Photoshop: vampire effect - that's how it's done

With Photoshop you create creepy vampire effects and spice up your profile picture for the next Halloween. This guide shows you how to create a vampire effect in Photoshop.

Photoshop vampire effect: create pale skin

Instead of white make-up, we help our vampire with a little Photoshop in this case. To do this, follow the steps below.

• Open the portrait of the person you want to edit in Photoshop. Use the quick selection tool (shortcut key W) to select the visible skin. Save your eyes and lips. You can deselect areas that have already been selected by pressing the ALT key and clicking the area again.
• Copy the selection and paste it as a new level.
• Now place a photo filter on this new layer. The "Cooling Filter (82)" is best suited here. The picture should now have a cold tone.
• If the filter has overlaid the entire image, right-click on the layer and select "Summarize down". Now only the selected skin areas should appear pale.
• Hard edges can be smoothed out a little with the eraser by choosing a large circumference and erasing at the edge of the layer.

Vampire effect in Photoshop: edit sharp teeth in the image

Dangerous canines that are exaggerated in size come to the pale skin. It is best to have a picture for this, on which your teeth can be clearly seen.

• Mark a canine with the quick selection tool, as you did with the skin in the previous step.
• Copy the tooth and paste it as a new layer.
• Select the new layer and click on "Filter" and "Liquify" in the toolbar at the top of the screen. A new window is opening up.
• Here you select the brush size so that it completely covers the tooth. The strength can remain at 100 percent. Now click on the tooth, hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse pointer down. Now you should have smeared the tooth with the tool. You can set this to different degrees or to a great extent, as required.

Photoshop: Add red eyes for vampire effect

Finally, you can add red eyes to give the picture the finishing touch.

• Proceed again as in steps one and two, mark the eyes and paste them as a new layer. However, make sure you only select the iris and not the whitish dermis.
• Then select the new layer and click on "Color Balance". Set the red component here to 100.
• If that's not enough for you, you can also select the "Channel Mixer" and even set the red portion there to 200 percent. Now the eyes should shine bright red.
• For more beautiful contours, use the eraser tool to erase the edges of the layer a little, making the transition a little softer.