In this tutorial, I will show you how to Swap faces In Photoshop. Swapping faces or swapping heads is perhaps what Photoshop is most commonly used for. Just about every magazine cover or any movie poster that you see has had a head or face replaced.
There are many ways to swap faces in Photoshop, but one of the quickest and most effective techniques is to use the Auto-Blend Layers command found in the Edit menu. This tool is usually used to stitch panoramas together, but it does a great job of blending faces together. I’ll show you how to do that in this video.
Even though the Auto-Blend could match skin tones, it is usually a better idea to match the skin tones yourself manually. This may help you avoid problems in the long run. In this video, I will show you an easy and fast way of matching the skin tones of two faces by using the Match Color feature under the Image menu.
Swapping faces in Photoshop can be a ton of fun, and it is not just for professionals anymore! After watching this Photoshop tutorial, you will be able to quickly swap faces from one head onto another with only a few clicks. I’m sure that you will impress your friends with your newly acquired Photoshop skills!
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Raoul says
January 12, 2013 at 6:16 amYou created a man…
Johnny says
January 16, 2013 at 10:36 pmVery cool. I thought I was pretty good at face swapping till I saw this video. You made this look easy and the results are great.
Photoshop Training Channel says
January 17, 2013 at 9:20 amThanks Johnny!
Cheryl says
February 11, 2013 at 2:11 amHi. Great video! getting tons of giggles swapping faces on family photo’s. Is it possible to swap faces on a single photo with two or more faces? Thanks. Cheryl
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 15, 2013 at 12:40 pmCheryl,
it is possible! but you will need to do one face at time, and then copy the results into a new layer and repeat the process.
ululf01 says
February 12, 2013 at 12:21 amthank his video tutorials
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 28, 2013 at 10:20 amThanks!
Zakaria says
March 6, 2013 at 5:02 pmWow! That was probably one of the best video tutorials I’ve seen in a while.
Great job
Photoshop Training Channel says
March 6, 2013 at 6:25 pmThanks Zakaria!
steve says
May 17, 2013 at 6:30 amIts not working for me, when i shift key both layers and do the blend it just turns the 5 pixel contract into a mask and the two faces still have same original color.
steve says
May 17, 2013 at 6:43 amOkay i sorted it, for some reason if you press the delete key to delete the background images face and not use the backspace key it does what i said above but i have don’t understand why that makes a difference as they both remove the background using the selection.
Can you explain the difference between using the delete and backspace.
Thanx
skoville says
August 4, 2013 at 10:07 pmMan, I’m floored! I was doing this with puppet warp, masks, all kinds of color correcting.As long as the cheek bones are fairly close this is the way. Auto-blend, wow. Thanks, my headache is going away.
suresh kumar says
March 28, 2014 at 4:30 amOne of the best videos on face swapping. Simple.Superb.
Photoshop Training Channel says
March 31, 2014 at 5:05 pmThank you, Suresh!
rocky says
May 25, 2014 at 8:39 pmhey! i can not find the tutorial. can you help? where is it?
Noogie says
June 19, 2014 at 12:34 amHilarious, and informative . Thumbs Up (oh and thumb on a face a la Spy Kids would also be cool!)
james says
November 14, 2014 at 8:57 pmi get a white layer outside , how to erase the thick white layer
Gabriel says
November 23, 2014 at 8:11 amHello ,
I am a student of photography on Iceland , I am making a final project about swap faces , I need to know if there is anybody known that made something similar so I can take a look and have an inspiration .
Thank you in advance for any help you can give
Photoshop Training Channel says
November 26, 2014 at 9:25 amHi Gabriel,
I’m not sure if where you can find people who have done something similar, but maybe google it?
I hope this tutorial helps you out!
Bob Kushner says
February 5, 2015 at 6:34 pmDo you provide transcripts of your video tutorials?
A written transcript would be valuable to follow all the quick select keys that are rapidly used in the procedures.
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 6, 2015 at 5:11 pmBob, I do not. But it’s something that I am considering in the near future.
Chris says
August 1, 2015 at 2:27 amHey so I have ben having trouble with merging faces with facial hair. Example, merging Jon Snow with Gandalf. Please help {:
Photoshop Training Channel says
August 4, 2015 at 1:06 pmChris, you will have to do some extra work. The facial hair needs to sort of match, then you will have to maybe add a layer or paint/clone hair to hide the stitching
ADRIANNA says
February 6, 2016 at 12:15 pmTHIS IS SO FUN
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 10, 2016 at 10:29 amIt is, Adrianna!
jonah says
May 23, 2016 at 12:43 pmHi. I’m trying to photoshop my Chinese friend’s face into a photo of Shrek. Although I am coming close, I am having trouble finding the correct shade of green to finish it. Can you help?
Photoshop Training Channel says
June 6, 2016 at 11:30 amMaybe share a screenshot and I can give you some tips.
Peter says
June 6, 2016 at 1:42 pmAuto blend layers s greyed out
however many times I follow the instructions I just can’t get auto blend layers has available option
Peter says
June 6, 2016 at 2:18 pmFOR LAYER BLENDING TO WORK:
Make sure all layers are RASTERIZED;
You cannot apply Auto Blend Layers Command on CMYK images, you can apply this command only on RGB or Grayscale images. You can’t apply it to background layers, Smart Objects or Video layers as well.
Cat says
July 15, 2016 at 10:49 amAlthough I’m IT savvy I’m new to Photoshop and find most tutorials not great for beginners. This was awesome not to slow but very easy to follow with clear instruction. A written instruction to print off would have been fab. Thanks
Photoshop Training Channel says
August 1, 2016 at 2:51 pmYou’re welcome, Cat!
Carolyn says
November 13, 2016 at 4:37 amYou made it easy..thank you!
Photoshop Training Channel says
November 13, 2016 at 3:42 pmYou’re welcome, Carolyn!
Becky says
December 4, 2016 at 11:15 amYou are amazing! Thank you so much. This was beyond helpful and easy to follow.
Photoshop Training Channel says
December 12, 2016 at 5:30 pmThank you, Becky!
Sapon says
December 1, 2017 at 8:33 pmThis was the great post. Thank you so much.
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 3, 2018 at 1:04 pmYou’re welcome, Sapon!
Gunther Stopa says
February 20, 2018 at 8:34 pmExcellent, so precise and clear. Thank you.
Photoshop Training Channel says
February 26, 2018 at 12:06 pmYou’re welcome!