Portrait Retouch

Yoolan · #1 12-27-2007, 12:52 PM

Hey folks,

retouch of a woman. C&C welcome...

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/681/oma1ij5.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6497/oma2xr0.jpg

regards rob

mrbeagle · #2 12-27-2007, 02:22 PM

to me it looks like you turned a woman who has lived some life into a 12 year old boy. It seems over the top for me. Maybe if you dialed down some opacities and brought back some of her character. It looks more like you wanted to practice skin texture replacement.

Frank Lopes · #3 12-27-2007, 03:12 PM

Here is my take on your photo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoolan

Hey folks,
retouch of a woman. C&C welcome...
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/681/oma1ij5.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6497/oma2xr0.jpg
regards rob

Daviskw · #4 12-27-2007, 03:57 PM

My try... with lighten darken and dodge and burn layers. No where near done but a start

Butch

shootphoto · #5 12-27-2007, 04:25 PM

www.lancea.net/retouch.jpg

here is my take on it

rharris · #6 12-27-2007, 04:30 PM

My try.

http://www.pbase.com/image/90871121.jpg

Ronny

Yoolan · #7 12-28-2007, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrbeagle

to me it looks like you turned a woman who has lived some life into a 12 year old boy. It seems over the top for me. Maybe if you dialed down some opacities and brought back some of her character. It looks more like you wanted to practice skin texture replacement.

actually I wanted to practice my skin retouch skills. Thanks for comments.

Frank Lopes · #8 12-28-2007, 06:12 AM

Actually I think you did well with the work on the skin.
Unfortunately the image lost something because the work on the skin was so "polished".

I would recommend that you try to keep the "character" of the person.

Just my two cents

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoolan

actually I wanted to practice my skin retouch skills. Thanks for comments.

Yoolan · #9 12-28-2007, 07:10 AM

thanks for the the comment

Cuervo79 · #10 12-28-2007, 05:02 PM

the important question here was, What where you aiming for, if it was to give this portrait back to the client I would agree its a little extreme. However I find it a very nice retouch. Would you care to explain your steps? I would like to know what you did

Yoolan · #11 12-29-2007, 12:43 AM

convert image to lab-color
duplicate layer and desaturate
create new curve-layer and raise the curve
invert and edit wrinkles
thats it
to see results in color switch the layermode to luminosity

*Ive worked with a tablet

Cuervo79 · #12 12-29-2007, 02:21 PM

thanx interesting, never thought about inverting my proses for saturation (via lab mode) and do the same to desaturate.