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Lovely Lori
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ajcutler
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Registered: August 2003
Location: Potomac, Maryland
Posts: 77
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I really wanted to restore the beauty of this woman, and stay true to the original.
I started off by opening up the tonal range with a levels layer. From there I proceeded with the laborous process of cloning out cracks in the face. For a number of areas of the face, I borrowed a good skin sample, copied it, and re-used it in a damaged area (adjusting it's brightness and contrast and using a feathering of 6-10).
I isolated the eyes, neck, chest, neckless and signature in separate layers and worked on them individually. In this way I could make specific adjustments to these layers without effecting the rest of the photo.
I also added some noise and texture to the skin areas for realism such as the neck and chest.
In order to smooth the face, yet preserve detail and realism, I used a small gaussian blur (.8), and with a layer mask painted in smoothness only in those areas that needed it.
Alan
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| · Date: 9/10/2003 · Views: 6084 · Filesize: 35.5kb, 194.8kb · Dimensions: 800 x 1244 ·
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Keywords: Lovely Woman Lori De-Cracked
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DJ Dubovsky
Senior Member
Registered: August 2001
Location: Upper Penninsula of Michigan
Posts: 1,659
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I think you did exactly what you wanted to do and beautifully done.
DJ
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ajcutler
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Registered: August 2003
Location: Potomac, Maryland
Posts: 77
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DJ:
Thank you for the kind words. I really enjoyed pulling Lori out from all those cracks and trying to bring out her beauty.
Alan
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johnc
Junior Member
Registered: March 2004
Location: auburn, maine
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ajcutler
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Registered: August 2003
Location: Potomac, Maryland
Posts: 77
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Gary Richardson
Moderator
Registered: March 2004
Location: Yorkshire, England
Posts: 2,717
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Absolutely exellent job, a masterclass in retouching. If I have to be really minutely nit picking, I would say there is a loss of texture above her R eyebrow, and also in the shadow area to the L of her mouth, but this is just to cover up my jealousy of a really good touch up. Keep up the good work.
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Gary
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ajcutler
Member
Registered: August 2003
Location: Potomac, Maryland
Posts: 77
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Gary:
Thank you very much, it was a lot of effort and detailed work to bring Lori back. I checked out you nits and do see what you mean. If I ever work on Lori again, I'll keep em in mind.
Thanks,
Alan
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