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| Slow progress Firstly may appologise for reregistering with another name - For some reason I could not get my original (ukpapasmurf) to work. I have spent a lot of time trying to get somewhere with this photo I hope that what I have done looks o.k, but I have got stuck on the colours of the legs,arms and upper body - they seem to be very blotchy and whatever I do does not make things better. Would be most obliged if someone could help many thanks Smurf Last edited by smurfing; 07-03-2007 at 02:24 AM. |
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#2
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| Re: Slow progress Make a duplicate layer, run gaussian blur then mask out the areas of the blur that you don't want effected. |
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#3
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| Re: Slow progress smurf, I think the colors are too saturated, I would lower the opacity. Also fix where the color of her hair bleeds into the curtain. Are you going to add color to with window? Try a Gradient Sky blue to white?? Very cute photo. |
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| Re: Slow progress try this tutorial on colorizing: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161015 |
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#5
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| Re: Slow progress My latest attempt but finding it very difficult Smurf Last edited by smurfing; 07-03-2007 at 02:24 AM. |
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| Re: Slow progress Thanks Kraelin Any help would be gratefully recieved The actual original is attached to the first post if anyone is interested in giving it a try Many thx Smurf |
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| Re: Slow progress hi smurfing, i meant the restored image. i think we already had a thread on the restoration, so there shld be one around that we could work on for just the colorization part, yes, no? |
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| Re: Slow progress Kraellin My appologies I misunderstood I have two that have poor focus plus one other that is better focus and greyscale Last edited by smurfing; 07-03-2007 at 02:24 AM. |
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| Re: Slow progress Chillin That is absolutelty brilliant This is something that (up to now) with level my skills is an impossibility Would you be willing to give me some idea how you can get such wonderful results Many thx Smurf |
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#12
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| Re: Slow progress Quote:
First, I used iCorrect on a full image, then selective eyes & a dog color & level adjustments (first pic) Next, eyes & cheeks color adj. That would be considered as colorization (second pic) Then, I’ve done drapes color match & a selective edge dilate.( third_a pic) And at last selective neat image & again selective high pass filter. |
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#13
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| Re: Slow progress Thanks chillin Much appreciated Gives me plenty to learn and digest Smurf |
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#14
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| Re: Slow progress My latset attempt Any comments/advice (not too harsh*S* )would be gratefully accepted Smurf Last edited by smurfing; 07-03-2007 at 02:24 AM. |
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#16
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| Re: Slow progress Kraellin Thanks -the same comments made by my wife (need to get my glasses checked) Sadly skintone is the area I find most difficult to get right I will play about with the settings to see if I can improve it Are there any rules or settings that could help with this subject Very many thanks again Smurf |
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| Re: Slow progress Hi Smurf... yeahhhhhhhhh... skin can be a big pain in the butt. Check out this software. http://www.phototune.com/skintune_intro.html Hope it helps. Cheers, Sherry |
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| Re: Slow progress smurfing, there are a number of discussions here on RP dealing with skin color. i dont have them marked. sorry. but, there are those that go by the look and those that go by the numbers (rgb numbers). both can be used. you might try the retouching forum to find some of these. i seem to recall that ken and byRo discussed this quite a bit. |
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| Re: Slow progress Thx evryone - your help is very gratefully recieved. Have played around a little and added what looks like a little sun burn Hope I haven't gone o.t.t with it Smurf Last edited by smurfing; 07-03-2007 at 02:24 AM. |
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#20
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| Re: Slow progress I do agree with Chillin - to try and bring back whatever colors you can find in the original before performing the retouch. In the end, you might only use these for reference, but at least you'd have the "numbers" to go by. Personally, the only visual suggestion I could make is to avoid using color at such a high saturation. When I colorize, I prefer to use a solid color adjustment layer for each color. I change the layer blending mode to color, then I invert the mask to hide the whole thing, and then paint in the details where appropriate. Once I'm done, I reduce the opacity on the layer as far as I can while still retaining a sense of color appropriate to the image. This affords one huge advantage - I can easily go back and adjust each color globally. In the attachment I posted is an example of this - (obviously I do not have your patience or I would have tackled the bathing suit) - on the left are the colors in full saturation, and on the right with reduced opacity. Because the small jpeg seemed to have some soft-focus issues, I felt that a softer application of color was more appropriate - but you have to be your own judge for what looks good to you - you might think mine is way too light. Good luck! |
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#21
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| Re: Slow progress JayNads very many thanks for your comments Must agree with you that the lower saturation looks very good I still keep returning to the skin tone and the blotchiness as can be clearly seen on the legs - this is the area that (whatever I try) is proving the most difficult for me to correct many thx again to everyone Smurf |
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