{"id":8025,"date":"2009-04-17T14:04:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-get-a-piercing-done-in-photoshop\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:23:40","slug":"how-to-get-a-piercing-done-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-get-a-piercing-done-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Get a piercing done in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I wrote a Photoshop tutorial about how to get a virtual tattoo<\/a> which seems to be quite successful amongst our readers. This is why I thought about the perfect complement: a tutorial on how to get a piercing done in Photoshop. In fact, this might come in handy if you’re considering the possibility of having a real piercing done – or just to make fun of a friend. Simply load up a picture in Photoshop and follow these steps:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Select the Marquee<\/strong> tool, change it to the elliptical shape and draw a circle where you want your piercing to be. Make sure you change style to “Fixed aspect ratio” and set width and height to 1.<\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong> Go to Select >Modify > Border<\/em> and add a 3px wide border to your selection.<\/p>\n

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3.<\/strong> Now create a new layer and go to Edit > Fill<\/em>. In the menu, select “50% grey”. You can then unselect the area by pressing Ctrl+D<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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4.<\/strong> Time to add a bit more realism to the piercing! First, adjust the perspective with Edit > Transform > Perspective<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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5.<\/strong> Then, remove the extra nose area by using a layer mask.<\/p>\n

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6.<\/strong>\u00a0 One more step: add a Bevel and Emboss<\/strong> layer style to create the illusion of depth. You may want to tweak the gloss contour and the light angle to obtain a more realistic result.<\/p>\n

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7.<\/strong> Finally, use the Burn<\/strong> tool to add a fake “hole” to the end of the piercing.<\/p>\n

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8.<\/strong> Our virtual piercing is done! If you want, you can change the color of the ring by using a Color Overlay<\/strong> layer style. Remember too, you can use this same technique for piercings on eyebrows, lips or any other place you can think of.<\/p>\n

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Last year I wrote a Photoshop tutorial about how to get a virtual tattoo which seems to be quite successful amongst our readers. This is why I thought about the perfect complement: a tutorial on how to get a piercing done in Photoshop. In fact, this might come in handy if you’re considering the possibility … Continue reading “How to: Get a piercing done in Photoshop”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-8025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t