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Design Jennifer Aniston Desktop Wallpaper

This tutorial will show you how to take a photograph off of the web, even if the quality is not high and turn it into a quality computer desktop wallpaper to use or distribute.

1. Start off with a picture you want to use and open it up in Photoshop. I selected this Jennifer Aniston photograph below to show you how you can take even a grainy photo and use it for quality work.

2. Minimize the above photo and create a new canvas which is 1280x1024 and set the background to black. Now you can copy the Jennifer Aniston photo and paste it into your new canvas and then move the photo to the upper right hand side of the canvas with the "Move Tool".

3. The first thing you want to do is to use the "Heal Brush" to remove any obvious marks or blemishes. I picked a size of 5px, pressed Alt+Click The Mouse over a non-blemished area and then clicked over the blemished area to replace it. I removed some of the spots on her arm and face area with this tool.

4. Once you are finished with the Heal Brush, duplicate the layer which is Ctrl+J and apply the Filter > Noise > Dust & Scratches filter. For this example, I used a radius of 2 pixels and a threshold of 0.

5. The next filter we are going to use is the Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. This will give the whole image a smoother complexion. I used a radius of 0.5 for this example.

6. Now, we want to add some texture to her complexion. By adding some noise we will give the model a more realistic look. Click on Filter > Noise > Add Noise and use an amount of 0.2% noise, distributed Uniformly with Monochromatic selected.

7. Set your color palette to Black #000000, click on Layer > Add Layer Mask > Hide All and the image you have been working with will disappear and the original layer will show up through it.

8. Now we can 'paint' the models new skin on. Select the "Brush Tool" and make sure your color selected is White #FFFFFF. I initially chose a brush size of 13 pixels and a hardness of 0%. You will need to adjust the size of your brush as you progress over the image in order to fit into the tight corners etc. I had to use a brush as small as 3px for the tight areas. Paint the 'new and improved' skin over the original skin, without interfering with the other detail we want to retain such as hair, eyes, mouth etc. If you do accidentally paint over something you didn't want to, simply change the brush color to black #000000 and you can erase your work.

9. The final wallpaper image of Jennifer Anniston is below.

10. You can Download the Jennifer Aniston Wallpaper and have a look for yourself. This wallpaper is 1280x1024 pixels.

Last update: 2007-07-20 01:17
Author: Gary Logsdon
Revision: 1.0

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