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Creating a Ghost Face

Author: Head Nerd More by this author
Added: Mar 07, 2006 Rating:   Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop  

Open a photo at your choice. I will open the photo of the girl I used in a previous tutorial.

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Hit CTRL+SHIFT+U to desaturate the image or go to Image> Adjustments>Desaturate.

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Now, hit Ctrl+L (Mac: Command+L) to adjust the levels; I used as input levels 116/0.10/194 as in the example.

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Now use the paintbrush tool to cover the neck and the hair that can be still visible. Here is my result:

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Now duplicate the layer, add a Blur>Gaussian blur of 3-4 (depends on the image resolution). Now put your duplicate layer on Hard Mix mode. Here it is:

Creating a Ghost Face tutorial: Final Result



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