I need some screen-grabs saved on to the NAS to complete this post

I spent a while manipulating the front of CD photograph of Aykut, only to find I still just wasn't happy with it, 

it didn't really stick to the rule of thirds well enough and there was just too much empty space.



So I started manipulating this photo of him, first selecting his entire person away from the background, and then removing the background using the eraser tool, 

 I then started working on making Aykut look like he would on a real CD cover, using the spot healing tool and a fine point on the blur tool I effectively airbrushed his face to look smooth,

 I also used the dodge tool to add highlights to his cheeks, lowlights to his dimples and correct any patches of shadow that looked like they'd bring the photo's flawless appearance down, I also changed the hue slightly to Aykut's face,

 as the flash on my camera had made him look a little red, so I used the smallest tint of green to give his skin an even and not red faced appearance. I used the spot healing brush and the sponge tool which desaturates to give Aykut's teeth a pop star smile ensuring that the photo used on the front of my Album cover was going to look realistic to ones used on professional made albums. 

Pop star smile!