Brunette Turns Blonde ( Changing hair colour in Photoshop )

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Heya ppl.

U knw after playin around Adriana Lima's close-up shot, the next challenge I chose was to
turn a brunette into a blonde. Turning light hair dark, is relatively easier, but brunette to
lighter colour seemed like an interesting task. First thing I did was look for a good tutorial
on this topic, but I was surprised to see that most tuts were recommending a short-cut
method, that dint really give realistic results. I mean they selected all the hair at once like
it was a wig, as a result of which the hair in front, on the sides, hair in shadows, in highlights...all got the same settings, same image adjustments. What I've done is that have selected hair in 5-6 parts, and applied slightly different settings as per their requirement. God, it took me a loooooong time to get this done, and I stopped only coz I got tired of it! But I am happy with the result, though feel that it could still have been better.

By the way, i've taken this image from sxc.hu

Drew Barrymore as dark angel

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Hehe...Drews been my favourite actress since I saw her in 'Poison Ivy'..maybe 15 years back.
And I was just wondering if she would look as pretty had she been dark. And I needed an interesting subject practise photoshop as well. So heres the result....Umm...I think shes better off with white skin :P...the bronze tone looks sexy but it doesnt go with her cute bubbly image.
I think the makeover would have worked had it been Angelina Jolie instead...
Well anyways, this was fun to do. Will appreciate comments :)

Photoshop fun: Charlie's new angel

Hey,
Sticking people's faces in unlikely places is fun :D . I hadnt done dis in a looooong time. Check it out...took me a while, but enjoyed it. The girl's posture in the original image, and Lucy Liu's posture was almost the same, sooo this charlies angel wallpaper was the perfect choice for
the 'morphing'.

The Result:


The Subject: