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My first post - be gentle!

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maestro Junior Member Registered: April 2004 Location: Baldwinsville, NY users gallery	To start, I made several large selections: one of the discolored area, one of the relatively normal area, and one of the "no-man's land" in between the two. I then adjusted the levels in each area seperately to remove the discoloration and match them to each other. Next there was a process of selecting problem areas and adjusting hue/saturation, smoothing the skin, and sharpening the facial details. I finished by applying a selective sharpening to the edges in the picture.
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Matt Roberts

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Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

4/23/2004 10:09am

Great work Maestro,

I like the varied colors in the background.
Your edge sharpening looks good.
The only hopefully helpful comment is that the skin
tones seem to have a strong yellow cast.

Wish my first post was as good as this.

Matt

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ACTUAL iMAGE

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Registered: September 2003
Location: Gurnee, IL
Posts: 4

4/24/2004 11:53am

It's really well done. The separation of "Mom" from the background is particularly good. I didn't even want to try this one. Nice!

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