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    #78229   2008-05-20 09:17 GMT      
    I am creating a scrapbook for my brother's wedding and unfortunately, this picture is the only one that the photographer got of them leaving.. and his wife is making the crazies face in it! I tried to photoshop it, does the bride look normal to you now? Can you try to fix it if not?

    Before:http://www.flickr.com/photos/26642122@N04/2508684064/sizes/l/
    After: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26642122@N04/2508683140/sizes/l/

    It still just looks a little off to me, what should I do to soften her face and make it look more natural?
    Thanks!
    erm... I mean "craziest face" :-)

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    #78230   2008-05-20 09:25 GMT      
    Hey, I've got at least one wedding photo (as we were about to leave in the car) that makes me look purely evil!
    They also got one of me and my wife that makes her look drunk.

    Its those fun photos that can sometimes make a wedding album. We look at those and laugh every time (even though it was just 7 months ago).

    Editing the photos to make them all look better/perfect takes some of the real emotion from the day.

    Your work looks good, but I would suggest that you really reconsider editing it like that.

    Here, I got the funny one of me. I wouldn't edit this for the world. It is just great, whether it makes me look bad or not...
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuns_avatar/2508742524/

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    #78231   2008-05-20 09:26 GMT      
    no it does not look normal with that big blob on the left corner!

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    #78232   2008-05-20 09:29 GMT      
    The after pic looks great... the before pic isn't all that bad.

    Also, there probably were people that took pics of them with there own camera's as the couple left the wedding.

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    #78233   2008-05-20 09:45 GMT      
    the face appears ok, good work, maybe use blur tool with low pressure, and adjust blush to tone, keep both anyways,☺
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    #78234   2008-05-20 09:52 GMT      
    well we'd have to see some pictures of her smiling that werent edited, to see if she looks normal....people who know her may find it really noticeable....personally i think her face looks kinda weird & crooked in the after pic and her nose and mouth look too big. i agree with the first answerer who suggested just leaving it as it was.

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    #78235   2008-05-20 10:13 GMT      
    I wouldn't change the original. One of my fovorite pics from my wedding is of me and my husband giving a really dirty look to someone who is out of the frame. It just adds to the character.

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    #78236   2008-05-20 10:18 GMT      
    Find a better image. The original has her facing forward while the modified one has a face in semi-profile.
    The colors don't match either. The original is warm and dull while the pasted image seems to be taken from an indoor photo with flash. The face shines too much. So yeah, if you don't have a better face to paste then dull the shine on the modified photo and change the tonal values. I haven't tried this but I think a short way to do it is to go back to the psd file (assuming you still have it and the images are still on separate layers) and change the layer mode of the pasted face to overlay or multiply. Try it and see if it works.
    Third option would be to work with the original and just move the irises and distort the mouth a little to make her smile.

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    #78237   2008-05-20 10:34 GMT      
    Nope, doesn't look natural at all. This is the only photo the photographer got of them leaving? I'm assume they didn't hire a pro. If this picture is really important to them then have a professional retoucher fix it... it can be expensive, but well worth it.
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