Protecting

[underlircs]

De-blurred the original and added a adjusted background. Let me know what you guys think.

Large version viewable at www.winteria.com

[amin]

amazing retouch & nice adjustment to the background

with out the orginal i will bleave you did with out adjusting the background

[amica999]

Nice one, lovely tones

[underlircs]

Thanks guys! Yay, I'm on my way. Hehe

[Xaran]

Lovely work - care to share how you did the de-blurring.

Christine

[spydercam]

That's is great imo.

[underlircs]

Originally Posted by Xaran

Lovely work - care to share how you did the de-blurring.

Christine

Thanks Christine, there's a feature within Photoshop's filters. It's under Sharper > Smart Sharpen. In there you can adjust what type of de-blurring you would like done. Or if your version doesn't have that feature, you could give http://www.focusmagic.com/ a try.

Originally Posted by spydercam

That's is great imo.

Danka!

[Xaran]

Thanks for that - I've tried these in the past but never got a decent result. Perhaps if you have the time you could create a tutorial on how you did this - I am sure many members here would be interested to learn from you.

Christine

[cun030876]

Is that the latest National Treasure 3 movie poster?
Seriously, you should write a tutorial about doing that de-blur process.

[bkravchenko]

Her skin could use a bit more texture and the color looks too reddish to me. She looks a little too fake there. The right hand looks awkward with the way the fingers are positioned. Perhaps bring back some details in the blacks, especially in her breast area and make them more rounded, she looks somewhat flat chested.

I like what you did with the hair and the background works well.

[underlircs]

Thanks everyone! The de-blur process is pretty simple. It's done using the stamp tool. Go to a blurry edge, and using either lighten or darken brush mode; paint the blurry portion out until the edges are sharp enough.

Boris, thanks for the comments. I did take some creative license with the image; after all it is a fantasy image. I have to admit the original photo is blurry, especially if you view the larger versions; can't really see it here. But there were no texture to salvage. But had I more time, I could have made textures but this image didn't call for it. The photographer has a particular flavor for dark images, and you know how there are just countless styles out that an image could be manipulated to look. As for her breast, I see you point; I'll keep in mind to give them more breast next time.

[Sweetlight]

Under,

I must jump on the wagon with the rest of the crew. This is actually one of the best images I have seen lately. You did an awesome, AWESOME job my friend.
Please share any tutorials you may have on the technique.

[spydercam]

How did you go about the highlights on her face? I have a good idea but just curious.

[shamrock2008]

I must say "fantastic"

[acsi]

Can I ask how much you charged the photographer for this retouch/fasntasy composition? Or if not, how much you'd charge typically for something like this, and some ballpark idea of how many hours it took?

thanks

[oooyoooyster]

really great work ...

I hope make sample tutorials about this retouch ( if you can ) ...

really i like your retouch ...

thanks man ...

[andyong]

fantastic it is.

[LonK]

Very well done, underlircs. I'm a fan of that sort of enhancement style.

[reddyphoto]

very nicely done

[mikedimples]

Wow, I'm amazed. I want to know her story in the after, but not the before. I'm really floored by your work here and on your website. Do you have a background in painting? Are you also the photographer? I want a biography!!

On a side note, if you told me it' a screenshot from a new photo-realistic CG movie, I'd believe you. This is probably how Beowolf would have looked if they made five years in the future!