If we were to say Marilyn to you, what would you be thinking? Monroe? Manson?

Well, you would be thinking about the most inspired use of facial imagery. Anybody in advertising will tell you thatthe most effective sales tool around is the face. A face can sell you anything. Any product, any idea. And the most striking faces become icons in their own right.

With Adobe Photoshop, we can see the possibilities for facial stylization explode. This book looks at how to develop an image to get it right, and how to make these mugshots genuinely memorable.

Some of the most exciting designers around have gathered to work their magic on this tightly focused canvas, working from a number of different starting points. Whether it's a perfect gloss you're after, or an abstract form of iconography, Photoshop has a collection of subtle and powerful tricks up its sleeve, and this book coaxes them into the open.

This is a full color inspirations title, aimed at showing professionals and home users alike how to access the multiplicity of techniques available in Adobe Photoshop. By using such a familiar model as the human face, the effectiveness and originality of these techniques is thrown into sharp relief.

The book employs versions of Photoshop up to the release of version 7, although the techniques shown will be compatible with previous releases of the software.

Each chapter contains multiple examples of how to treat a face in Photoshop, and an in-depth explanation of technique from the designer.

If you want to do something amazing with pictures of friends or family, this is the book for you Whether it's transforming your little sister into a cute clown or a tiger girl, or turning your everyday snapshots into stunning glossy portraits, this book has the ideas, the techniques and the fun to get you going. Packed full of creative ideas beyond your wildest dreams, each explained step-by-step, and with all the source files on the jam-packed accompanying CD-ROM, Photoshop Elements 2 Face Makeovers will show you how to: Get rid of red eye and make your everyday pictures look like they were taken by a pro Produce caricatures by distorting faces with the popular Liquify tool. Give your kids a fantasy makeover with some amazing digital face painting. Transform your nearest and dearest into fairies and elves, or color their face like a dedicated sports fan without the hassle of washing it off Turn ordinary snapshots into works of art by Warhol and Van Gogh Ageing, removing wrinkles, lengthening lashes, and much much more. the ultimate fantasy makeover, or just play around with your loved ones' features, Photoshop Elements 2 Face Makeovers gives the fun of digital photography a familiar face. From the Publisher Who this book is for If you've got a copy of Photoshop Elements 2 and want to give your friends and family a digital makeover, this book is for you.