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Nail Painting

Photoshop Tutorial

Summary:
So you would like to see what your nails look like if they were a different color? Here is a tutorial that will show you how to color the nails in a photograph. Great for fashion magazine graphic design projects.

Step-By-Step Instructions:
1. Open a photograph of the nails that you want to paint.

2. Choose the tool “Pen Tool” and, as you see in picture, follow the outline of the nail. Then with the tool “Add Anchor Point” , then modify the outline so as to make it more curved.

3. Once you have modified the outline, click on the layer “Shape 1” keep the CTRL button pressed. This way you select the outline, then you cancel the layer “Shape 1”. After this, press CRTL+U and insert these values:
Hue: 285
Saturation: 34
Lightness: 0
Colorize: Enabled

4. Repeat these steps, you can colour the remaining nails.