How To Face Swap In Photoshop

How do you think you look like when you switch faces between your most liked celebrity or any other person ? That's going to be interesting.

In this tutorial we are going to see how to use face swap in Photoshop. For the convenience of the user it is always advisable to find an image for face switch which matches the skin tone of the person you are going to edit. The large difference in skin tone can bring a color imbalance in the final output.

Now lets begin,

1^st Step : Open up the image.
 Open the Image which you are going to do Face Swap by Clicking File > Open
 or Just by pressing Ctrl + O.

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2nd Step : Duplicate the layer.
Now on the bottom right corner you can see the background icon. Right Click on
that and Press Duplicate Layer. Keep the name as Background Copy and Press Ok

3^rd Step : Open the 2nd Image.

Open the Other Image which you are going to replace the face by Going to
File > Open.

4^th Step : Do a Freehand Selection.
After Opening the 2nd Image grab the Polygonal Lasso Tool from the Tool Bar
and do a Freehand Selection as I did in the below image.

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5^th Step : Copy the Selection.
Copy the Freehand Selection you made by Pressing Edit > Open or just by Pressing Ctrl + C.

6^th Step : Paste it.

Paste the Freehand Selection you made on the Other Image by going
Edit > Paste.

7^th Step : Adjust the Pasted Picture.
Press Ctrl + t , adjust the face until it perfectly matches and apply it. Set the Opacity to Below 50%.

8^th Step : Select the Pixels on the Pasted Image and Inverse it.
Right click on the layer icon and and Select Pixels then Go to Select > Inverse or  Press Shift + Ctrl + I.

9^th Step : Expand the Image.
Now Go to Select > Modify > Expand and Expand by any number between 5 
and 10. And Press Ok.

10^th Step : Inverse the Image.
Inverse the image again by Pressing Select > Inverse or by Pressing 
Shift + Ctrl + I.

11^th Step : Make the Backgroud Copy Layer visible.
Make only the Backgroud Copy Layer visible by Clicking on the small eye icon and press Del. This should delete the pasted image.

12^th Step : Deselect the Selection.

Deselect the Freehand Selection by Pressing Select > Deselect or Press
Ctrl + D.

13^th Step : Make the Background Copy and Layer 1 visible.
Now make sure that both Background Copy and Layer 1 are visible by Clicking on the small eye icon.

14^th Step : Select Background Copy and Layer 1.
Press Ctrl and left click on both Background copy and Layer 1 to select both.

15^th Step : Add Panorama Effect.

Add Panorama effect to the Image by Pressing Edit > Auto blend layer > Panorama and click Ok.

16^th Step : Merge the 3 Layers.
Now combine all the 3 layers by holding Ctrl and right clicking all 3 layers and Press Merge Visible.

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17th Step : Make both the Layers Visible.
Press on both small eye icons on the Layers and Make sure that both the layers are visible.

18^th Step : Now Save the Final image by going to File > Save As... or
by Pressing Shift + Ctrl + S.

That's it you are done, you have successfully changed face between 2 photos using Photoshop. If you have any queries please leave it in the comment section.