Tutorial: AKVIS Decorator

The Snow Queen

The author of this example is Chantal Meus.

Do you remember the fairy tales your parents told you when you were a child? You were engrossed in the world of magic, adventures and mystery, you empathized with your favourite heroes and blamed the bad guys. But there are some heroes that are fascinating and scary at the same time. The Snow Queen, beautiful and insidious, exquisite and cruel, is one of them. Using AKVIS Decorator we'll turn an ordinary girl into the mysterious, extraordinarily attractive Snow Queen.

• Step 1. Open the photo in your photo editor. You can use any photo editor compatible with AKVIS plugins.
  
• Step 2. Select the girl's lips using any selection tool. In Adobe Photoshop you can use the Lasso tool or the Quick Selection tool. Look at the image below.
  
• Step 3. Call AKVIS Decorator from the main menu of Adobe Photoshop: Filter -> AKVIS -> Decorator.
• Step 4. Change the color of the lips. To change the color you have to activate the Color tab and choose the required tint. The author used the carnation color.

  Then change the Color parameters: Brightness = 50, Deepness = 15.

  
• Step 5. Click on the button to start the process. The result will be shown in the After tab.

  If you are satisfied with the result, press the button .

• Step 6. Now select all parts of her body: the face, the neck, the hands and the bust.
  
• Step 7. Call AKVIS Decorator, go to the Color tab and choose the pale lilac color on the Color Palette. Set the values of the parameters: Brightness = 100, Deepness = 15.
  
• Step 8. Click on the button , then click on the button to apply the result and return to the workspace of your photo editor.
• Step 9. Now we have to decorate her dress. Select the dress and the strap.
  
• Step 10. Call AKVIS Decorator, and choose the Texture tab.

  Select the appropriate texture in the Texture Library. To open the Texture Library you should double-click with the left mouse button on the square with a texture. Choose a texture from the Nature folder.

  

  Set the values of the parameters: Angle = 0, Scale = 75, Brightness = 110, Deepness = 15, Warping = 33.

  

  You should press the button Generate to apply the changes to the texture:

  
• Step 11. Press the button , to process your image and press the to apply the result and close the plugin window.
• Step 12. Now it's time to select her hair.
  

  Call AKVIS Decorator again, choose the Color tab and choose the white color in the Color Palette. Set the values of the parameters: Brightness = 200, Deepness = 15.

  

  Repeat the Step 11.

• Step 13. Now select the bracelets.
  

  Call AKVIS Decorator one more time, choose the Color tab and choose the same color that you used for decorating her skin.

  

  Repeat the step 11.

• Step 14. Now we have to decorate the background of our image. The original image is on a transparent layer. As it is impossible to apply the textures to a transparent layer, we need to color the background.

  Select the whole image except the girl's body. Then choose the Paint Bucket Tool tool and set the white color, then click on the background with the left mouse button and it will become white.

  
• Step 15. Call AKVIS Decorator from the main menu. Choose the Texture tab and open the Texture Library . Select the necessary texture from the Nature folder.
  

  Set the values for the parameters: Angle = 0, Scale = 100, Brightness = 100, Deepness = 15, Warping = 33.

  

  Don't forget to repeat the Step 11.

• Step 16. Here we have our Snow Queen!