Inside Photoshop® CS

Trick 1: Getting Rid of a Wattle

First of all, it might be useful to define wattle. This term, which my wife learned from my mother-in-law, describes slack flesh that descends from one's chin to the neck. In Figure 24.1, you can see what I mean. If you're a Hollywood actor or somehow sneaked to the front of the gene pool (or if you're under 20), you probably have a connection between your jawline and your neck that can be described by a T-square—a perfect (don't you hate 'em?) 90-degree angle. For the rest of us, we have to be content with the image at the right. Let's send a distress call to Photoshop post haste!

Figure 24.1. Waxing wistful about wattles.

The technique to follow is applied to a front view of a person with a wattle. Here's how ...