing dark thin things like eyelashes.