Add your comments, questions or general discussion about the Jan 06 Contest entries as well as the contest itself here. This is also a great place to share your techniques or ask others about theirs.

Rô

Good !! Nice surprise byRo, I am doubly glad, one that T-Paul is taking a well deserved vacation and that the "acting" mod for this month's contest will be you.

Happy New Year !! to you and the rest of the members that will start showing up soon I am sure. :) Hope you all had a good evening and without too much "fumes" to dissipate. :tongue:

See you later !

Regards - Martha :wavey:

P.S. I am starting my first steps in Illustrator, will it be allowed to use it ? (if I manage to understand it that is ) :dizzy:

Is the 800 px wide and exactly 600 px high correct or should it be the other way round?

Ian

marthig, Hapy New Year to you and all members :classic: . Only the final image is important. You can use any tools you wish.

Ian, yes that is 800px wide, that is part of the "problem". Think of the image as being for the Web, not for print.

Rô

I must publicly apologize to Cassidy (I have done so in private) for clearing up an interpretation of the rules after the entry.

Althoug the wording "Glamour Retouch Showpiece" can be thought of as calling for a before/after shot, the idea is that the entry should be only the "after". OK?

Rô

You say it's an easy challenge this time, but I don't think it is. The fixed size rule that will change the way the image looks, and fact that it is a good starting image, means it will make people look hard at what to change, crop and retouch.
The RetouchPro name in the image could also be something that can be artistically added, rather than just text stamped. So it's adding even more to the challenge. But I do undrstand that this may just be to protect the images in the long run.
Interesting contest, and one that has made me want to come back to entering the contests.

I like it :bigthmb: :bigthmb: :bigthmb:

You say it's an easy challenge this timeActually I said it may seem easy (I know it ain't).

Fully agreed - the wording is another chance to use your imagination. (No problem with protection.)

Glad to see your back with us. :bigthmb: Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Rô

So far I like the KISS principle, however maybe subject to change in the near future

looks like another great contest and I have a feeling that this may be one that is harder to judge than the last.

Wish I had seen the clarification a few hours ago on the before/after aspect :eek: I could have saved myself a few hours, lol
Oh well, at least I had the hard technical part done!

Happy new year to all.

Chester

Yuk, don't know what happened to the skin on my entry when saving and uploading, but it sure has gone flat and fuzzy :idea: . Will have to sort that out later :lmao:

Ro and T_Paul,

here's a thought... we've had a bit of controversy on rules in the past. thankfully, no one died over it that i know of. but something about reading these posts on this new contest got me thinking. what if the rules for the new contest were posted a MONTH ahead of time. no image, just the rules. any clarifications of said rules could be hashed out AHEAD of time and not when someone has already put in time on working on the actual image. this might save some headaches and frustrations. the actual image to be worked on would only be posted at the start of the contest, but the rules would be up a month ahead of that.

just a thought.

craig

Craig, that would be a good idea. T_Paul has already put forward an idea for Feb06, maybe it will be possible to antecipate something.
However, I do feel that without the images the doubts may not arise as they do when the folks start working.

Rô
Photoshop. This month wasn't possible, I got permission for the image and the OK from Doug at the very last minute.

I understand that the intention isn't for a strict before/after, but are there any objections to using the before as part of the graphic, while keeping the new glamour shot as the main element? As we are including text I'm looking at this as graphic composition, rather than just a glamour shot. Does this seem reasonable?

Caitlin, as long as the glamour version is the main element, I wouldn't rule it out.

Yes indeed, the text is part of the challenge.

Rô

Ro,

that's fine. was just a passing thought.

craig

Just in case somebody :rolleyes: forgets.......
Please remember that the only image size permitted is 800px wide, 600px high.

Rô

lkroll and OnAir, you need to change the layout of your images in order to fit within the 800 pixels Wide X 600 pixels High fixed size set out in the rules. Otherwise they will not be entered in the final line-up for voting.

by Doug Colwell: Would have been quicker to send her back to the salon.
:lmao: :nod: Couldn't agree more Doug. In view that she is so pretty, can't understand why they had to cover her face with all those loose strands :shocked:
But then if they had send her back to the salon we wouldn't have this contest :grin: !

You did a good job in tidying her up though I like it, as well as the font for the RetouchPRO legend. Great submissions so far !

Regards - Martha :wavey:


LKroll and OnAir see the advise of byRo and Chrishoggy above !!

Thanks Martha, I like yours too - nicely done. I'm guessing our model was photographed after the dance.

Thanks Martha, I like yours too - nicely done. I'm guessing our model was photographed after the dance.
Right on ! and fast paced too :lol: !

Doug and Marthig --

I agree :dizzy: LOL!!!

I've never seen so much hair in my life.

You've both done a great job on your high glamour makeovers.

This contest was a puzzle for me. Is it a retouch or an advertisement for RetouchPRO, or both?

Lorraine

Ro,

Thanks for stepping in for T. This contest is extremely hard and very satisfying. I've already learned so much from participating.

Lorraine

Hi Lorraine thanks for your nice comment.
I was just admiring your submission, I like it a lot, nice idea about the light too!
I think the mentioning of RetouchPRO is just a sort of "hurdle" our dear byRo added as well as the size being exactly 800 x 600 :rolleyes:

You know how these mod types are, always bossing you around and exercising authority --specially byRo :clown: :lol: :bow:

Just in case someone misinterprets; the above is just a JOKE and nothing could be further from byRo's always nice and helpful attitude. :)

Regards - Martha :wavey:

Add your comments, questions or general discussion about the Jan 06 Contest entries as well as the contest itself here. This is also a great place to share your techniques or ask others about theirs.Rô



Yo Bro Ro...

I just downloaded my first copy of photo-6.. I needed to repair my desktop wallpaper.. and suddenly was pulled into a new art-form, like a northern pike takes a minnow... Then I went a searching for the best photo retouch forum.. and there you were...

At my first attempt at retouching a nude, I got a little carried away with the photo-tools, then clicked negative, and came up with a piece of magic, that I just can't stop looking at... All those blues and purple fires... my favorite colors...

Anyway.. I'm wondering.. Are you considering contests for "distortion art"..?

Lorraine, first, congratulations on you entry. Very nicely done!
Is it a retouch or an advertisement for RetouchPRO
A retouch yes, an advert no.

Besides a glamour retouch, I wanted to put some more spice into it. :evil:
T Paul had passed me some guidelines that Doug had set out, and I liked the idea of a "showpiece" and, seeing as how this is a Web site and not a magazine, I then fixed the size as if it were a (small) web-page.

I knew that a landscape layout would require a bit of imagination to fill up the space. So I figured that specifying a word or two would be a good idea.
There were some other words but Doug has to watch his (our) back on copyright issues so I stuck with just "RetouchPRO".

Marthig!!! :devious: Up to your bedroom, now! No supper for you, young lady! (just :clown: :clown: :clown: too, OK?)

Cosmic, welcome to RetouchPRO :bigthmb: Have a good look around the art forums. I'm not sure how much will translate to Photo(shop?) 6 but you can be certain you'll find a lot of interesting ideas.
Art competitions, and expecially abstract art, are a lot more difficult to judge, but if you look around the Challenges section there's a lot going on there.
And as Danny says, the most important part is to have fun!

Rô

:heul: :lmao: Oops, too late have just had my supper and dessert too :tongue: So I guess will have to skip lunch tomorrow :) ?

Well it was fun :bigthmb:

Ro and Marthig --

Ro, thanks for the clarification and your kind comments. I asked the question because, as I was trying to make up the background composite for my entry, it became more of a challenge than the retouch.

Marthig, Thanks for your clarification as well.

Photoshop -- I'm sure that everyone realizes that you were joking. I'll buy lunch today :happy:

Lorraine

... Photoshop -- I'm sure that everyone realizes that you were joking. I'll buy lunch today
Lorraine
:grin: Great! Thanks Lorraine,

As of today you are officially mi Idol !! :bow:

Ice cream is on me (today's Yahoo! forecast for Buenos Aires, "Lots of sunshine. Hot and humid. High 93F. Winds NNE at 10 to 20 mph.") :eek:

Regards - Martha :wavey:

What a terrific contest!! I've really learned a lot in participating (and hopefully my interprepation is well-recieved) ;) Thank you for providing this opportunity.

Dave : I am so glad you noticed about the dimensions for your entry! Doubly so in view of the addition :cat: :nod: Lovely ! :happy:

PhotoB - I think your interpretation is very nice and creative and yes these contests are great! As well as the challenges and mini challenges etc etc :nod:

Regards - Martha :wavey:

Dave

I think you may have to edit again - you forgot the text????

Peter

Dave
I think you may have to edit again - you forgot the text????
Peter
It's true ! I was so taken with the kitty that didn't notice the text was missing. Hope Dave will see this ! :rolleyes: :)

Regards - Martha :wavey:

It's true ! I was so taken with the kitty that didn't notice the text was missing. Hope Dave will see this ! :rolleyes: :)

Regards - Martha :wavey:

Cats will do this to you every time.

Peter

Actually, it's there.

Cheers

Dave

Looked cool at the higher res. Pretty lame now though. Was actually from the RetouchPro website.

Cheers
Dave

There are some pretty good entries in this contest.

And not only did people have to contend with hair, but trying to figure out what to do with that darned "RetouchPRO". :grin:

:devil: :devil: :devil: ;)

Rô

:devil: :devil: :devil: ;)
Rô
Wicked, wicked byRo !!

PeterS - I see by your avatar that you also like cats so I guess you have experience on that "cats will do this to you everytime"

Dave - I looked at your image again and by an extraordinary will effort did not look just at the kitty but in the whole image and I can not see RetouchPro ! Is it a water mark? maybe my bl**dy monitor is again playing tricks :mad: Well n/m it's still a great rendition :)

Regards - Martha :wavey:

Dave- I see it!! VERY tricky!!

I see by your avatar that you also like cats so I guess you have experience on that "cats will do this to you everytime"

Ah cats yes love them (fried boiled roasted)

Peter

Actually, it's there.

OK New challenge "Find the text"

Sorry I still can't see it. Though I may need an opticians appointment.

Peter

I think it's on the eyelid, but can't make it out :happy:

I agree it does seem to be on the eyelid... to prove it I went in (because I have nothing better to do with my time ;) ) and tried to prove it. After playing with levels and having no luck, I tried useing threshold, this did not work either but I can up with a neat rendition of Duv's image.

I hope you don't mind DUV! :wavey:

Ohhh... I love cats too and the face of the cat used in DUV's image looks like my Ash! I have attached a photo of Ash. He's a big fat baby! I also have a old she devil cat named Spook. :cat:

I have confirmed with Duv that the image :cat: does (or did) actually contain the word "RetouchPRO". Although we could get all philosophical because the word can't be recognized as such.

Next time, we'll have to write.....The final image must also contain the word "RetouchPRO" in legible form.

...but I'm sure Duv's going to do another revision to avoid warfare and worldwide uprest.

Won't you,Duv?


Duv?

Rô

BTW Congratulations to all that entered - You're all winners! (but only one gets the prize ;) )

Really worked well with my first illegal hi res image. Oh well. Meet me at the beach Roland. I need a vacation!

Cheers
Dave

Dave

No still can't see it.



(Joke)


Peter

Time's nearly up! Only a few hours left.

Last chance for posting entries to the January Contest.

Rô

Even I seemed to do this a bit near the end of my votes, but as I was browsing the whole contest thread I reread the rules: You should use the image as a base, but you may make any alterations you like to arrive at a perfect "glamour" result.
And I noticed some of the voting seems to look at other things like the text, etc. I'm just wondering if we could state something about when voting look for what was expected of the picture. In otherwords, if the focus is on a baby restoration and the photo isn't restored well but the background is awesome it still shouldn't be voted on the background only. The only reason I would hate to see some people work very hard on achieving a glamour look like it said and not get voted on because they didn't do something fancy with the text, etc. (And no I don't mean mine LOL :lol: ) I just think if we have guidelines to the contest, there should be guidelines to the voting maybe. And if not, no biggie, just a suggestion :wink:
Now, I'm going to go hide from any objects that you might want to throw at me :eek: :D

Even I seemed to do this a bit near the end of my votes, but as I was browsing the whole contest thread I reread the rules: You should use the image as a base, but you may make any alterations you like to arrive at a perfect "glamour" result.

I agree 100%!

I look back at it now and I see what you mean....maybe a small statement could be made at the start of voting what we should be judging on. I don't see any offense in that. Otherwise everyone (even myself at times) has a hard time not getting distracted by all of the neat things in everyone's entries ;>)
-K

Congratulations Robin, :bigthmb:
Great job on your entry, nicely done. And let me add a "well done" to everyone else who entered!

I just wanted to thank everyone for thier votes and nice comments. Everyone did remarkable work on this challenge!

It is nice to be able to share work like this with peers in the industry. My husband is a numbers guy and looks at work I do and says "yah, looks fine". Of course, he always says these things when the project has taken me hours and I feel it's the best I have done.

I am humbled by RetouchPro and the talented members. It means a great deal to me to be critiqued by others who understand the art of retouching. Thank you again...

I humbly echo the sentiments of the others. This was my first contest here, and I am honored to bring up the rear of the top 10 :o: I have learned a lot participating, and am consistenly amazed by the work others produce. Congratulations to Robin.

-Kate

My congratulatios, Robin! Great idea with perfect realization :thumbsup:

Congratulations, Robin!!!

Lorraine

Congrats Robin :)

Congratulations Robin! Well done!

Wownderful job. Congratulations Robin!

Janet

Congratulations Robin on a great job.

Cathy :bigthmb:

Congratulations Robin! I've come across many of your posts on this site and visited your website -- you are extremely talented!

Thanks to everyone at RetouchPRO for giving me a very valuable learning experience.

MOM

Way to go Robin! I think you did a great job! :wavey:

Congrats Robin, a well deserved win!