Critiques - - Skin retouching critic...

POETIC IMAGE · #1 09-08-2006, 01:00 AM

Hi I have been trying to perfect my technique in retouching skin and wanted to know what everyone thinks of this image. I appreciate all comments, good and bad ;o) Thanks
Christopher

Yoolan · #2 09-08-2006, 01:17 AM

the skin and egdges are to blurred.

but how you did it?

Gary Richardson · #3 09-08-2006, 01:38 AM

Nice work Christopher,

There's a slight darkening along the chin and jawline that doesn't quite look right, otherwise excellent.

I particularly like the work on her eyes, although there's an amber coloured patch to the outer edge of her right iris (as we look at it) that distracts a little.

POETIC IMAGE · #4 09-08-2006, 01:48 AM

Thank you Gary. I really have to be a little more detail oriented I think. But I really thank you for your critic! Its helps to get another persons perspective on things. Thanks again.
Chris

Cassidy · #5 09-08-2006, 10:26 AM

I'd personally sharpen the image up quite a bit, as to me it looks overall blurry, but good

POETIC IMAGE · #6 09-08-2006, 10:31 AM

I tried that some but I felt it made the skin look overdone. Tried to keep it softer. But I will give your suggestion a go and see what I come up with. Thanks!

Cassidy · #7 09-08-2006, 10:33 AM

Two methods you can try, copy the final image and then select filter->other->highpass and adjust to the point where the finer details are obvious and then set that layer to overlay, else, Image->Mode, Lab (do not flatten) and select the lightness layer and run the unsharp mask on that

POETIC IMAGE · #8 09-08-2006, 10:38 AM

Great to learn a new technique. Going to give it try... Thanks again.

Cassidy · #9 09-08-2006, 10:48 AM

Found on the res you posted a highpass of 3.3 does an adequate job and then you can mask if you wish to retain the softer non detail

POETIC IMAGE · #10 09-08-2006, 11:02 AM

Thanks cassidy that does look better, great technique too! Thanks a ton...

JimJam · #11 09-08-2006, 01:30 PM

Poetic Image, I clicked between your original image and Cassidy's version and I have to say I like your original take much more, but I am into Photo Art more than retouching. Yours looks like great work to me, a soft look with a young lady is almost mandatory.

POETIC IMAGE · #12 09-08-2006, 01:33 PM

Thank you Jim. I am a portrait photographer and I find that a lot of woman like the soft glowy look but of course I still need to maintain detail, its just finding that middle ground thats sometimes hard. Thanks a lot for your comment. ;o)

Kraellin · #13 09-08-2006, 02:29 PM

i used your original and selected the face and copied to new layer. i then ran a usm at about 3 radius, 60 strength to sharpen. duplicated that layer and then ran 'add noise' at about 10, gausian. then gausian blurred at about 2 or 3 (very light). erased the eyes and lips and eyebrows from that layer to let the other layers show through. ran a blank layer above all those and used airbrush to paint her lips, particularly her upper lip, which looked a bit dry and pale. did a couple little minor touches here and there.

done.

i did like the original touches except for the blur and a bit too smooth, which is why i did the usm and add noise.

craig

Charlottie · #14 09-08-2006, 04:24 PM

First post here, she's such a pretty girl - anyway, I had a try as I often find that I over-smooth the skin also.

Anyway, I started from scratch because I wanted to see if I could replicate that beautiful 'smoky' look you gave her eyes... as you can see I couldn't

I followed http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=213 for the skin, tidied her eyebrows a little and also had a go at fixing that top lip.

maureeno · #15 09-09-2006, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by POETIC IMAGE

Hi I have been trying to perfect my technique in retouching skin and wanted to know what everyone thinks of this image. I appreciate all comments, good and bad ;o) Thanks
Christopher

I like it. Did you use Xero's Porcelain filtre?

Maureen