INTRODUCTION 

Photos can often be enhanced if heads are switched.This can be to replace “Joe’s unhappy face” with “Joe’s smiling face” or to put Joe’s face into a comic situation, etc.

PROCEDURE FOR ACQUIRING IMAGES

View this lesson on the Web (http://leisurevillage.us/nt/classnotes.html) > select Swimmer > if your browser is maximized, click the Restore button > click the blue Title bar and drag to view both the Swimmer and part of the Desktop > click the picture and drag it onto the Desktop.Repeat this procedure for Boy.Minimize the browser.

Open Photoshop Elements (PE) > close the Welcome window > make sure the Layers palette is visible > if PE is maximized, click the Restore button > click the blue Title bar and drag to the side leaving part of the working area visible and the two pictures on the Desktop.Drag Swimmer and Boy onto PE > maximize PE. 

SELECT THE HEAD OF BOY AND MOVE ONTO SWIMMER

Select the Zoom tool and draw a rectangle around the head of Boy > select the Polygonal Lasso Tool and click your way around the head including around the chin > select the Move Tool and drag the selected head onto the Swimmer > click the X (close) the Boy picture – do not save.

CREATE DUPLICATE COPY OF SWIMMER

Click the Background title (select the Swimmer) > click More (upper right on Layers Palette) + Duplicate Copy > type name Swimmer > click OK > close the eyes of Background and Layer 1.

ERASE THE HEAD ON SWIMMER

Select the Magnetic Lasso Tool > click anywhere outside the black line that defines the Swimmer head > rapidly drag around the head > if necessary, double-click to complete the selection > select the Zoom Tool and draw rectangle around about ½ of the head > select the Selection Brush Tool > set brush size at 25 > hold the Alt key and click (erase) dotted ants that are outside the head > select the Eraser Tool > set Size to 100 > click around to erase the head > if background is colored, select the Magic Eraser tool and click in the colored area (background is erased) > hold the Ctrl key and tap the D key to deselect the marching ants.Select the Eyedropper Tool > click one of the black lines > select the Pencil Tool > set size at 3 > carefully complete a black horizontal line between water and sky > select the Eyedropper Tool > click the water > select the Paint Bucket Tool > click to replace missing water > repeat with white and fill in missing sky.

FINALIZE, RESIZE AND POSITION THE BOY’S HEAD (LAYER 1)

Open the eye on Layer 1 (the head) > click the title Layer 1 (select this layer) > click the Move Tool and position, rotate, resize to fit (hold the Shift key when resizing to maintain aspect ratio).Use the Polynomial Lasso Tool to create a neck between Boy and Swimmer.Transfer the Boy skin color to the Swimmer using the Pencil Tool and to hand and legs with the Bucket Tool. 

CONCLUSION

Compare your final result with MINE.Procedures used here, with your own modifications, can be used for combining images to achieve the desired results.

GOOD WEB SITES

LV: http://leisurevillage.us and http://leisurevillage.orgBILL’S HOME PAGE:http://bzus.com