Beauty Retouching Help

[JMB]

So far, here's what I got.
Hope you like it.

[mrbeagle]

Originally Posted by Alison

Hi Gregory,

I ran my copy through neat image and lowered the layer opacity till I liked what I saw.

I think you should step away, and come back and look at it in an hour. It's all over the place.

[mrbeagle]

Originally Posted by Cassidy

http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/index.php?m=show&id=213

for the facial fuzz (also search peach fuzz) I used Byro's technique, the rest of the pic is bits and pieces I've picked up here and no it's not perfect

yours is great, very easy on the eyes. It is tough because both eyes are out of focus to begin with but the skin looks great.

[mrbeagle]

Originally Posted by Insensitive.

Hey you guys, this is my first post, im a n00b lol. I just wanted to take a try, something simple, i smoothed her skin completely, which might not seem too natural, i also played with her eyes a little bit, but i think she ended up looking a little bit crosseyed lol.


http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...eauty_0592.jpg

again this one you should look at in an hour.. it's almost horror movie like. Skin is blotchy and too fake, you made her crosseyed and she's got scary veins. Keep at it.

[kneff]

Here's my try on the photo. First I wanted to say this women has natural beauty, although I have never seen so much hair on the face. It was accented alot by the lighting. Another thing was that she has large pores in her skin, which can be very noticeable up close. This is my first time of ever sending a pix here so don't laugh. But, I've got the before and after. What I thought was really amazing about this pix, and alot of you might see this all the time working with natural retouches, is you could see the camera perfect in her eyes, but flipped upside down. Please let me know what you think. If my pix's don't show, then I'm doing something wrong. I'll try to repost. Thanks

[kneff]

Let me try this again.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...NEFFlowres.jpg

[Insensitive.]

Originally Posted by mrbeagle

again this one you should look at in an hour.. it's almost horror movie like. Skin is blotchy and too fake, you made her crosseyed and she's got scary veins. Keep at it.

Lmao...
Its funny how you bascially just repeated everything i said,
Yet you still needed to say it...
My first retouch ever.
I did a damn good job for a n00b

[Insensitive.]

Originally Posted by kneff

Let me try this again.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...NEFFlowres.jpg

I LOVE what you did.
The skin is smooth, yet you still see the texture.
Its beautiful.

[Alison]

Hi Gregory,

Hi Alison,

I like what you've done, but it looks more Dave Hill to me. Using any blur seems like the opposite of what I'd want to do to make a beauty shot pop. Bringing the near eyebrow back in focus is less of a problem for me because I have other shots to take a sharper eyebrow from. What is neat image?

I just wanted that near eyebrow to look more in focus than it was, then I went off on a tangent Neat Image and Noiseware are free noise reduction programmes, they also have ones that you can purchase. Looking at the image I posted, I think the skin is more smooth than I would have liked. Probably shows why we should walk away from the work every now and again - refresh the eyes and brain

Yeah, unfortunately that's what I thought. Never. :-)

But the good thing about digital and photoshop, is that we can get many different looks out of one image

[Alison]

Originally Posted by mrbeagle

I think you should step away, and come back and look at it in an hour. It's all over the place.

I looked at it this afternoon and it looks bloody awful

[cainam]

Sometimes it becomes boring, skinretouching.
(but I always start, and than I can't stop anymore).

[kneff]

I'm confused as to who posted to my pix. Was it the one saying that I made her eyes look crossed? This wasn't my first retouch...actually, I retouch pageant photos, which are completely different than this one. But, this was the first time I added an image for anyone to see. It said I had a reply, but I couldn't figure out who replied..LOL Sorry, I usually just read stuff and don't post alot.
kneff

[chillin]

I still see lot imperfections. I’ve done only few retouches. I really have hard time with the facial hair.

[kneff]

What was your method of hair removal? What imperfections? I need to know these things. I know the pix isn't that great, but its actually the first time I've given it a go on the face without using a blur method. I tried to remove all of the hair, which probably didn't need to be done. Getting caught up in the shadow on the side of her face was the worst part with the hair. And like someone asked, how do you know when its time to quit. I could have kept going, and when I first finished, I thought it looked "alright". But, again, after looking at it later, I just wasn't happy with it. I've got another method I'm going to try and see if I can't get the face smoother and more evenly toned w/o losing texture. I need critiquing since this is what I do. Well, not so much with natural photos, but there may be a time when I'll need to do them.

[chillin]

Originally Posted by kneff

What was your method of hair removal?

The facial hair is still there. Short of burning one by one I don't know good method of removing it without altering the skin texture.