Apr 06 Contest

[T Paul]

Non-Glamour Retouch Challenge

This month the challenge is to retouch the provided photo, but as a non-glamour, non-magazine cover retouch. The goal is to just make it more flattering while keeping the snapshot look.

File:
Face.jpg

Special thanks to user aylaah for donating this image

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THE RULES:

1. Contest will run from 1 Apr to 22 Apr 2006. Deadline for entries is 6pm EDT 22 Apr 2006.

2. This is not a Photo Art challenge. Keep the image as a photo.

3. 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.

4. Your final image size should be as close to 800 px on the long side and 600 px on the short side as possible. Also remember that the file cannot be larger than 100KB.

5. Post your entries to this thread. Please restrict your comments, questions or discussion to the Apr 06 Contest Discussion thread. Inappropriately placed posts will be deleted.

6. Only one entry per person.

7. Voting will run from 23 Apr to 30 Apr 2006. Only those with entries may vote. You will vote for the 5 best entries in order. Note you cannot vote for your own image.

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.

Note: RetouchPro Moderators are allowed to enter

[Cassidy]

Needed a break from bookwork. Whilst I am not entirely sure what is required here, had a go

[chrishoggy]

Difficult to stop yourself going over the top on this one

[Frank Lopes]

Apr 06 Contest

[maddymaba]

Here's my entry. Fixed the flatness of the skin, blotches and shine. Also removed a few stray strands of hair that fell on her neck and darkened the pupils to make eyes look livelier. Finished with a little brightening. Good luck to everyone!

[msfrigyfrog]

this is my first time to do this so im not sure if i gave you what you are asking for. it was a fun project to do in any case.

[aylaah]

Ok I got rid of the background and put my house there instead, because a) the original is still my house, lol and b) yellow is bad! lol

Mainly dodge/burn on features, spot removal and bra strap removal :p and then I got the other side of the shorter hair and put it in front of my ear. Well, ok I copied the other side. But it *does* exist! lol

I did try to mostly get rid of the double chin because of the dodgy angle.

[Gigadals]

Here is my entry, it was fun, hope you liked it aylaah..

Giga

[jaysmummy]

Here's mine,
Background change, cloning, smudge, blur.

[Ziaphra]

I have tried to keep this as natural as possible but give her a little more 'va va voom'. A lot of cloning, got rid of the unsightly shadow, smudging and added a little noise. Darkened her eyelashes and irises, lightened the whites of her eyes and added some colour to her lips. Decided to change the background so the skin looked less sallow and tried to make her eyes and lips a little more moist and 'sparkly'.

[creeduk]

OK it is hard with a retouch you do want to keep going. I don't usually do the comps but thought I would drop one in this time.

[TwinbNJ]

snapshot at the lake.

[ferdberfel]

Overall Color change made her less sallow, rosy. some Rosy lip gloss, remove the bra straps, flyaway hairs, and skin imperfections (mostly with clone/fade clone and patch/fade patch tools). I think the color change and undereye made the biggest difference, quite dramatic. The background just made her poor skin sooooo sallow! Hope at least this time I have a chance!

[BobJones]

Here's mine. I tried to not stray too far from the original.

[mendensmall]

My first contest entry... um, well, my first post here as well.

I changed the background a bit, and recentered the subject.
I left the shadow, since I felt that it added to the "snapshot", but I did lighten it a bit.

Blemish removal, a little nip and tuck (just a little), removed the light spots on her forhead and under her eyes, applied a slight diffuse glow.

..I think that's about it...

Here goes nothing!

[phillip6653]

Here is my crack at it. You are right it is hard not to go to far.

[PatrickB]

So here comes mine. Really hard this time!

[Cyber Cat]

im next

[Sean2]

Thank you for the chance to work with your picture. Resized . Sean

[SteveO]

Color correction; gaussian blur with mask to bring back sharpness; noise reduction; selective color change of background; somewhat different crop; levels adjustment; selective color saturation changes, etc.

[palomino]

Brave and lovely girl-- thanks for allowing us all to work on your photo. Some very good entries so far! Cheers- Kate

[Gary Richardson]

Thought a seaside vacation might be nice.

[bella]

This is my first contest entry, and my first post. I don't expect to win, I just thought it would be fun to contribute for a change. I really enjoy this website, and I have been learning a lot (I am new to retouching). I tried to Keep the photo as close to normal as possible. Any constructive criticism is welcome.

[OnAir]

Face of the girl was a little bit distorted on the original because of lower shooting point, so, I made some correction - reduced chin area and enlarged a little bit a forehead, so the face become nicer and more natural. After I did dodge/burn smoothing, hair painting and final tonal adjustment.

[Verywierd]

Here is my effort. Usual clean up with heal and clone brushes, evened out the complexion with a gausian blurred copy layer. I smoothed out the lips and very slightly increased the colour saturation of the lips and eyes using the original colour tones. Slightly enlarged the highlights on the pupils. Faded the lines at the chin and throat and put a little shadow at the sides of the throat to narrow the neck. Warmed the skintone slightly. Added some hair at the left side of the centre parting and temple to even things out. I decided to keep the shadow on the wall with small adjustments. Darkened very slightly the upper corners of the background to intensify the "on camera flash" look.

[hitmaniac]

Here's my modest attempt...

[terivon]

She's a lovely young lady. I can't wear yellow either, HA! Just thought a natural background (My mother's house) and the angles would show off her naturally lovely attributes.

It was fun! Thanks!

[Peter S]

You said keep it looking like a snap, so gave it photo corners

[cazubi]

Here is mine. I tried to keep it soft but still like a snapshot.

Cathy

[ajava]

...did some basic color correction, skin smoothing, eliminated shine on face, added some subtle blush and lip color, fixed shape of hair and filled in some uneven spots.