Still dont get it

[Kraellin]

nancy,

i think she wants the band, the backside filled in. this is actually a duplicate thread going here. there is another where someone filled in the band and that seemed to be what was wanted.

craig

[creeduk]

Janice have you considered 3D modelling these items using the image for texture samples and reference for the model? It seems that would be the ideal way to get what you really want also then you can change the lights and render the way you would like.

[Janice Ong]

Originally Posted by NancyJ

...so what you're talking about is changing the jewellry not retouching it. The surface isnt smooth, part of it is brushed metal, and another part has some other kind of texture - hard to tell on the pic, only 1 section of it is smooth polished metal.
You want a flat metal surface all-over?

Exactly! I make my self clear now

[Janice Ong]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

nancy,

i think she wants the band, the backside filled in. this is actually a duplicate thread going here. there is another where someone filled in the band and that seemed to be what was wanted.

craig

No, not the band, just a smooth solid surface .

[NancyJ]

This is just a quicky I threw together in about 10 minutes, so its not perfect but should get you closer to what you're trying to do - obviously you'll have a lot more time to work on it.

First I ran surface blur with a fairly high radius to smooth out the surface, then masked that back over the original to preserve the edges.
Then I airbrushed out some of the larger blotches and dark patches to make the rings smoother allover.
Then I merged all visible layers onto a new layer (hold down alt layers-> merge visible on a blank layer)
Then I duplicated the layer and ran plastic wrap on it (filters->artistic -> plastic wrap) with max highlight, min detail, max smoothness
and set this layers blending mode to overlay.
Thats pretty much it - except for some curves adjustments - I can never get the colour right for gold though...

[studioj]

I love Nancy's job, it's really great!

Now I'll see where to use this technique

[Flora]

Janice,

I'm sorry..I know my post is annoying.

... No, it's not annoying ... it's just that it was never clear that with 'solid' you meant to completely change the whole metal surface, but not the form, of the earrings .... I thought you wanted a shinier 'polished surface' while keeping the satin and 'knitted' ("..There's some noise..") parts unchanged .......

[Janice Ong]

Thanks Flora

If you don't mind...

Could you try out one of the jewelleries ? If it doesn't take much of your time.

[Cassidy]

Janice,

Here's another go based on the previous conversations, unfortunately I have a new mouse which doesn't like the tablet and is wandering all over the place. Most of this is dodge and burn but gaussian blurring of the dodged and burned areas.

[Janice Ong]

Wow thanks. It's almost the same final touch that I wanted.

Did you do it on different layers ? Or just the whole layer on a go ?? I tried touching different parts of the surface on different layers..will it make it any better ??

Did you enchance the colour ?/ What's the best way to enhance colour? Curves, colour balance etc ??

TQ!

[Cassidy]

Hi Janice,

I did not change the colour at all but did drop the colour profile that was attached to the ring.

Each adjustment was done on a different layer. All adjustments were gaussian blurred to taste

[Diego Rodriguez]

Hi,
i had work with pict like this, when some customer has an old picture taken by himself, and the jewel is not any more with him, then i had to retouch some very bad taken pictures, but still i dont know what exactly you want..
is it about the noise in surface???
or about the lines and shades that appear because the mirror effect in the surface???
if you want email me,
bye
D.

[Diego Rodriguez]

well., i did this, (check the link below)
i cant tell you exactly what i did, because i did a lot of things,
a lot of airbrush, a lot of rubber stamp... color correction..
bye, D,

http://www.afotoweb.com/img/test3a.jpg

[emarts]

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