Glamour retouch challenge here!!!!

[grannysdc]

just for Snook... No Scarf..
Took well over an hour, I am a "newbie" but had fun coming back to this portraiture... Hope I didn't destroy it tooo bad..

Granny

[saeros]

My first entry on this site. Quite happy about the result.

Would love some comments

[sskelsey]

My glamour retouch

[GlamourArt]

Hi Gerry, pretty good job, you kept original skin texture and some sharpness (if it is sharp for original size also).
Only one thing, flesh tone is bit dark and you are loosing details in dark areas (hear, dress), so if you make it brighter and keep sharpness and tonality would be great job
Sincerely, GlamourArt

[jamz]

Here you go..

[Yoolan]

Hey Folks,

here is my try.

- no blurring
- only d&b layerset

http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?i...19kopiecl8.jpg
regards rob

[Bernardinaus]

a 5 minute workover - any more and she would look like someone else!

[jimhob]

Just a hack trying to learn some new tricks! Let me know what I can do to improve on this edit.

[Syd]

Gerry, kudos to you for starting what must be one of the longest (if not THE longest) threads on RP.

Here's another for your collection.

Syd

[superkoax]

syd: hehe...I did not think tht I was starting something so big

The thing I like is all the new members who have posted their own retouched versions of this picture...

nicely done, syd...

Gerry

[norsiha]

Hope i am not too late to post the picture i do some photoshopping here..

[seby20]

Here is my try, I think it's not too much compare too lots of people here!!
www.sebyproductions.com/GlamourRetouch.jpg

tks
Seby

[GeorgeNC]

Thought I'd give it one last try ... similar to my last post with a few changes and tweaks ... don't know if they will show up at this res. Anyway, it's great to have a place to practice and get feed back ... we're all here to grow =)

[Baby]

I'm a novice at retouching, but I just joined here and so I thought I'd jump in and give it a try.

[pranavy]

I see a lot of Great Work by many on this long thread...

Can someone guide me with best methods to smoothen the skin ?

As of now I am aware of this process:
- duplicate layer
- apply gaussian blur
- blend mode to soft light
- flatten image

Thanks in advance.

Pranav

[superkoax]

pranavy:

Other technique is:

Dodge and burn!

Make a new layer, soft light blend mode and under the blend mode then tick the 50% grey box...

Then dodge dark areas in the skin adn burn light areas to get the skin more balanced....
search for dodge and burn on the search her at RP...
Gerry

[Simulcaster]

Here is my first real stab at a retouch. Thanks to all on the site sharing their ideas and tips. I have been lurking for a month or so after a friend showed me the site.

I am still trying to find a nice export setting using Photoshop CS3. This one seemed to crush the blacks and loose the detail in the hair. I spent a few hours painting in new hair all to see it lost to compression.

Jamz, I hope you don't mind the tattoos. Your creativity sparked mine and I ran with it.

punk_glamour.jpg

[superkoax]

simulcaster: nice job...the skin okey, but the headthingy and the tattoos is a nice touch!

Gerry

[K_GiMiNi_M]

My attempt......

[pranavy]

Here comes my entry...

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...jancikelq5.jpg

[beast]

first post

no stylizing

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5...ikelq52de6.jpg

[jimboken]

Here is my retouch.....first one. Using SkinTune

[brysta]

just trying to clean it up a little.
crop for composition, remove all skin blemishes, fix red eyes, fix stain on bandana, fix levels, adjust curves, smooth out skin and giant pores, ummm, what elese, oh yeah, fix broken nose and plump up lips a tiny bit. oh, and reshape eyebrows, darken mascara and remove wrinkles from cleavage as well as wrinkle by mouth. I think that was it. about 15 minutes in photoshop.
there now, doesn't she look much nicer?

here

[henlephotograph]

Hey everybody, I'm new here and thought I would give the challenge a try! Let me know what you think.

Chad

[Taralynn88]

Hi I'm new here

So I thought I'd give the challenge a try also - not perfect but I thought I would try airbrushing and that porcelain skin/magazine cover look.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1225/retouch1lv0.jpg

[MatthewMarshall]

I know this is an old thread but i just had to edit the photo, hope you dont mind.

[Mr.SandMan]

tried all kind of techniques but this one works best !

[superkoax]

Very nice, mr sand man! nice and funny! My girlfriend is laughing her butt of here while looking at your edition to the huge collection of replies!

I thank everyone for replying here! But I think that this thread is getting a bit boring for someone! Everyday the same thread pops up again and again! To me personally I like it, but my girlfriend(who is the model) thinks that it should be put to a rest!

[rharris]

http://www.pbase.com/image/90876621.jpg

Ronny

[grannysdc]

Originally Posted by superkoax

I thank everyone for replying here! But I think that this thread is getting a bit boring for someone! Everyday the same thread pops up again and again! To me personally I like it, but my girlfriend(who is the model) thinks that it should be put to a rest!

How about a new fresh photo of the lovely lady to work on.. (without the headband thingy though!)