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euronail
12-05-2005, 10:53 PM
I guess this is the best I can do.
Is there anything else?
You are welcome to retouch and post.
Thanks

Euro

Panpan
12-06-2005, 04:43 AM
The lighting and skin tone are beautiful. Good job!

The eye catchlights are tiny and the irises very dark. I tried to give them more relief and detail. Also, the girl's hair went too dark on my monitor. I used shadow/highlight to reveal more detail.

Pierre

Edit: It occured to me that the intent is likely to print these. So I set the proof setup to Working CMYK, turned Gamut Warning on and, with the sponge tool on desaturate, I toned down the pixels that were too hot for CMYK.

euronail
12-06-2005, 03:01 PM
How can I fix the catchlights and irises?

I tried dodge tool (hightlight / exposure 50%) but did not like result.

Thanks

Euro

Flora
12-07-2005, 03:41 AM
Hi Euro!

Welcome to RetouchPRO! :pleased:

Great shots!!! But, not having seen the originals, is difficult to say what else, if anything at all, could be done .... :happy:

For the catchlights, I use this very simple method:

* Create a new blank/empty Layer on top of the others ...

* With a very soft/fuzzy white Brush (Opacity set to 20-30%) simply paint the catchlights on it.

If the result is too strong, simply blur your catchlights Layer and/or lower its opacity ...