Video Beauty Retouch

[abdul10000]

Originally Posted by JMB

For the entire face, she add high pass, gaussian blur, set it to linear light, lower opacity and finally, add a mask. that's byro's technique.

After watching the video many times in slow motion the purpose of this step remains unclear to me.

The tutorial you reference is about using the blur effect over the whole skin, Natalia is using it over cretin areas of the face only.

Judging by the before and after preview, it seems Natalia used this technique to smooth out areas of transition between shadows/highlights and midtones, instead of using it to smooth out the who face, is that correct?

Thanks in advance

[Gonzaga]

Hi!

If you want watch the movie slower you can do it like that.

Download the movie and convert it to AVI. There's a site that's called http://vixy.net where you can have the conversion done online - just paste in the youtube link.

Then open the AVI in Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=205650). That nice little player allows you to increase and decrease the speed of the movie and you can even watch the frames step by step.

Take care ... Andreas.

[JMB]

Originally Posted by abdul10000

After watching the video many times in slow motion the purpose of this step remains unclear to me.

The tutorial you reference is about using the blur effect over the whole skin, Natalia is using it over cretin areas of the face only.

Judging by the before and after preview, it seems Natalia used this technique to smooth out areas of transition between shadows/highlights and midtones, instead of using it to smooth out the who face, is that correct?

Thanks in advance

the purpose of this step is to smooth the major imperfections and leave the minor. In other words, the same stuff you said XD

If you use that effect for the whole skin, some parts can get a little bit strange, so, masks are always welcome.

[abdul10000]

Originally Posted by JMB

the purpose of this step is to smooth the major imperfections and leave the minor. In other words, the same stuff you said XD

If you use that effect for the whole skin, some parts can get a little bit strange, so, masks are always welcome.

cool, but whats XD??

[JMB]

Originally Posted by abdul10000

cool, but whats XD??

HAUIhaHIahua XD

It's kind hard to explain (specially in english). You have to see for yourself...just use the technique... You will see some major imperfections desapear.... minor will stand there.... makes the retouch looks more real.....

A similar technique --> http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1169397

But of course, if you want perfection, just dodge and burn =D

[studionewmarket]

Originally Posted by Gonzaga

Hi!

If you want watch the movie slower you can do it like that.

Download the movie and convert it to AVI. There's a site that's called http://vixy.net where you can have the conversion done online - just paste in the youtube link.

Then open the AVI in Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=205650). That nice little player allows you to increase and decrease the speed of the movie and you can even watch the frames step by step.

Take care ... Andreas.

thank you Andreas, this has been very helpfull.
Peter

[toxic_snake]

Oh, Natalia, it's really great to see you here, I'm really a big fan of your amazing work and i've tried to contact you but I never had the chance to have your contact info, I've seen this video of yours and it was such a great inspiration to me, my work had really improved since then, specially when I saw you talking about the doge/burn tools on deviant art.

[studionewmarket]

after viewing the video in slow motion, many things became much clearer, but not all.
In some section alot of painting is happening:
"give her some glow fillining the whites with whites", "lips", "some painting, shading and texturing", what mode is used for paining? didn't see if it was changed to anyhting else from normal, but normal mode would seem to destroy the details.

Also how does degrunge complement d&b? On the surface it looks like degrunge at least to some degree is destructive with application of gaussian blur, yet the whole point of d&b is to preserve every single detail (which is not possible with healing etc), very time consuming and requiring quite a bit of patience and experience (at least I am finding it still quite difficult to cover the area correctly).

Thank you.
Peter

[abdul10000]

Originally Posted by studionewmarket

after viewing the video in slow motion, many things became much clearer, but not all.
In some section alot of painting is happening:
"give her some glow fillining the whites with whites", "lips", "some painting, shading and texturing", what mode is used for paining? didn't see if it was changed to anyhting else from normal, but normal mode would seem to destroy the details.

I will respond to this part which I know more. Use soft light blend mode as you add white and black to enhance the highlights and shadows

[Philipp Paulus]

Very nice, thank you

[MatthewMarshall]

So now with all these complements, Im not going to give one. lol. just kidding, a nice video. The only thing im wondering is she looks way smooth in the end and her eyes are way too bright. I dont know if this your style, or if the youtube vid just gives no justice. I may have missed it but did you place a higher res of the final in this post?

[Dave.Cox]

I agree that you are very good. Interesting that you don't use layers more.

I do a lot of training stuff. If you wanted to turn this into a tutorial, you would want to break it down into the basic components, and do a short training video on each item, with more explanation as to what is going on, and a little bit more step by step. For getting the narration done, it wouldn't be too hard. Just create a text to go with it that someone can read in as a narration. The narrator could probably help you to get the English right.

[videosean]

I've been an admirer of your abilities for awhile GM. Thanks for taking the time to make that video and share

[hataproof818]

very very.....very amazing.....in complete admiration....EXQUISITE WORK!!

[AliasAngel]

Wow, I'm impressed. If you need a place to host a high-res version of the video, you can use my site. The quality on YouTube is pretty terrible for actually seeing all the steps. You can e-mail me at aliasjanedoe@hotmail.com if you're interested. I might also be able to help you with your English. You do seem to type fluently, however. Why not just type your steps and display them like subtitles? And I think you could easily make enough money selling tutorials to buy a Wacom tablet.

[ecols]

for hosting of HQ vids i totally recommend vimeo.com.. It's free and it's HD, perfect to get minor changes in skin texture, you won't be able to see in youtube vids..


BTW Godmother: I just added you to my flickr contacts..

[Godmother]

SORRY I haven't read the last.. I don't know like 15 comments lol
ok...

Originally Posted by toxic_snake

i've tried to contact you but I never had the chance to have your contact info

How come??? My info is everywhere! Just google me.

Originally Posted by studionewmarket

"give her some glow fillining the whites with whites"

When you have retouched the image if you want that WET or really SHINNY look, you can fill the whites with white:

AMY DRESSER: this may possibly be my only "trick." This has to be done as a final step or it will magnify any so-called-flaws that are white in nature. Make a new empty layer on top of everything. with pure white selected as the foreground color in the tool bar go to Select > Color Range. The whites of the image should already be selected by default. Move the fuzziness slider so the slightest dusting of selection will be made (click selection radio vs. image radio), hit OK. Fill this selection with white. Mask or erase out what is too much. sometimes i blur this layer a bit.

Originally Posted by studionewmarket

"lips", "some painting, shading and texturing", what mode is used for paining? didn't see if it was changed to anyhting else from normal, but normal mode would seem to destroy the details.

Yes it does destroy the details when you have them If you don't have texture or details to work with you MAKE THEM.

I always paint in normal mode because I only pain where texture is not needed or not there in the first place.

Originally Posted by studionewmarket

Also how does degrunge complement d&b? On the surface it looks like degrunge at least to some degree is destructive with application of gaussian blur, yet the whole point of d&b is to preserve every single detail (which is not possible with healing etc), very time consuming and requiring quite a bit of patience and experience (at least I am finding it still quite difficult to cover the area correctly).
Thank you.
Peter

D&B an entire image takes more than 10 hours. Not all clients have more than 10 hours of retouching budget and not all images are printed larger than A3. And not all the images your work on are VOGUE COVERS

Originally Posted by MatthewMarshall

The only thing im wondering is she looks way smooth in the end and her eyes are way too bright. I dont know if this your style, or if the youtube vid just gives no justice. I may have missed it but did you place a higher res of the final in this post?

I didn't post a higher res one... I think...
I would now, but I don't have it on my regular disk and I'm lazy (Like really lazy) The compression of the vid tends to play with contrast and that's why it looks so white, but then I used to make eyes REALLY shinny... I think it depends on the image now a days or the client. Matte is really IN right now.

Originally Posted by AliasAngel

Wow, I'm impressed. If you need a place to host a high-res version of the video, you can use my site.

Originally Posted by ecols

for hosting of HQ vids i totally recommend vimeo.com.. It's free and it's HD, perfect to get minor changes in skin texture, you won't be able to see in youtube vids..

About actually hosting THAT vid... well I made that Video when I was PC based and now I have mac the vid seems corrupted here in my new shinny imac. Another thing... I have a screen capture soft a friend let me to try and the vids end up being really really heavy (like more than 100 GB) I have no idea how to make that smaller.
Another thing I'm writing a tutorial chris is helping me with the english (tho I made the high pass thing on my blog all by my self
But I have had some threats against publishing it for free it's kind of crazy but it made me think about it...


Anyway... thanks for all your comments and for watching my little vid. I'm glad it even helped some of you. I just made that vid to show ppl there's no 5 minute trick that does it all

[arthursoares]

natalia,

you're good

[pixelzombie]

Originally Posted by Godmother

About actually hosting THAT vid... well I made that Video when I was PC based and now I have mac the vid seems corrupted here in my new shinny imac. Another thing... I have a screen capture soft a friend let me to try and the vids end up being really really heavy (like more than 100 GB) I have no idea how to make that smaller.
Another thing I'm writing a tutorial chris is helping me with the english (tho I made the high pass thing on my blog all by my self
But I have had some threats against publishing it for free it's kind of crazy but it made me think about it...


Anyway... thanks for all your comments and for watching my little vid. I'm glad it even helped some of you. I just made that vid to show ppl there's no 5 minute trick that does it all

if you're using Snapz Pro X you will have to lower the frame setting to 5 and record in sections to make the files more managable, you can then use MPEG Streamclip(which is free) to export them as mp4 files which reduce the file size significantly especially when you reduce the frame size to 640X480, try this out and let me know how it works for you...

[Hendrik]

I use GOM player to reduce speed, it's great. The movie is very nice, it's a bit pity the resolution is low, but still valuable. Thanks!

[Nanls]

Originally Posted by Godmother

Hey I got to where I am in 2 years, so maybe you get there sooner than that

Good luck

Natalia

Great job on the video Natalia. Here is a blast from the past : http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/cri...you-think.html

I only remember this post where you asked for critiques of your image because it was so different from the typical glam images we get. As you stated "the first I've done for my RETOUCH & MANIPULATION portfolio." Big difference time and practice can make.
It would still be a good challenge image for people here who want to practice skin work.

Keep up the good work!!!!!!!
~Nancy

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[Godmother]

Originally Posted by Nanls

Here is a blast from the past
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You made me smile
Thanks

[quadupix]

Originally Posted by Gonzaga

Hi!

If you want watch the movie slower you can do it like that.

Download the movie and convert it to AVI. There's a site that's called http://vixy.net where you can have the conversion done online - just paste in the youtube link.

Then open the AVI in Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=205650). That nice little player allows you to increase and decrease the speed of the movie and you can even watch the frames step by step.

Take care ... Andreas.

I have done exactly that but when i click on the decrease button the video even plays faster....weired

[041567970]

Hey Natalia!
Can we expect something new on your blog? LOL I am visiting your blog every few hours just to see if there is something new that I can learn from. Are you doing a longer version of the video?

Well sorry for bothering you, I know you are busy...

bye!

[roberto]

Thank you very much to share your skill with us; but why don' t you think about a tutorial? I'm not speaking about a free one.

all the best
Roberto Tartaglione

[sonicnod]

Hi, just joined this forum and saw the fantastic godmother video.
I too have joined the natalia fanclub. Great work and I would also pay
for a tutorial dvd if you ever made one.
Keep up the great work.

[novella]

Hey i loved it, but still don't understand the changing of skin texture and also how the history brush helped in this?
Anyone like to clarify it a little better for me?

[marek]

hi all

inspired by godmother(thanks you so much) so i make my own, not really ah good retouch but its a worth a try, and boring cuz i dont realy know how to put some music on it,
and its a little bit faster coz my computer has ah low RAM so please bear with me ^___^

thnx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJXXOPha1V4

BTW, the picture use is from lipstick fetish, so credit to them. ^___^

[Kissa]

WOW the video is amazing. Hope to be able to learn something from you, great job.