What do you Think about this retouched Portrait?

[Swampy]

Ruud

#2 is the best of the three. :-)

[ruud92]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Ruud

#2 is the best of the three. :-)

okey im goning do now that ehm, noise on the left by her ear en then I will see what for critique/suggestions comming next.

Ruud.

[ruud92]

Originally Posted by ilegales

Hello Ruud

that very interesting work

i am quite new to this retouch thing and would like to know please
how you did that photo -
perhaps step by step guidelines

i would like to try out some retouching aslo

thanks

Hi ilegales,

pff there you asking me something..
i cant really explain that pretty well.. but, i can give you some links to Tutorials on this website, that have really help me..

SKIN That Soft Dior Look for Portraits
SKIN The quick de-grunge trick
EYE Eye Enhancement
FACE Beautify a Face
FACE Beauty retouching
FACE Digital Cosmetic Surgery

and further, you get self experience as you go retouching for a time..

I hope I helped you!
Ruud.

[ruud92]

Okey here it is!

all changed things from all you suggestion/critique, Till now!
ehm let me know what U think now.. i will post now the original, the retouched that i posted first and the over retouched retouched image!

Original
First post of retouced image
The final one! till now.

thanks! Ruud.

[ilegales]

Ruud thanks for those links

just an observation on my part is that on the final final version the lips are strange in that the lower lip pretrudes a lot more than the upper lip due to the darkening of the top and lightening of the bottom lip thus making the bottom lip appear closer to the viewer -

i prefere the lips on the previous version -

HOw are you getting the colour in this image ??

thanks

[dontbugme]

the after one is ready to be published on the musclemag

[ruud92]

dontbugme, I think that is a compliment haha..? thanks.

ehm, the color on this pic? just color Balance! and i did a sepia layer on it, just 25% and then i set the layer on 30% opacity

Ruud.

[zganie]

Ruud i took a try on your photo tell me what you think

zganie

[Ant]

I am laughing out loud at all this 'retouching' of an already retouched image...

Doesn't matter what you do, it looks way too much, because it's already retouched. You just touched it a lot, no retouch.

[ruud92]

okey, maybe youre right Ant, but i have just fun in retouching and i try to get more experience, i try new things for me, and practise just to get better, i'm 14 years old so i'm not a prof or something you know and i just retouch for 2 years now. But I respect your opinion (as a prof i think? because you last time was talking about a maybeline thing? or something), so thanks for your critique, I will do something with it! (and thinking again of the photo not already was retouched)

zganie, i think you did a good job! but i think by that 'glowing effect' you make it on real -not that my image looks real, its way to perfect, no one can be like that, i know, its like Ant say 'it looks way too much', because its already retouched- but now for youre image, by that 'glowing effect' you
-for example- doesnt see the skin texture anymore! but for the rest it looks good For me!

Ruud.

[zganie]

LOL well i am no fashion retoucher just wanted to mess with it actually,I do research on photography plus buy and sell photographs

zganie

[discinque]

I'm in the "no expert" side of things - and very little experience doing it... and Lord knows I like messing around with pictures too. I think people often over work the eyes... making the whites TOO white - but I see it a lot on professional magazines too, so maybe it's just me.

The lips in this picture... in the original it looks like she is puckering for a kiss, but smoothing it changes the whole picture story, so though the reworked lips look fine... I'm not sure it's appropriate.

Just my 2cents

[KLawson]

I am somewhat of a newbie to re touching. If you could share the steps to achieve this please email me photoshop.ky@gmail.com

Thank you
Klawson

[Swampy]

Originally Posted by KLawson

I am somewhat of a newbie to re touching. If you could share the steps to achieve this please email me photoshop.ky@gmail.com

Thank you
Klawson

A request for a step by step tutorial via email really defeats the purpose of these forums where we share knowledge openly. I'm not saying that it is in any way "against the rules", but that if someone wants to write a step-by-step tutorial, their time and effort would be more effective if posted openly and shared by all.

[ruud92]

Originally Posted by KLawson

I am somewhat of a newbie to re touching. If you could share the steps to achieve this please email me photoshop.ky@gmail.com

Thank you
Klawson

Youre totally right Swampy

ehm, Ileglales asked the same question, and i cant really explain that verry well, so i Set some links on this thread, ik will repead these:

SKIN That Soft Dior Look for Portraits
SKIN The quick de-grunge trick
EYE Eye Enhancement
FACE Beautify a Face
FACE Beauty retouching
FACE Digital Cosmetic Surgery

I hope I helped you!

Ruud