I am shitty at photoshop, but I'm trying to get better at

>>15486325

Basically you want the fake to match in color and light direction. You also want the edges to be softer so you get a smooth transition between the fake and original

For lighting effects, the biggest help will come from making a copy of the original, soft light blend mode, and gaussian blur. Then place that over the fake.

What this does is apply the lighting from the original onto the fake, making it seem like its under the influence of the same light source as the original. Its not perfect, so be sure to look up how to use screen and multiply layers and blend if sliders.

For colors I use curve adjustments and opacity sliders. Learn to group layers together too. This will help you keep everything organized and also allow you to use a master layer mask over them. That way you wont have to keep adjusting 3+ different layer masks.

For the edges, use a soft or hard edge brush with a low flow setting. Something around 2-15% works well.

>>15486345
Thank you! I got the soft light blend, but how do you do gaussian blur?

>>15486355

Menu Bar > Filters > Blur > Gaussian

Gaussian blur is an extremely helpful filter. You see it used alot in different tutorials. Play around with the radius and see what works best.

Color is irrelevant. Find any skin tone and just put a color adjustment layer on it. When looking for boobs and what not just find the right angle and somewhat similar lighting. Color is very very easy to change

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>>15486325
Here's some rough work of simply using the clone tool on a very low power, which works alright when blending. Use balance to get the colors as close as possible, then blend the edges

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>>15486379
Thanks guys, much appreciated. I got this far now

>>15486385
Good start! Improved from first try. Edges still need to be blurred/blended but that's no big deal

The absolute BIGGEST thing I've learned to get a good fake is simply to have a good donor. Skin tone, pose, size, hair in the way, it all matters and makes your life so much easier