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kiara73 Junior Member Registered: February 2007 users gallery	what are you thinking about this pretty black baby???
	· Date: 2/20/2007 · Views: 5217 · Filesize: 33.0kb, 195.5kb · Dimensions: 930 x 1096 ·
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SMURPHY405
Junior Member

Registered: January 2007
Posts: 11

2/20/2007 9:51pm

I like it and have to try it too. What were your steps?
smurphy

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kiara73
Junior Member

Registered: February 2007

2/21/2007 3:20pm

for the skin i used midtones level to darken, curves and hue saturation level when the color were too saturated(sorry for my english). I increased the magenta. i used many level with step by step retouch to control the image(even the opacity level). I retouched the nose and the lip with liquify to make her more african. the lips i tried to take less saturated than the skin. when you mask the skin you can mask even the hair to darken.
i hope it's enough comprehensible...sigh!

SMURPHY405
Junior Member

Registered: January 2007
Posts: 11

2/21/2007 4:38pm

You speak (write) very good English. Better than many of my State side friends. Thanks for your work flow. I will have to play with it now.
smurphy

Janet Petty

Senior Member

Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 2,025

2/23/2007 4:21pm

Amazing transformation. You are to be congratulated on a job very well done.

Janet

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kiara73
Junior Member

Registered: February 2007

3/2/2007 8:15am

thanks Janet! i'm never sure about my work, i'm still learning...
and I need someone give me some feed back and advices.

Allison

Junior Member

Registered: August 2007
Posts: 1

3/25/2008 2:03pm

Very creative. I will have to try it.

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Paris_lee
Junior Member

Registered: March 2009
Posts: 6

3/11/2009 8:31pm

i never have thought of this idea,interesting to try!
but I still like the original one better

rimjhim
Junior Member

Registered: April 2008
Location: Chandrapur, Maharashtra,India
Posts: 6

4/22/2009 4:31am

Try keeping her teeth white next time, anyway a great job and very creatively thought.

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