Critiques - - inspired by NancyJ tutorial - Page 2

rutherford · #16 08-19-2005, 01:03 PM

well, like I've told you. retouching is a very personal kind of job.

george rutherford
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Cyber Cat · #17 08-19-2005, 01:11 PM

leuallen great job you r deff. on a right track. now try to add some texture to the upper lip from the lower.
here is what you do:
make selection around half of the lower lip ctrl+j
flip vertical, move on top of the upper lip reduce opacity to about 30%
turn of this layer
make selection inside of the lips on the main layer
turn texture layer back on
do select inverse (ctrl+shift+I)
hit backspace
do the same thing for another part of the upper lip.

rnbluvva · #18 08-19-2005, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bujo

...the green is too metal looking. Almost like metal flake paint on a car.

Actually, I was quite digging that metallic eye shadow.
Cyber Cat... how'd you do that? It looks coture cool!

Cyber Cat · #19 08-19-2005, 07:22 PM

rnbluvva hey

I think Bujo was talking about iris color, as of makeup:
Make wide selection around both eyes, ctrl+j (to copy selection to the new layer) name it “unsharp mask”.
Create a new layer set call it “eye shadow” and drag ur “unsharp mask” layer into it.
Filter-->sharpen-->unsharp mask (choose extremely high settings something like 110 for amount, ~5 –radius and ~0)
Hold down alt and bring up channel mixer adjustment layer (check ”group with previous window”, now move sliders till you have metallic effect.
Collapse the “eye shadow “ layer set. Apply an adjustment layer. Fill mask with black, and start painting ur “eye shadows” onto the eyelid.
Set mode to overlay.

rnbluvva · #20 08-19-2005, 10:12 PM

Cyber Cat

Thanks for explaining how you did this. I think it looks rad.
I also see you showed how to give more texture for the lips... that is the issue I am working on now in the other thread. I will try to use the technique you refer to here.

Thanks

Larry- is that the Glitter Guru book? I think the chapter is called 'Fantasy Hair' or something like that? I saw that a few weeks ago. Will go back to it and give it a whirl.

leuallen · #21 08-19-2005, 10:42 PM

rnbluvva

Yes that is the book, Glitter Guru. I don't have the book but think I'll get it. The link I gave gives the complete content of the chapter. You can learn a lot from it. It is what I used to base my hair mods.

Larry

rnbluvva · #22 08-20-2005, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Cat

Make wide selection around both eyes, ctrl+j (to copy selection to the new layer) name it “unsharp mask”.
Create a new layer set call it “eye shadow” and drag ur “unsharp mask” layer into it.
Filter-->sharpen-->unsharp mask (choose extremely high settings something like 110 for amount, ~5 –radius and ~0)
Hold down alt and bring up channel mixer adjustment layer (check ”group with previous window”, now move sliders till you have metallic effect.

Ok- you lost me here. Hold down ALT + the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer > Channel Mixer on the Layers Pallete while the "Unsharp Mask" Layer is selected?
When I do this I get a popup that says "New Layer" and the option it gives me is to "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"
I'm using CS 2, if that helps any.
If I do this I get a Red Green and Blue Channel with the Output Channel Being Red.
What are good values to achieve the metallic look?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyber Cat

Collapse the “eye shadow “ layer set. Apply an adjustment layer. Fill mask with black, and start painting ur “eye shadows” onto the eyelid.
Set mode to overlay.

Ok.. so this is what I have so far... I just have racoon eyes! LOL
What am I doing wrong?

rnbluvva · #23 08-20-2005, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leuallen

rnbluvva

Yes that is the book, Glitter Guru. I don't have the book but think I'll get it. The link I gave gives the complete content of the chapter. You can learn a lot from it. It is what I used to base my hair mods.

Larry

Yeah that book is on the top of my 'go get' list. It's pretty incredible! I've seen it used at Amazon lately. Good deal!

Cyber Cat · #24 08-20-2005, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Hold down ALT + the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer > Channel Mixer on the Layers Pallete while the "Unsharp Mask" Layer is selected?When I do this I get a popup that says "New Layer" and the option it gives me is to "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask"

1. yes "Unsharp Mask" Layer is selected!
2. "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask" -yes, check that !
3. What am I doing wrong? you have to apply mask to the layer set, sorry if i wasnt clear enough.
got some pix for you. hope it helps
so... good luck

rnbluvva · #25 08-20-2005, 06:58 PM

Cyber Cat!

Yeah! Thanks for explaining with those screen shots. I think I'm getting it now.
In fact, I found another digital eye shadow tutorial and layered the results of that one under the technique you gave me and I also used the metallic technique for the lips, and ended up with this result...

Thank you so much for explaining it to me!

PS... thanks to Phil and Zoe for such a wonderful picture to practice this technique on! The eyelids and lips were perfect for practicing this technique.

Kraellin · #26 08-20-2005, 08:27 PM

all this talk of metal eyes and large lips inspired a joke in me, but the more i worked on it, the more i decided to curtail the joke and alter it into ... something.

my apologies to zoe if it offends, i mean no offense to such a beautiful woman.

Craig