Need help with this white skin effect.

[lilysharon]

I used channel mixer with monochrome selected.
Raised the curves to lighten it some more.
Ran it through neat image and added colors to her eyes, lips, hair and eyelids.
I also added portraiture glamour on a low opacity and brought back some texture with the original, high passed and blend set to soft light.

[transoptic]

crazyfly looks like you forgot to mask out the eyes

[crazyfly1]

The program has it's own mask but I pushe it to the limit to get a uniform effect on the skin. That picture took like 3 minutes.

[Sistere]

Originally Posted by edgework

No lighting or make-up available. I did this after I first saw Duryagin's stuff. Not much like his, but perhaps a step in the right direction.

http://edgework.tripod.com/samples/whiteface.jpg

Ohhh, now I like this. Edgework, could you please give us a accurate rundown of what you did here? I really like the way that looks.

Damien

[qubic]

I gave it a try. Check it out. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...8244303&size=o

[crazyfly1]

Nice Qubic,
I like the hair too. I can't tell, your model is lying down, right?

[lilysharon]

Looks a bit more goth-like than the examples you showed...maybe because of the dark hair next to the extra white skin. Id love to see the original.

[qubic]

Crazyfly...she is not lying down.
lily...yes, iti is not like the examples I`ve given but the idea is the same. I whitened the face as much as I could with makeup to make post processing easier...still got to improve though.
Here is the original. http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2373/origrq4.jpg

[lilysharon]

Thanks for showing the before.
The makeup is quite opaque.
Perhaps applied lighter would let more natural skin show through and allow for more photoshop play.

[qubic]

Here is another photo I did using less opaque makeup.In Ps I used portraiture, curves and soft light blend. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...0592296&size=o

[transoptic]

better, though she seems to keep getting makeup in her hair
Also, the skin has a good balance of white and color, but I think you could paint a little more color into the face.



Care to post an original?

[qubic]

Both photos are from the same session and it`s the same makeup in her hair. I don`t know why it didn`t bother me that it was there..perhaps because it created sort of a highlight. Here is the original http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7438/imabh3.jpg

[transoptic]

It seems the same principles are applied here:
http://www.dexterquinto.com/portfoli...lyn/index.html

[duyquocvo]

Is this where you are looking for? i did a quick 10 minutes try on a photo i grabed on this forum :P

[prizo]

Originally Posted by crazyfly1

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...tml#post173042

And I did Prizo over here. He needs to be whiter though I think.

LOL.... just so ya know: thats not me. I'm the photog, not the model.