High key attempt and need help...

[carseasoncity]

Here's a SOOC shot that I think would look great with a high key effect. But I've never done it and would love to see what you guys come up with. If you could tell me how you achieve the look it would be greatly appreciated. I'm also attaching my first attempt.
Thanks!
Brandi

[JD Spears]

carseasoncity,
Quick try. Just adjusted color. Raised the mid tones. Put a white layer under neigh. Added a mask and pained away the edges by hand. Well, not by hand but you know what I mean.

[Juergen D]

I put a plain white layer underneath the image layer. Duplicated the image layer and set the original to 55% opacity. The duplicate is completely masked out, except for the eyes, lips and hair. A cooling photo filter brings in a blueish tint. The surrounding area is placed on a separate layer, which is set to Screen at 25%.

Some sharpening and contrast adjustments.

Juergen

[john718]

nice job JD

[crazyfly1]

Interesting topic. This is one of the kinds of things I'm trying to learn to perfect.

[chillin]

I had tough time to take the blue out. It isn't as simple as it looks at the first glance.

[Tpage]

Biggest problem was with the neck and bodice? of the dress being in bright sunlight and the face in shade. Careful mask construction and curves/hue saturation to tone down this. Would be better to be more careful at the taking stage.

Softness added last with blurred Screen/multiply layers and adjusted using opacity. Some sharpening where required. Didn't remove the dark right hand lower corner but would prefer if it wasn't there.

[bazza64]

Hi Brandi,
There are quite a few ways to do this as you can see from the other members. It comes down to personal preference.
This is how I did this one.
hue & saturation->blues -100
brightness and contrast- brightness-+29, contrast-0
curves-> reduced the blue channel in the middle (this brings up the yellow to warm it up)
increased the red channel (this ads color to the skin).
All these settings can be adjusted to suit you own taste, on a high res photo you would still do some d&b, patching, bluring and sharpening.
Hope this helps,
Barry.

[Gary]

Originally Posted by carseasoncity

Here's a SOOC shot that I think would look great with a high key effect. But I've never done it and would love to see what you guys come up with. If you could tell me how you achieve the look it would be greatly appreciated. I'm also attaching my first attempt.
Thanks!
Brandi

Not really a high key but a fun project so that her color(s) show.

[morpheus1870]

My attempt

[byRo]

Interesting topic, here's my shot...

• Made a greyscale image from the Red channel (looks more high-key like );
• Levels on that to make a nice high-key image;
• Copied and ran my Local Equalization plug-in (or use Medhi's );
• Used levels on the original to turn the blue sheets to grey;
• Mixed in the two greyscales as Luminosity;
• Masked out the skin from the Equalization layer to keep it smooth;
• Levels to taste.

Rô

[bazza64]

As Gary says...fun project.

[saby]

1 assign profile AIM trinitron or else gamma=1
2 convert to profile adobe rgb
3 assign profile AIM trinitron or else gamma=1
4 convert to profile adobe rgb
5 adjustment layer: gradient map: blending mode linear burn: blend if gray: not white (soft transition): masked
6 softlight layer (filled50%black)
7 painted black on it (wit 15%brush op)where U want more shade