A method for digitally editing an image of a real-life person for attaching the image to a soft-bodied doll having a generally planar face. The process includes electronically importing an image into a computer by use of a scanner, a digital camera, a compact disc, or an attachment to an e-mail, to produce a digital image file. The image is then digitally edited using any image editor. The face is masked while the neck of the person and background of the image are deleted. A portion of the person's cheek is then sampled and lightened slightly to form a neck color which then fills in the previously deleted portion. In a second embodiment, only the eyes, nose and mouth are masked while the rest of the image is either tinted to a chosen color corresponding to the color of fabric used in producing the doll, or partially erased to allow the chosen background color to blend through and create a color match between the facial images and the cloth body. In a third embodiment, the image is lightened in color to allow the color of the fabric used in producing the doll to bleed through the image. In this embodiment, the eyes and teeth are first whitened as much as possible. In a fourth embodiment, all areas of the photograph except the eyes, nose and mouth areas are removed and the resulting image is transferred to the face of the doll.
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