Hello guys

I am a semipro photographer who is lost for ideas when it comes to retouching my pictures... i have a big bunch of pictures just waiting to be played with..

You guys are more than welcome to use them to show of your skills, as long as i am credited as photographer, and if i may i will show some of them on my upcoming homepage (has one already, but i am working on a new one) and off course credit you..

You can find more jpg´s at these links... if you want to retouch one of the files, just change the file name in the end... and you will get the RAW file

Http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/"filename".zip (IMG_3170.zip or XXo02374.zip)

http://www.lisbethogjesper/retouchpro/jasz.zip

And off course i would be happy to see the results here on the forum ;-)

Jasz

Thanks! Always nice to have some quality pics for practice. Now i only need a source for some damaged color picture scans to improve my restoration skills. :)

Nice work....VERY nice.

A pleasure to work on.

Here are a couple of interpretations.

Steve C.

Website appears to be down, sadly :(

Like the interesting camera angle.

Steve C.

Hey,

Looks like we may be able to help each other. Infact my mission is to offer free retouching so I can build up my portfolio. I primarily will be looking for fashion beauty stuff.

My site is brand new, but I will credit you with pleasure when I create these pages on my site. Only then will I post your shots.

If you want to trade – get in touch.

Regards
Molecule

Hi guys

It sounds like i am wanted...or at least my pictures is ;-)

I will upload a bunch more tommorow (its evening here), so in about 14 hours there will be more pictures to you hungry Photoshop sharks ;-)

Nice to see that people appreciate it

Sincerely

Jasz

Slouching.

Steve C.

Looks like she got tired of posing and is yelling for a break! :tongue:

Steve C.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7126/img1uw1.jpg

quickie using jpg as orig.

Thank you for letting us retouch your pictures! Your photos are beautiful.

Love the photos, wonderful pictures here

another quick one

Well little hard to deal with 400x600 buts here is something.

Heres another :)

Hello again

Here is the next 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/IMG_3137.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/tina-002374.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/vicki-004291.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0166.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0235.zip

More to come in 5 min.

Jasz

Hello again again

Here is the next 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O3420.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O3460.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O4159.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O4611.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O7968.zip



More to come in 5 min.

Jasz

Hello again again again

Here is the next 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O8472.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O9519.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O8088.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O8121.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O6632.zip



There will now be a break for about an hour before i will upload some more..

Jasz

Hello again´4

Here is the next 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/CRW_6879.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/CRW_6890.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_1554.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2677.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2872.zip



More in 5 minutes...
Jasz
Today 08:03 AM

Hello again´´5

Here is the next 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/IMG_3054.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/IMG_3167.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/IMG_3245.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/LotteAare-000562.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/LotteAare-000577.zip



More in 5 minutes...
Jasz

Hello again´6

Here is the next 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0083.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0096.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0102.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0126.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0135.zip


More in 5 minutes...
Jasz

Hello again´7

Here is the last 5 pictures to play with..

The attachments are straight out of the RAW software, nothing has been done to them..

On the following links you can download the RAW file (size is between 10 and 15 mb. each)

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O0246.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O7465.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O7468.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O7471.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O7502.zip


Last post for now... enjoy

Jasz

Another from me

Just a quick one from me...

And another...

And another...

Hehe, damn good idea... takes the picture out of the studio ;-)

Jasz

And another...

I like this one Ziaphra. But you must go through your colour channels as you work. It will reveal were your blacks haven't been consistant.

Thanx...I'm not bothered as I'm just playing...it's not like I'm getting paid for it. ;)

Going for a grunge type of feel...

Thanx for letting us play with them. ;)

And another

Here's my first contribution!

Hi jasz,
Thanks for the photos. I like the expression on this girls face, so I gave it a try.
Ray

Hey Jasz,
I just wanted to say thank you so much for posting your images here for everyone to use. I just wish I had more free time working on them, but I'll be busy with them once I get a chance.

and off course credit you..

Wow, this is my first time ever to see a photographer would want to give retouchers the credit.

Thought I would give this a try. Rarely work on men so this guy looked like a good one to practice on.

Thanks for all the pics. I get tired of working on the same ones all the time. They are a nice change and a nice variety.

Yes very generous to supply so many images, thank you

Lady in fur.

Steve C.

Jasz

Thanks for the pix. Fun working on quality hi rez files. Here are two that I completed.

Larry

PS Rotated the first one to get better angle on retouching eyes with intent to
rotate back. But I like it so much that I decided to leave it rotated. Makes her look like she is flying.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6072/vicki00429xo2.jpg

Hello all

Thx for playing with my photos.. i so envy you guys on creativity and skin retouch... i have tried learning skin retouch, but seems to get stuck each time.. i might stop by one of you guys and look over your shoulders ;-)

I anyone is looking for something special photos to retouch, please dont hesitate to ask.. i might have the shot you are looking for (Wedding, Portrait, Kids, Cars, Buildings, animals, product, nature......) and i will do my best to help you.

Keep up the good work..

Jasz

P.S. What do you guys charge to do skin/color/light retouch pr. picture...

I work on this photo for a while.
Hope you like it.

another one.

hope you like it.

Day off today, so a few more

Another one.

Larry

I thought I'd give this a go and have some fun with it. I was looking at the picture with a "vintage" type of feeling and decided to do something looking "mature" - as I would call it.

Thanks for the pictures!

Hello all

I have had a request on some product pictures.. i dont have loads of them, but here is something to play with..

Also i got a request for some close up facials to do some skin work on... 10 of these will be up in about 15 min.

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_1131.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2042.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2043.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2050.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2059.zip

For your own sake please use the RAW files above, as the attached images are very small jpg.s straight out of the camera (No color correction or anything)

5 more product photos to come in 3 min

Jasz

P.S. Once again thx for all the nice words about my photos and my will to upload the raw files... i am doing this to help and hopefully learn something on the way ;-)

Hello all

I have had a request on some product pictures.. i dont have loads of them, but here is something to play with..

Also i got a request for some close up facials to do some skin work on... 10 of these will be up in about 15 min.

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2067.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2078.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2080.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2083.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_2090.zip

For your own sake please use the RAW files above, as the attached images are very small jpg.s straight out of the camera (No color correction or anything)

10 Closeup facials photos to come in 10 min

Jasz

P.S. Once again thx for all the nice words about my photos and my will to upload the raw files... i am doing this to help and hopefully learn something on the way ;-)

Hello all

Facials:

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_0280.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_0332.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_0554.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_0584.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_0690.zip

For your own sake please use the RAW files above, as the attached images are very small jpg.s straight out of the camera (No color correction or anything)

3 Closeup facials photos to come in 2 min

Jasz

P.S. Once again thx for all the nice words about my photos and my will to upload the raw files... i am doing this to help and hopefully learn something on the way ;-)

Hello all

Facials:

http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/Image_0713.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/JetteD-000834.zip
http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/XX2O7346.zip

For your own sake please use the RAW files above, as the attached images are very small jpg.s straight out of the camera (No color correction or anything)

i konow the last one is more than facial, but there is a lot of skin.. and if you download the RAW file there should be enough pixels to actually crop the face.

Looking forward to see your creativity and skin skills once again ;-)

Jasz

P.S. Once again thx for all the nice words about my photos and my will to upload the raw files... i am doing this to help and hopefully learn something on the way ;-)

Hi jasz,

May I ask what type of camera you're using? I love the quality!

Thanks,
Jordan

I picked one that lured my eyes and came up with something interesting :)
I welcome your comments and suggestions on my work.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n68/pranavy/IMG_3245_done.jpg

Forgot to mention tons of thanks to Jasz for helping with hi res pics to play...

Hi jasz,

May I ask what type of camera you're using? I love the quality!

Thanks,
Jordan


Hi Jordan

Most of the pictures are taken with Canon 1Ds II (16.7 mpix) and with the Canon 24-70 F/2.8L Lens on - its a damn good combination with delivers a crisp result.. love it ;-) a few of the old ones a taken with my formaer camera a Canon 20D.

Glad you like the quality ;-)

Jasz

jasz: any possible way to use this within a portfolio on my future website? you will be credited and linked :D

cheers for the pictures

Gerry

Hi Jordan

Most of the pictures are taken with Canon 1Ds II (16.7 mpix) and with the Canon 24-70 F/2.8L Lens on - its a damn good combination with delivers a crisp result.. love it ;-) a few of the old ones a taken with my formaer camera a Canon 20D.

Glad you like the quality ;-)

Jasz

Thanks for the info! I'd like to purchase a professional camera with good lens (I'm currently looking for the best combination available that creates excellent results, do you mind recommending me a very good camera and good lenses?

I've seen pictures and read reviews priorly relating your combination (the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II and your Canon 24-70 F/2.8L Lenses) but I'm not very sure if they are oneof the best combinations to have for taking photo's or photo shoots for people like you do.

Thanks,
Jordan

85mm L-series lens is a good lens...the zoom lenses doesn't give the same sharpness as the ones without zoom...

gerry

I didn't spend as much time on the arm as I would like, like to smooth skin and add some lighting but it's getting late, wanna go to bed..

<img http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/277/img3054op5.jpg />

Here's my first entry.

http://pixilism.com/sample/full.html
http://pixilism.com/sample/close_up.html

Hey Jasz,

What's the proper way to credit and link the work to you if I were to use this image for my personal portfolio? Once again, thank you for your generosity for supplying the hi-res files.

Hello

As for SLR camera´s you won´t get anything better than Canon´s 1DsII, it is the only Full Frame camera on the market with almost 17 mpix, though mpix is not all, it has a top of the range CMOS which delivers far better colours than the smaller models.

As for lenses, as "superkoax" writes, the 85mm F/1.2L is "State of the art" when it comes to portrait/people photography, as 85mm is where the face does not look to flat or to big... so if you mainly do portrait, make sure that you have a lens that covers 85mm ... (75-300 , 70-200 or similar) and remember to add up if you buy a camera with a smaller chip (Canon 400D x1.6 , Canon 1D x1.3)

By going for the Fullframe camera´s you will also have real Wideangle, not all that + Crop Factor...and you will get a better "Depth of field" with a FF

It is hard to recommend anything, but i would go for Canon fullframe, and if it is not the 1DsII i would buy a batterygrip right away, as most portrait pictures is taken in "Portrait" mode and you will then get the Shutter button where you need it.

And for lenses i would definately go for Canon lenses and especially the L series... it is expensive, but it delivers quality..

You could also go for Nikon, but i would not be able to help you here as i am brainwashed ;-) i have always had Canon...

Jasz

Here's my first entry.

http://pixilism.com/sample/full.html
http://pixilism.com/sample/close_up.html

Hey Jasz,

What's the proper way to credit and link the work to you if I were to use this image for my personal portfolio? Once again, thank you for your generosity for supplying the hi-res files.


You could just write "Photography by Jasz" or something like that.. and you could put a link to my outdated website ;-) http://www.compho.dk

Jasz

jasz: any possible way to use this within a portfolio on my future website? you will be credited and linked :D

cheers for the pictures

Gerry


Hi SuperKoax

Yes, as long as i am credited as photographer.. and if i get a link it would be even better (not a must ;-))

Jasz

hope you like it.....

Hello

As for SLR camera´s you won´t get anything better than Canon´s 1DsII, it is the only Full Frame camera on the market with almost 17 mpix, though mpix is not all, it has a top of the range CMOS which delivers far better colours than the smaller models.

As for lenses, as "superkoax" writes, the 85mm F/1.2L is "State of the art" when it comes to portrait/people photography, as 85mm is where the face does not look to flat or to big... so if you mainly do portrait, make sure that you have a lens that covers 85mm ... (75-300 , 70-200 or similar) and remember to add up if you buy a camera with a smaller chip (Canon 400D x1.6 , Canon 1D x1.3)

By going for the Fullframe camera´s you will also have real Wideangle, not all that + Crop Factor...and you will get a better "Depth of field" with a FF

It is hard to recommend anything, but i would go for Canon fullframe, and if it is not the 1DsII i would buy a batterygrip right away, as most portrait pictures is taken in "Portrait" mode and you will then get the Shutter button where you need it.

And for lenses i would definately go for Canon lenses and especially the L series... it is expensive, but it delivers quality..

You could also go for Nikon, but i would not be able to help you here as i am brainwashed ;-) i have always had Canon...

Jasz

Hi Jasz,

Thankyou very much for that helpful information! After reading all of that and doing some research, you're definitely right about that Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II camera and the EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM lenses being an outstanding combination. And at the moment my budget is doing fine for me to go out and buy this!

However, I have one last question about Canon camera's, bare with me; the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II's are really good, but what about the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III's? I have just noticed that they are a brand new version, would it be better for me to purchase the Mark III instead of the Mark II? Is there a big difference? Does it really matter?

Thanks again, I appreciate your time!
Jordan

my attempt

You could just write "Photography by Jasz" or something like that.. and you could put a link to my outdated website ;-) http://www.compho.dk

Jasz

That's great. I'm still in the early stages of building my retouching/digital imaging portfolio and my website. I'll definitely let you know when it's all set and launched.

JASZ: Thank you! link and credit is appropriate...I'm only for being nice as well :D


gerry

Here is my version

High key effect. Almost passed on these pix because I did not like them (the other pix is in the thread "Ultra high key saturatiion". Uploaded there as an example. Found out that I could not upload here also).

Used a copy of the red channel pasted into a layer with mode luminosity and reduced opacity to taste. The only thing in the red channel is the eye area so that this darkens and increases the apparent saturation of the eyes and makes them pop.

Larry

Hi Jasz,

Thankyou very much for that helpful information! After reading all of that and doing some research, you're definitely right about that Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II camera and the EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM lenses being an outstanding combination. And at the moment my budget is doing fine for me to go out and buy this!

However, I have one last question about Canon camera's, bare with me; the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II's are really good, but what about the Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III's? I have just noticed that they are a brand new version, would it be better for me to purchase the Mark III instead of the Mark II? Is there a big difference? Does it really matter?

Thanks again, I appreciate your time!
Jordan


Hi Jordan

There is no 1Ds III only a 1D III which is a camera for sports and press.. it is very fast, 10 pics a second, but you have crop factor 1.3 on it and you "only" have 12 mpix. It is extremely good at high ISO´s

Just ask, and i will do my best to answer..

Jasz

Whoever asked for skin work has their work cut out for them :)

this is my version

nice retouching

thanks! here my attampet on the car.... hope you like it.

heres another. I tried a softened look that goes from low saturation to saturated, with an emphasis on the flowers and rings.

Personally I think the bouquet is spot on in the original, lovely aspect and focus

I think these are great photos to work on. Thought I would try a glamour retouch.

cropped
skin soften
added hair
color to lips
plumped lips
brought nose down

JASZ, a big thank you!

High key effect. Almost passed on these pix because I did not like them (the other pix is in the thread "Ultra high key saturatiion". Uploaded there as an example. Found out that I could not upload here also).

Used a copy of the red channel pasted into a layer with mode luminosity and reduced opacity to taste. The only thing in the red channel is the eye area so that this darkens and increases the apparent saturation of the eyes and makes them pop.

Larry

great stuff..love your work...tried it on some of my photos, I'll post it later
also photo and model is great :)

High key effect. Almost passed on these pix because I did not like them (the other pix is in the thread "Ultra high key saturatiion". Uploaded there as an example. Found out that I could not upload here also).

Used a copy of the red channel pasted into a layer with mode luminosity and reduced opacity to taste. The only thing in the red channel is the eye area so that this darkens and increases the apparent saturation of the eyes and makes them pop.

Larry

I like it too Leuellen. Watch out for too much cyan in the whites though.

Same model. Different shot.

Syd

these pics are perfect for practicing...thanks so much! i can't wait to do more
the first pic is my first try and then the 2nd one is just a modification of the first one by changing some colors to give it a more "icy" feel...the pic seems kinda cold and she's wearing a jacket so i thought it would work well :P
ash

more I look at theese photos and model more and more I like it
really beautiful model

i redid the car one do you like it better then the other?(pg5)

And a few more, have only just now realised that jpeg compression also influences colour :(

hi! got 2 more picture. hope you like them.

Tiger: Grrrrrrrrrr :angry:

hmmm....what do you all think? i'm pretty pleased with how it turned out :D...just a quicky and a small pic but it will do i suppose

hi again- I readied her and changed the background

a little skin smoothing, contrast changed, shortened neck to make more proportional, slight body contouring, selective coloring, curves ....it kinda sucks that i didn't dowload the full size :P i was just in a hurry

The Stare.
Ray

Here is a retouch of the one of the watches. I also used it in a make believe ad I did, which I'm going to post in the critiques section.
Thanks Jasz for the nice photos.

here is a few i have been working on....

I retouched another one.

http://pixilism.com/sample

I retouched another one.

http://pixilism.com/sample

Nice work.

Meanwhile, I retouched one myself.

these guys look really great, but the colour is off IMHO

Nice work.

Thanks. You have some nice stuff in your portfolio.

jasz,

nice pictures!

i downloaded a few of the zip/raw files. i changed the zip to raw but couldnt load them in psp xi or photoshop cs2. i need the raw data on image size, whether rgb, cmyk 3 channel or 4 channel and header size. both psp and cs2 require this information to open these files. otherwise you have to guess and i'm just not guessing correctly.

jasz,

nice pictures!

i downloaded a few of the zip/raw files. i changed the zip to raw but couldnt load them in Paint Shop Pro xi or photoshop cs2. i need the raw data on image size, whether rgb, cmyk 3 channel or 4 channel and header size. both Paint Shop Pro and cs2 require this information to open these files. otherwise you have to guess and i'm just not guessing correctly.

Did you use any utility program, such as Winzip (Window OS) or Stuffit (Mac OS) to extract the raw file inside the zip, or did you simply change the file extension from zip to raw?

umm, seems like the website is down?

Here's my touch up. I didn't DL the raw file since I have a dial-up connection.

yeah, read it wrong. all i had to do was unzip it and then run cs2 to read it (psp would only read one of the ten i downloaded). cs2 handled it as a raw and allowed me to convert it to a .tif which i can then read in psp.

so, thanks :)

Here's another image.

did another one

Here is something with a gritty effect

another w/ b&w and selective color

tell me if you like her....

hi jasz here is another one.

thought i'd do a little artification. used a filter forge filter i made.

did another with a different filter forge filter.

Here is my take on one of the images. Thank you for posting your images for us to play with!

nicely done, shultzy and welcome to RP :)

Hello guys

I am a semipro photographer who is lost for ideas when it comes to retouching my pictures... i have a big bunch of pictures just waiting to be played with..

You guys are more than welcome to use them to show of your skills, as long as i am credited as photographer, and if i may i will show some of them on my upcoming homepage (has one already, but i am working on a new one) and off course credit you..

You can find more jpg´s at these links... if you want to retouch one of the files, just change the file name in the end... and you will get the RAW file

Http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/"filename".zip (IMG_3170.zip or XXo02374.zip)

http://www.lisbethogjesper/retouchpro/jasz.zip
When you say glamour retouching, are you talking adding lashes, lipstick, etc? This is what I do for a living, but wanted to see what you was looking for first.
Thanks

More from me, a bit of unwind after working

My contribution, meager as it may be :)

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee185/DigitalReGenesis/WideColorized.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee185/DigitalReGenesis/WhiteB.jpg
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee185/DigitalReGenesis/FaceB.jpg

First post, hello world :)

thanks for sharing your pics for training.

Here is my try.

Greets learza

damn there are many creative people around here ;-) thx for all the input and for playing around with my pictures... it is just so funny to see that what i see in a picture is not always the same others see.

And i can see that i have to work on my skin retouch, and some of you guys have already helped me out a lot.

Keep up the good work.

I am currently getting a new stack ready for you guys to play with, will be up before the week is over.

Jasz

Keep them coming, Jasz. Can't wait.

Had a crack at the one with the Ford GT. I like working with these 1dsmk2 images, even more latitude than my 5d pics :)

Hey Jasz!

Oooh, i'm so glad for the photos. You have no idea how long i've been looking for photos like this. Thank you, thank you, thank yoooooooooou!

If i'll put them in my "future" portfolio i'll credit you with name and link! Oh, this is L.O.V.E.L.Y!

thankx Jasz u r a god sent XD looking forward 2 more of ur lovly photos i'll try 2 add some soon

Thanks, Jasz!!!!

Hi Jasz,

Thank you for sharing your photographs for study.

He is my try on one of your photo's.
I hope you like it.

Arnold

50222

A version of mine, hope you like it ;)

Very Nice one JMB.

Very Nice one JMB.

Thank you! :)

Here is Picture of Beauty hope u all like it

Thanks Jasz - Here is my retouch.

I thinned (re-sculped) her face, made her lips a little fuller, enhanced her smile, did her make-up and even gave her an earring.
Fun!

Oh dear, another from me, hanging out for more

Here is another retouch.
I tried to thin him down, give him some abs (too fake?) and take off a couple of years.

Another - just some lighting changes, make-up and minor skin retouching.

last one - this is probably my favorite - she got the whole treatment.

here is my try:

BIG PICTURES...

Before:
http://img6.shareavenue.com/image.php?file=9c9a6a64ff7a40f4cb105d01942bd826c4a2fec8

After:
http://img5.shareavenue.com/image.php?file=5f15774cc58d66011da87997f4b25aacfb98e060

any suggestions???

Thanks for the really great pics...this is what I did...

here is my try:

BIG PICTURES...

Before:
http://img6.shareavenue.com/image.php?file=9c9a6a64ff7a40f4cb105d01942bd826c4a2fec8

After:
http://img5.shareavenue.com/image.php?file=5f15774cc58d66011da87997f4b25aacfb98e060

any suggestions???
I think that you introduced shadows that aren't supposed to be in there. That patch of shadow on her cheek is especially distracting. The blacks are clipped and the details of her shirt are lost. The skin is also a bit too yellow.
Just out of curiosity, have you been doing your color and contrast work on a properly calibrated monitor?

MrPIXEL: I don't own any calibration hardware and my monitor is my laptop, so therefor it's a bit weird maybe? Is there any calibration things I can do to get better results?

I did struggel with the color managment and the skin, tried like 60 times to get good skin colour...it was either to red or too yellow...color is difficult :)

Here is another that I did ... I am really happy with how this came out. I was surprised that there was that much hidden information in the photo.

MrPIXEL: I don't own any calibration hardware and my monitor is my laptop, so therefor it's a bit weird maybe? Is there any calibration things I can do to get better results?

I did struggel with the color managment and the skin, tried like 60 times to get good skin colour...it was either to red or too yellow...color is difficult :)
It can be really frustrating to do color work on an uncalibrated monitor, especially dealing with skin. You should at least use Adobe Gamma that comes with Photoshop to calibrate your monitor. Here's a way that you can try, send a digital file to a pro printing lab and have them print a copy for you. When you get the print back, try to adjust your digital file with your monitor controls to match the print as close as possible.
You know, getting better with color doesn't limit just by doing it over and over again, the observing part is also very important. Aside from looking at high end ads in magazines, studying the paintings by the old masters is also very important even most or all of what we do are in a computer. Look at their works, not on a monitor, but from books and prints under natural lights. If possible, look at the real things in museums. Check them out, especially the paintings by Caravaggio. People regard them as masters for a reason. It's even better if you're willing to get your hands dirty, literally dirty by painting just simple still life on canvas. It'll help not only to improve your sense of distinguishing what's good and what's bad in coloring, but it'll also improve your sense of lighting and composition.

You can find more jpg´s at these links... if you want to retouch one of the files, just change the file name in the end... and you will get the RAW file

Http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/"filename".zip (IMG_3170.zip or XXo02374.zip)

http://www.lisbethogjesper/retouchpro/jasz.zip



Neither of those links work for me, jasz.

Hi Jasz, love your work and gave it a try

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj235/Amica999/CRW_6879.jpg

Jasz, For your information,

there is a 1ds mark III. it's a 22mega pixel.
The LCD at the back is much bigger.

here's what i came up with.

Neither of those links work for me, jasz.

Me too :(((
The link is death :(

i was running low on space, but because of you and a few others i will upload the pictures to a FTP site i have, and post the user/password in the thread and directly to you...

Sincerely

Jesper

Great, thank you :)

http://www.rapidshare.com/ is a good hoster for uploads.

thought i had them all here at work, but unfortunately they are all at home... i will upload them tonight (8 hours from now)

Jasz

Been a while Jasz, excellent

Just a quick one, a bit of a rash fussy play around attempt I'm afraid, but thanks for posting the lovely photos to practice with

Yiiihhaaa here we go again...

Several people has been asking for the files, but due to lack of space i had to remove them... but know i think i have know ;-) (520 gb. free)

Everybody kan use the pictures to show off they skills in retouching, but if the put them on a website i would like stated that i am the Photographer ex. "Photography by Jasz" and i would like a link to the website... curious to see my pictures in other peoples website.

The pictures can now be found here

FTP Server: ftp.servage.net
Username: retouchpro
Password: jasz2008

Most of the pictures are there... but if they arent, just mail me the number and i upload it ;-)

Looking forward to the results...

Jasz

some processing

Most of the pictures are there... but if they arent, just mail me the number and i upload it ;-)

Looking forward to the results...

Jasz

Pretty pretty please with lots of sugar on top, upload the wedding photos XX2O3420, XX2O3460, and XX2O9519? XX2O3460's absolutely my favourite.

Here's my retouched images
#1 CRW_6879_A.jpg I moved him to a more interesting area of the background, cc'd , retouched & sharpend

#2 Image_1554.jpg Moved her hair over to make her face less round and covered the area by her neck to make it look better . made the hair on the left larger to give more volume, retouched & cc'd the skin,brought out her eyes,and slimed down her arm,

#3 reduced the image on the width to slim down her face ,extended the left side of the background,slimed down her leg and reduced the size of her hand, cc'd hair and skin and retouched skin.

I'm working on some more images and will post when done

Great images to work on thanks

Dan Bizzaro

Looks like the images didn't make it

one more time

Thanks Jasz! Added a link to your site too. Let me know if you want to change the copyright / link.

http://www.thecrafting.com/retoucher/jasz02-1.html

try again got it this time

Will upload the wedding pics tonight... and a few more to play with...

Be creative, be wild... let my pictures come to the next level ;-) hahahaha

Jasz

One more ^_^

http://www.thecrafting.com/retoucher/jasz01-1.html

Wedding pics are up now... and a little challenge ;-) in the library "glamour_this" is a picture of my sisters daughter... make her look like a moviestar.. use your tricks to make skin look smooth, change background, crop...etc..etc..

Jasz

jasz -- I would like to take a shot at some of your images (thanks a lot for making them available) but have not been able to get the link to work. I know it's me or my browser because most other seem to be getting them. I have even tried getting to them from your home page but only get a beautiful image of a baby (lisa). I have been trying the following two links:

Http://www.lisbethogjesper.dk/retouchpro/"filename".zip (IMG_3170.zip or XXo02374.zip)

http://www.lisbethogjesper/retouchpro/jasz.zip

The second link seems to be missing the .dk so I added it and still no luck. I have updated to the latest java and flas plugin for IE 6.0.2900. Is there something special I should be doing or any suggestion?

duwayne:

If you go to post #148 you will get the updated location of the files... had to move them due to lack of space at the previous website...

Looking forward to your view of my pictures

Jasz

Thank you so much Jasz for allowing us to play around with your photos. I need all the practice I can get, so it helps me out so much.

Larger version can be found here:
http://www.daniellahaiephotography.com/retouches/edit12large.jpg

Ended up finding myself being a little bored tonight, so I ended up playing with this picture. Hope you enjoy.

I prefer to keep her natural. The freckles are charming :) There is more to do but just like idea.

Regards,

Storm

http://www.thecrafting.com/retoucher/jasz03-1.html

There you go. Just adjusted the perspective, or what she'd look like if she'd posed at a more flattering angle (well... hopefully :o:)

Last one *wuv*:
http://www.thecrafting.com/retoucher/jasz04-1.html

And the link for the earlier one:
http://www.thecrafting.com/retoucher/jasz03-1.html

the quality of these images is very nice, but i can't get over the price of the camera..i guess you get what you pay for when it comes to a DSLR...

I was looking for some of the beautiful facial close-ups I saw in earlier posts but I looked in your site and did not find them. they are wonderful to practice! have you deleted them? :bawling:

One more Did some funky channel mixing with caculations,blending modes, Color corections and masking



Dan Bizzaro

Hi Jasz,

thanks for the great pictures.

Here's my try on one of them:

That's my try on this one

Hi, this is my first attempt at a retouch like this since joining Retouchpro. I've done it from the JPEG as I have Photoshop CS and it won't convert the RAW files. I'd love to work on the high quality images so if anyone has any advice on how I can possibly retrieve these files that'd be great. Thanks for providing the images Jasz.

Kimlou - check out this thread.

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-retouching/20678-canon-cr-raw-conversion-jpeg-tiff.html . I used RawShooter to do the conversion.

Here is my attempt on this picture.

Thanks Duwayne, I have RawShooter now and am able to convert the images, thanks for your help.

Had a quick play now I have the high res images, here's a couple...

Thank you, Jazs, for beautiful photos.
Here's one of your images I slightly retouched and added tinting effect:

Keep coming back to your photos Jasz. Here's another, I have also included the original...

Excellent photos to begin with. My humble offerings below.

55968 55969 55970 55971 55972

I've tried one..here is my result:

http://shrani.si/f/37/iT/3ACpSW4n/img3134-potem.jpg

Another one :)

http://shrani.si/f/2J/nu/31B45Svh/jasz01-1-e-potem.jpg

one question: can i use this photos and my retouches for my presentation page?

Yes, as long as you credit me for the Photo ;-) and send me a link so i can see your site ;-)

when all will be done i will show you on pm ok? and i will add on photo your nick and page :) thank you!

Hi,
My first try

and another retouch
just a delicate color and shape manipulation

Here's one I finally got around too...Thanks for the practice Jasz!

here's my retouch. First post as well. :)

the link doesnt work ?

It looks like I'm late :-( Did you remove the pictures from the links?

Elo,
Thank's for nice photos.
I didn't have much time, but I tried.
Mouse roll over effect:
http://ciebiera.eu/retusze/girl/
Cheers :)

Elo,
Thank's for nice photos.
I didn't have much time, but I tried.
Mouse roll over effect:
http://ciebiera.eu/retusze/girl/
Cheers :)

Elo...
I like the look. Can you tell us how you did it?

Elo...
I like the look. Can you tell us how you did it?

Of course. I always try to play with color balance, masking, d&b, blur for background (which is completly mess :)).

For me best way to make thing looks like this is to play on copy of orginal layer with color balance, then desaturate it layer and put in soft light mode adding mask. Then I add color balance layer as clipping mask and I change color. This fun should be repeated for each of photo element, you like to focus on.

In the end you can sharpen thing selectively.

Here's another, straight retouch.

Another one:
http://ciebiera.eu/retusze/girl2/
Cheers :)

Theres my shot at photoshopping your pic. That is probably more edited thank you like but I was inspired.

Thanks Heaps
Ms. Jana

Did a new version for my new site :) Not sure if the car was posted previously.

http://www.alteredvision.net/retouching_portfolio/01.html
http://www.alteredvision.net/retouching_portfolio/02.html

Hey My try

HERE (http://diegoangarita.com/retouchpro.html#)

Hi all,

good shots and interpretations, here it is my try:

Hi, this is my first post here. I've been reading here and practicing for several months now. Jasz, thanks for the photo's to work on, it's a been real help having access to high quality images to practice with.

Thanks for the high quality images =]

I've been looking around for awhile and just reading pointers and tips from everyone which have been a lot of help. First post, just wanted to give one of the images a try, so here's a quick something I came up with.

Before:

http://www.enviux.com/sample/before.jpg

After:

http://www.enviux.com/sample/after.jpg

Thanks for the great pictures to practise on, Jasz.

Here is my attempt on this one:

Hey all, I saw this forum and had to join in the fun. This is my first post on RetouchPro.. I don't know if this thread is still super active, but let me know what you think of my touchup? thanks guys!

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t6/rapidflop/retouchfinal.jpg

I just made this. The water is 3D. I created a thread HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/synthetic-imaging/21826-3d-element-2d-image.html) providing more info if anyone's interested.

Hey thx for the nice photos =)


Jasz, here is my Version of the Retouch. If you like it, just contact me if you want to have this photo with the orinal size.

What do you guys think of it =) ?

FTP Server: ftp.servage.net
Username: retouchpro
Password: jasz2008

this login isn't working :( pls help

its old topic .. ;(

No pros just a novice, but wanted to have a play


thanks for sharing


regards

helen

FTP Server: ftp.servage.net
Username: retouchpro
Password: jasz2008

this login isn't working :( pls help

Yeah, I was a little too late getting in on this one too. Any chance you'd want to repost?

Here is my attempt :)


http://flickr.com/photos/mand3rz/2636977613/ (http://flickr.com/photos/mand3rz/2636977613/)

Feedback would be appreciated!

hi jasz
would love to have a try at your images, but can't seem to get the website address links to work
am I being stupid?
confused
:(
karin

i just did these the same way i edit the promo shoot pics i do.. guess im kinda a one trick pony..lol

hi im new to the forums and photoshop ive only had it for about 2 and half weeks and any criticism and comments will help o and tips to :D

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/548/image0332copyyp8.th.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image0332copyyp8.jpg)

sorry guys, the login has now been updated :-)

FTP Server: ftp.servage.net
Username: retouchpro
Password: jasz2008

Jasz