A couple to check out.

[Ausimax]

Would you like to look these over and see if there is anything I have missed or mucked up.














Thanks

Max

[Atlantis]

I think you did a great job on the headtransplant. At first I thought the difference in tilting was giving it away, it looks as if the new head is slightly smaller. But after flipping both pics back and forth several times I discovered it's the difference in light & shadows compared to the rest of the photo that needs a little adjusting for a perfect match.

[Hannie]

Hi Max,

Nice restore and cleanup!  Like Atlantis said the difference in lightfall causes the transplanted head to look a little off.  I tried for a while to change the light/shadow but I ended up with something that resembled the Pillsbury doughboy so I will not post it... ;D

Hannie

[glennab]

Max, mighty fine work for someone who's taking a break!(?)

My only pick is the look of the man's head, as well.  I'd have no clue as to how to adjust that to look more natural.  You go, guru!

Cheers

GK

[Atlantis]

I couldn't resist to spent a few minutes on it. I used to do a lot of headswapping for fun in my early PS-days ;)



You need to match the colours of the head to the rest of the body/subject when still working on separate layers.
I selected the new head with a feathered selection, copied and pasted it on a new layer. Then went to Image / Adjustments / match color and lowered luminance & colour intensity to a better match. You can set the source if you need to.
Next I added a adj.layer and tweaked it some more, followed by a neutral grey set to soft ligth on which I painted with black & white soft brushes (very low opacity) for a finishing touch.

I think given a bit more time and the original filesizes you will be able to get a much better result.

[Ausimax]

Hi folks,

Thanks for your help, sorry to be so slow in responding - had a lot of other things going on the last couple of days.

Will make a few adjustments and send them home.


Max

[cmpentecost]

Max, these look great!  I can only hope to get my restoration skills back up to par with yours.  They've gotten rather rusty this past year!

Chris

[Ausimax]

Hi Chris,

Hopefully your photography has improved as your PS skill has waned, it seems to work the other way - went to take a couple of photos the other day and couldn't remember how to set up my camera, ended up with some very sad pic. :-[

Max