Entries for February 2008

When i have done a smudge or ahb painting, there are a few ways that i finish of including sharpening, Knowing which one to use ( as different images i find work better with some ways than others ) is a bit time consuming so i came up with this action to speed things up a bit

The action is meant as a guide so that you can then apply the sharpening you want and the settings you want to your actual image
The action creates a duplicate of your image for easier comparison and...

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A while ago somewhere on the forum ( Sorry I cannot remember which post but should i remember where, i will edit that post) I posted some brush's i made from "Ovals" well i have added to them and here they are ( i might now be able to remember where they are )


Also i have added a couple of images using the two different sets so that you can see the differences between them . Also it will show you the difference you get when you click on the dynamic setting...

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Recently I was working on an image for a client. I was doing my normal everyday skin work to some models who had devastating skin. As I was working, a question that a attendee to my Las Vegas retouching class asked popped into my mind.

How do you know when to much has been done? Is there ever a clear way to know when to stop retouching an image?

Its a great question and one that a lot of retouchers ponder over probably daily. It is also a question that has no easy...

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