: Fetus skin to normal baby skin Is there a way wherein i can change a premature/unborn fetus' skin into a normal baby skin? So far what i have tried is: Color the skin of the fetus with

@Mendez620

Hi Blues – unusual question!

It looks to me like there are a couple of things you need to work on:

Hot Spots

The fetus' skin is very shiny, so you'll need to reduce the hotspots in the image. This is a problem you'll often encounter when re-touching images shot with a direct flash – oily skin often results in big, shiny areas that need to be toned down. You can do this with the following technique:


Select hotspots using the Select > Colour Range tool
Using the Eyedropper Tool select a neutral skin colour by selecting some of the skin next to the hotspot
Create a new layer
Fill (Option+Delete) the selected area with the neutral skin colour
Adjust the transparency of this layer so that the hotspots are a bit softer.


Alternatively, you can use an adjustment layer to lighten/darken the hotspots or adjust the colour balance, but I find this option is the quickest.

You can either do this step before you recolour the image, or after.

Colour

A fetus' skin is very raw and red, whereas a baby's skin is soft and light. I'd use a combination of adjustment layers to achieve the look of soft, dry baby's skin:

Layer > New Adjustment Layer >


Use Levels or Brightness/Contrast to 'soften' the contrast of the skin and reduce the dark areas.
Use Hue/Saturation to desaturate the baby's skin colour
Use Color Balance to change the colour of the baby's skin tone.


Obviously the way you use these adjustments will depend on the skin colour you're trying to achieve.

Good luck!

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