Hii, I would like to know how one performs virtual FFS on their face.  I have a fair few images but haven't the slightest clue of how to soften facial features without distorting the image.  I downloaded something called virtual plastic surgeon but that just produces a distorted result.  I don't know how to do this in PS (CS6) either.  Could someone perhaps help me out a bit?

The reason I want to try this is because a few friends have told me that I would be passable if I had a smaller, less protruding nose.  One of them said that the distance between my nose and the upper lip, and the nose are what get in the way of passing.  However, I don't know how to perform these modifications photoshop.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Photoshop is much quibble. I'm not comptetente to make a tutorial. In my humble opinion, I put a little light on the ridge of the nose.
After the rubber stamp on the outside angle of the nose and I décalle towards the center.
There are certainly people on this forum much more talented than me.

I don't know if I can help much with photoshop, but this site has an excellent explanation of lip to nose distance and how it is corrected. www.virtualffs.co.uk/Lips.html
If I had to guess on photoshop... you can try using the clone stamp to draw your upper lip a little higher. In order to move just the upper lip, you might want to use a photo that has your mouth slightly open so that it's easier to select.  Your lip line will move depending on which surgery or combination of surgeries you choose, so you may want to experiment with lifting the whole lip, just the center of the lip or just the ends of the lip. You can then use the smudge tool to blend everything back together.

In PS try the liquify filter

Quote from: Gina_Z on October 30, 2013, 01:06:54 PM
In PS try the liquify filter

+1000
This is exactly the tool what I was looking!

In Photoshop, I find the liquify tool is a great way to start out for beginners.  After a little practice though I would expand to using the clone stamp tool, it provides you with greater control of what you want to do; as well as preventing distorting of other structures that accidentally get in the way (if you do do this with the liquifying tool no worries, go back and use the history brush).  Other tools in PS that you may want to consider is using different opacities on the clone stamp tool; e.g. you want to change shadows/ brighter areas and make them look appropriate for a female face.  Perhaps consider using the lasso tool to outline your skin, doing a layer via, and changing the your skin pigment (HRT does this).  The list can go on and on.

The trick I find to Virtual FFS is not to over do it (you want it to be realistic); as in, do as little steps as possible.  This means taking away (as in the brow, nose, etc) or adding (lips, cheeks) where a surgeon would add.  The results of overdoing it is readily apparent by an overall plastic feel to the tone of the skin and face; you will also notice distortion where things were overdone.  If you want your work to be realistic, play with photoshop, put the photo away. Look at it a couple days later when you have had sometime to not be caught up in the work, and ask yourself how could I make this more realistic? What could I improve on (as in technique wise?

The Virtual FFS website is a great starter tool to have some understanding of what is going on, and read the info the owner has. Then you can then practice on pics (I presume of yourself).  In addition consider looking at pictures of female faces and notice commonalities they all have that male faces don't.  For example, the shadows and highlighting (and hence contour) of a female forehead is much different than a male.  This what an FFS Surgeon tries to replicate, replicate that in photoshop and experiment with the different tools to do this. 

If I think of some good advice I will post later! Hope this helped!