August 07 Contest- Retouching Contest
For this month’s contest you are to color correct and “beauty retouch” the provided photo. Please note that this is not a "glamour" retouching contest, so the changes that you make should be more natural and subtle.

Download Image: Portrait (http://www.retouchpro.com/contests/source_images/girl.jpg)

Thanks to LonK for the image!

Prize: Genuine Fractals 5, donated by onOne Software (http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=2)

Genuine Fractals 5 is the industry standard for image resizing. As a Photoshop plug-in, it is renowned across the photographic and printing industries for its ability to increase image size well over 1000% without the loss of sharpness or detail that you would normally expect. Its patented, fractal based interpolation algorithms work like nothing else and the results speak for themselves.



THE RULES:

1. Contest will run from 1 August to 22 August 2007. Deadline for entries is 5pm EDT.

2. I will not answer questions concerning the rules. Interpretation of the rules is as important as execution.

3. Tasks:

* Color correct the provided photo.
* "Beauty" retouch the photo
* DO NOT turn the image into a glamour shot
* Final image must be exactly 545 pixels wide and 800 pixels high.
4. When you submit your entry put your username in the filename (ie: tpaul.jpg). This is so users can save the images to a local directory and remember who did what--important when it comes time to vote.

5. Post your entries to this thread. Links will not be accepted. Please restrict your comments, questions or discussion to the August 07 Contest Discussion thread. Inappropriately placed posts will be deleted.

6. Only one entry per person. You can change your entry up to the deadline.

7. Voting will run from 23 August to 31 August 2007. Only those with entries may vote.

8. Voting:
* Submit the 5 best entries (by artist name) in order, starting with your favorite.
* You cannot vote for your own image.
* Once you have voted, you cannot change your votes.


Finally, please remember that this is a friendly contest and suppose to be a learning experience. Tips and suggestions to help others are highly encouraged. Also please don’t limit your comments to just the top 5 when you vote. Most members are eager for feedback about their images, so remember to help each other out.

Here ya go.

Well here's my try. Thanks for looking.
Charlie

Still some things to tweak, maybe I'll fix them later.

Rô

I like my women Au Naturel, so haven't attempted to "polish" the skin in any way, just to remove a few blemishes and some shine.

Not really my scene, but I wanted to vote on this.

Here is mine

Here's my entry though I may change it before the close of the contest.

Here is my entry.

My entry so far

Here's my try.
Dan

Here is my entry:

Rob

48900

Here is my entry:

Here is my interpretation.

Here's my try!

I'm probably going to regret this in the morning when my eyes are awake

My contest entry.

My entry for the Aug. 07 contest.

Thought that I would join in the Fun!!

Here is my 1st try

48936

lg Calvin
http://www.calvinhollywood.de

Unfortunately this file has been disqualified for not naming the file in accordance with the rules
4. When you submit your entry put your username in the filename (ie: tpaul.jpg). This is so users can save the images to a local directory and remember who did what--important when it comes time to vote.

I have a problem with where 'beauty retouch' ends and 'glamour retouch' begins........anyway, here is an attempt

Here is my first shot...

This contest is going to get a lot of entries - here's mine.

Peter

here is my first attempt

Here is my entry.

My entry - for now at least.

Havn't been here for a while!
Hope I'm not too rusty.

Here's my attempt

I'll give it a whirl. Good old Photoshop CS on a HP.

Here is mine.
I have updated my entry.

Let's see if I can add mine :)

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edit : compression is killing this. How come some have a larger file than 100k ?
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Took a long time but finally done...i think:), hope you like

www.myspace.com/kissofglamour

Well, here is my contribution :-)

here is mine:

Here is my girl!

Here's mine... had fun at least!

This is my first challenge attempt. After comparing it to the others posted I wanted to trash it and start all over or just keep practicing :-) but it does represent where my skill level is right now so I decided to post anyway.

Here is my entry, hope you like it

Here is mine.

seemed appropriate that i did this while listening to the PBS (public broadcasting station) presentation of 'Celtic Woman'.

Tough to keep it "real" and beautyful....

here is my entry

Hi,

This is my first post so, be gentle. Hope to learn a lot from all of you.

I do accept advices,
Cáfe

P.S. I don't have a perfect English.

Here is my entry.

After finishing, I still liked the red cast that gave the skin a warm glow. So here tis.

Janet

The pretty girl contests always seem to attract lots of entries - here's one more.

Heres my try, all done in CS3:) Tried to keep everything as natural looking as possible
Steve

here is my try.

have tried my best. hope everybody likes it.
betouched

Count me in!

Regards,

Michael

..........Syd

My attempt - 1st contest

1st try - Lynnette

Ooopss!! I apologize Swampy. Now I downloded the right file

Unfortunately this file has been disqualified for not meeting the rules
* Final image must be exactly 545 pixels wide and 800 pixels high.

here is mine

here's my first try at a contest, thanks for looking!

here's my 100k.

There are so many great entries, that this one is going to be hard to judge.

Here's my attempt. Tried to keep it as natural looking as possible.

Thanks for the photo, Lon.

Lorraine

Got room for one more?

i haven't repleyed before because i haven't figured out how. hope this works
Gambaler

Unfortunately this file has been disqualified
6. Only one entry per person. You can change your entry up to the deadline.

i haven't repleyed before because i haven't figured out how. hope this works
Gambaler

Unfortunately this file has been disqualified
6. Only one entry per person. You can change your entry up to the deadline.

Wow, lots of great enteries! Here's mine to add to the mix ...

Thanks LonK for the photo of this contest.

This is my first contest entry.

HI
here is my verson....

Here my entry. This is my first post and attachment! Hopefully I did this right I had some trouble with resizing the picture.

Thank Carb

Unfortunately this file has been disqualified
4. When you submit your entry put your username in the filename (ie: tpaul.jpg). This is so users can save the images to a local directory and remember who did what--important when it comes time to vote.

This contest is now closed.

To help with voting here is a temporary link to the entries in Photo Album format:

August Contest Entries (http://www.retouchpro.com/contests/source_images/AugFin/index.htm)

This turned out to be quite a popular contest. I hope everyone had fun!

Well the voting has been tallied and the winner is……..
SYD!

Top 5
Syd – 57
Splata – 46
Lorraine – 40
Cassidy – 31
byRo - 31