hey this is niki

[nikita]

hey can sum1 plz help in fixin dis dude's head cuz i feel its bigger den da body..

here is da pic



lolz i mean i tried it but da head is big

if not can sum one plz help me swap dis head


to dis body


tcz

[admin]

I should swap that body to MY head!

Nikita, you're going to

a) cut out the 'new' head very carefully using the lasso tool

b) raise it to a layer on top of the 'donor' photo

c) use Edit > Transform and carefully scale (reduce) the size of the head

d) patch up and replace the parts of the background disturbed by the scale

Tip:

When scaling / sizing heads or faces, you can get a more realistic sizing by looking carefully at the distance * between the eyes, and * from the eye brows to the upper lip.

These will vary between people, but generally if you get the same distance between the eyes on the 'new' head, it will be "about" the correct size.

This looks like a cell phone photo, so it's going to be tough to fill in the background void left by the smaller head. Be careful. You may need to just rebuild the entire background area of the wall that shows in the hallway outside the door.

Good luck.

[tscreative]

Rebuilding the background shouldn't be so much of a problem since it is fairly simple. What is important to pay attention to is the sharpness of the image.

Once you have the image where you want it, defringe the image, blur it slightly to match the original and then add a slight bit more of a blur to the edge – just a pixel or two – to make it blend in with the background. Lastly, add some noise to match the original.

Nothing gives a way a retouch faster than a lack of consistancy in sharpness (or lack of it) and noise.