MY SISTER IS IN THE MISS MICHIGAN PAGEANT THIS WEEKEND AND I TOOK HER PHOTO TO GET RETOUCHED AND IT LOOKS AWFUL! THIS IS WHAT I NEED DONE AND I CANT MANAGE TO FIGURE ANY OF IT OUT! :( I NEED SOME SERIOUS HELP! I WILL SEND YOU MONEY----ANYTHING!

1) Remove shadowing from eyes, chin, shoulder

2) Darken the dress so it is solid

3) Remove the fly-away hairs!

I TOOK IT TO A "PROFESSIONAL" AND HER ENTIRE FACE LOOKS BLOTCHY NOW! IF ANYONE CAN HELP I WOULD APPRECIATE IT!!!! :( 20% OF THE COMPETITION DEPENDS ON THIS PICTURE AND I AM HOPING I CAN GET I FIXED!!! :) LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP!



(I CAN ALSO EMAIL THE PICTURE IF THE QUALITY ON HERE ISNT VERY GOOD!!! my email is skiba2km@cmich.edu)

Here's a quick fix to see if it's in the right direction.

Rô

Hi -- here's my attempt at Shawna's picture.

MOM

I just noticed you wanted the shadow removed from the shoulder--I can fix that in 30 seconds if this is the general look you're after.

Bart

healing brush tool and softening with reverse high pass filter
in soft light mode.

A couple of versions, 1 very contrasty, the other slightly softer.
Tried to soften the unsightly shadows but not completely remove them to keep a natural look

Well here's my attempt. Good luck

Here is my attemp.

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8230/contest9nv.jpg

Another attempt

my retouch, if you like it please email me :classic:

I think a little tint could help.

Also, What about a fast extreme make over on her teeth? I think it could help if it's just little noticed.

I used Ro's degrunge process and then a filter called optikVerve which offers many variations.

http://www.optikvervelabs.com/

Photoshop Your sister if very beautiful. Wish her well from an native Michigander turned Oklahoman!

Used Lab mode and Lightness Channel then Ctrl J and added layer mask filled with black then using Screen Mode on the layer proceeded to spot click earrings to give extra glow....... Ran Edgarian Blur on the whole thing to give a dreamy look...... I always go for the ultra soft look... oh well...

@Ro...

Kind sir, I am learning a lot from your posts and tutorials - now my attempt at an image fix I'm not going to post <sigh>, but I really like your work on this piece - would it be too much to ask you the general steps you used to get there? Custom graphics were easy compared to photo repair... imo. ;-)

Thanks very much!

Doug

Hi there, Solitear. Welcome to RetouchPRO :bigthmb:

Sure is dreamy!
Looking forward to seeing more of your work :)

Rô

...would it be too much to ask you the general steps you used to get there? Hello there, Doug. :bigthmb:

Unfortunately I don't remember the exact steps (I was almost falling asleep) but I'm sure I used the de-Grunge trick, darkened the background and the dress some more and used a median-filtered layer masked in to clean up the edges.

Besides that, general tricks from my toolbox, which unfortunately isn't available on the site any more. However, I should be posting the new verson this weekend. (Honest)

Rô

Lightened shadows on an Overlay 50% Gray layer, enhanced eyes, hair and lips a bit, added an Overlay blend to the whole image and reduced opacity.