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07-07-2007, 05:04 AM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Well.. It's Saturday and I'm practicing 10 minute retouches :-) Here's another take on it... Need a little more attention around the right eye.. Quote:
Originally Posted by yelhsaneerg | | 
07-07-2007, 01:56 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch good job...i like how u kept it natural....i use 2 different computers so usually when i xsfer the pics onto my laptop to go online and post them here they look so different....i made her too tan and her teeth too white but i guess it could be worse lol | 
07-08-2007, 03:50 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Here is my take.
Last edited by ashleybreeanne; 09-04-2007 at 02:46 AM.
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07-16-2007, 02:40 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch i like it ashley...very nice | 
07-16-2007, 04:04 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch My attempt at this. Reshaped nose, left eye, chin, right cheek. Smoothed skin, lightened teeth, reshaped lips a little. Removed stray hair, and finally improved colour balance. Looks a babe now!
Enjoyed doing this! | 
07-16-2007, 05:33 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Thanks, yelhsaneerg* a nice test image, indeed.
Many folks here will have an account at stock.xchng, in which case the full-size image can be found at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/811280, shame it's a tad out of focus, though. (* I always thought Ashley Green was in England, not Texas)
Rô | 
07-16-2007, 07:06 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Here's mine - makes a change from restoration.
Rô | 
07-17-2007, 01:17 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Here is my try | 
07-17-2007, 11:17 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Newbie try. | 
07-18-2007, 12:14 AM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Hello all. Ro, love your interpretation of the smiling girl. What did you do to her? Did you crop the image and enlarge her, I see highlights in the eyes , her skin is lighter, her hair is smoother and her face outline is smoother. What did you use to lighten her skin and give her that glow? Hopefully there's not a lot of mathematics involved... Tell | 
07-18-2007, 05:56 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch tell, my, you've got quite a sharp eye!  Seems you covered just about everything:
1) Crop and Enlarge: Yes, I worked on the "original" sxc.hu image and cropped to put the interesting lines on diagonals and fitted to a "Golden Ratio" template;
2) Eye Highlights: Yes, I painted them in - also lightened the eyes and did a half-moon lighting on the bottom part;
3) Skin lighter: Yes. In LAB mode I like to work with the skin in the luminosity range 45-80;
4) Hair Smoother / Face glow: Yes. A plug-in I made - works a bit like the deGrunge in reverse (sortta "Local Contrast Enhancement");
5) Face Outline: Yes. Used Liquefy to eliminate a rather strange bulge on the outline near the right eye. (and smudged a small bulge under the chin).
I changed the background too - though you didn't notice that!
Rô | 
07-18-2007, 08:57 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch aNd heRe is Mine.. | 
07-18-2007, 11:16 PM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Here's my try hope you like it too :-) | 
07-19-2007, 03:35 AM
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| | | Re: smiling girl retouch Ro, thanks for sharing. I recall Gary Richardson trying to teach me about the importance of diagonals and light. Although l understand the concept, im stymied by the process. Looking at your smiling girl i immediately go straight to the eyes. I bet thats got something to do with the diagonals. You're right l didnt notice the new background...like l didnt notice the missing necklace & bra line. Come to think of it there's lot l didnt notice. Well done Ro , really appreciate you sharing your talent and tips.. Tell. |
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