Create an Eyeglasses Effect

Learn how to make an example eyeglasses effect for ManyCam using Adobe Photoshop software.

1. First Download the eyes stencil from the ManyCam website.
   The stencil picture looks like the picture below and the size is 100x90 pixels:

   

2. Open stencil picture with Adobe Photoshop.

3. Open the Photoshop Layers Window: select Main Menu - Window - Layers item. Press the rectangle button (marked green below in the screenshot below) to create a new layer.

   

4. Now selected Layer2. In the new layer draw the picture that will become your new face accessory (use Adobe Photoshop drawing tools: Pencil, Brush etc...). You can also copy a picture from any other file and paste it in to Layer2. If you paste a picture from a file keep in mind that not every format supports transparency (only PNG and GIF). If there are unnecessary details on the picture (a non- transparent background for example) you can erase them with the Photoshop Eraser Tool. In this example we paste an eyeglasses picture from a PNG format file.

   

5. Using Move Tool make effect picture overlap the face template correctly, just like you'd want it to overlap in your ManyCam video window when you use it.

   

6. Next delete the original layer with the ManyCam face template: select the original Layer1 and press the trash button that is marked green in the screenshot below.

   

7. Now you have only one layer - Layer2 with your effect picture on transparent background.

   

8. Save picture in PNG format to keep background transparency. Select Main Menu - File - Save as item. Select PNG format, type file name face_accessory and press the Save button. Check any PNG Interlace Options press the Ok button.

Using the same instructions above you can create an Eyebrow Effect source picture. Obviously you'd place the eyebrows above the eyes instead of directly on them like we did in this example.

Follow Add Eyeglasses Effect recommendations to add effect using the created file.