Pregnant Pro

3 Responses to “How to make someone look pregnant on photoshop?”

1. P&G on January 30th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

   Use the Bloat tool in the liquify filter. Be sure to use the freeze mask to preserve the areas you don’t want to have bloated.

2. Luke on January 30th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

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3. joe t on January 30th, 2010 at 10:38 pm

   What you are asking is one of the more advanced skills in photoshop and will take some practice to perfect. You will actually be cloning/painting in photoshop.

   You will also need reference, a couple of similar sized images of pregnant women in similar poses
   There are two things that you can do 1 is photoshop the head of the actress onto the body of the pregnant women. Or do what you want and recreate the belly. The first choice id the easiest.

   For the head photoshop onto the body

   Step 1 Working with the pregnant image Select>select all and Edit>copy and paste (you will have a new layer of the pregnant woman.
   Step 2 Open your star image (it needs to be a similar size and pixels) Use a selection tool to select the head (select tool is near the top of the tools pallet) Or use the quick mask at the bottom. Be carful to select all the detail around the edge. You will be able to clean it up after.
   Step 3 Edit> copy and paste into the pregnant image.
   Step 4 Make the head layer 50 percent transparent then Select the head on the layer with a rectangle selection tool and use Edit > free transform to move and size the head into the proper place.
   Step 5 When the head is in place turn the transparency back to opaque and go to Image > adjustments > match colour Or use the hue and saturation tool to make the heads color as close to the body colour as possible
   Step 6 Use the clone tool it is the 9th tool down and the smudge tool to blend the head into the body.
   * when using the clone tool select source by using the option key and then it will use that area to paint with the pixels selected.
   http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/8.0/Win/Using/WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59-7ed8_WIN.html
   Step 7 Clean up head with eraser
   Step 8 Save as PSD, name file Do not overwrite this image so you can go back an work with it later.
   Step 9 Image > Flatten , do any final adjustments, Image>Adjusments> curves, brightnesss and contrast, colour balance…..and so on .
   Step 10 Save as Jpeg, give new name.

   Here is how to make the belly on the actress

   Step 1 Working with the actress image Select>select all and Edit>copy and paste (you will have a new layer of the actress
   Step 2 Open your Pregnant image so you have the belly shape for reference. You can select the belly and Edit> copy and paste into the star image and use it as direct refrence but this is not necessary
   Step 3 Layer>new layer
   Step 4 Draw a belly shape on the new layer with the lasso selection tool and Select > save selection so you can load it any time you need it.
   Step 5 Now the hard part, With the clone tool sample off the short and jeans. or dress you need to turn on sample all layers at the top of the window. This will be hard and time consuming. You will have to be patient. Work with larger brushes first then smaller ones. You are basically using the texture off of the thin model and adding it to the belly * when using the clone tool select source by using the option key and then it will use that area to paint with the pixels selected.
   http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/8.0/Win/Using/WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59-7ed8_WIN.html
   Step 6 take your time.
   Step 7 Use the dodge and burn tool to help shade / give volume to the belly, take your time again.
   http://www.easyelements.com/burn-tool-dodge-tool.html. Touch up and add any extra details from the original like the belt buckle. You can do this by selecting copy and pasting off the original layer and moving it into place.
   Step 8 Save as PSD, name file Do not overwrite this image so you can go back an work with it later.
   Step 9 Image > Flatten , do any final adjustments, Image>Adjusments> curves, brightnesss and contrast, colour balance…..and so on .
   Step 10 Save as Jpeg, give new name.

   The second method will take time to practice. be patient.

   few done

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