Photo Retouching - - Retouching young man

sirespen · #1 09-01-2008, 04:50 AM

Hi there! I`ve retouched this image recently. I have real problems with the front. I also noticed that maybe the D&B i did maybe gives the guy a too soft look... What do you think?

Andy advice how to do a better retouch?

Here the RAW: deleted

My try: deleted
Thank you in advance!

P.S. i noticed that the nose looks much bigger after i have done the D&B. Probably because now the face is narrower...

Ciao ciao Sebi

For personal reasons I have deleted the source images. 22/11/08

R_Leszczynski · #2 09-01-2008, 05:12 AM

In my opinion the guy looks to soft (skin areas) I'd not use any skin softening technique on this picture, only manually remove blemishes. Next thing is that whole picture looks to me like some cartoon on animation art (it's no real) just my opinion. I've been doing small photo session with a young rock musician recently. As soon as I'll get his release I'll add some samples here.

BTW I've just started similar topic here:
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...ching-men.html

sirespen · #3 09-01-2008, 05:16 AM

Well, i only used a bit of High pass... I wanted this kind of look, but the front looks so bad and i have no idea how to do it better...

santajuana · #4 09-01-2008, 07:49 AM

Ciao Sebi, i've found this link very usefull, they have 3 before-after examples of retouched men, and it doesn't hurt anyone to look at their portfolio. http://www.iwanexstudio.com/
Un bacio,
Silvia.

sirespen · #5 09-01-2008, 07:52 AM

Oh cool! Grazie!

Ciao!

Verywierd · #6 09-01-2008, 09:22 AM

Is this something like what you want?

Skin and hair clean up using mostly patch tool to retain skin texture.
Contrast adjustment to individual areas using several curve layers.
Brighten the area around the eyes slightly, increase brightness and saturation of eyes.
Applied merged layer in soft light blending mode to increase overall contrast and saturation and sharpness.
Applied a light grey layer in soft light blending mode to desaturate a bit.

I left the background in place as I felt it looked better than a floating head.

sirespen · #7 09-01-2008, 10:17 AM

Yeah, I try another one without floating head. But your picture looks really weird on my screen...orange and the white blown out...is it my screen?

skauskas · #8 09-01-2008, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by santajuana

Ciao Sebi, i've found this link very usefull, they have 3 before-after examples of retouched men, and it doesn't hurt anyone to look at their portfolio. http://www.iwanexstudio.com/
Un bacio,
Silvia.

great link.. alwasys great to see otiginal photos of stars))))

Verywierd · #9 09-01-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by sirespen

Yeah, I try another one without floating head. But your picture looks really weird on my screen...orange and the white blown out...is it my screen?

Possibly. The image I posted is sRGB and it looks ok using both my image viewers and my browser after I uploaded it. It could be my monitor, but no one else had mentioned a problem with other images that I have posted. Also other people's images look fine on my screen too.

Can anyone else confirm whether the image looks blown out on their screens?

R_Leszczynski · #10 09-01-2008, 10:31 AM

These are photos of young musician I've been doing recently. Actually it's my first attempt to retouching.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/2292419...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2292419...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2292419...n/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2292419...n/photostream/

sirespen · #11 09-01-2008, 11:17 AM

Nice photos Roland

sirespen · #12 09-01-2008, 11:20 AM

@Verywierd: I tried to open it in safari and it definitely looks better. Later i open it on the other pc i have here, maybe it's only my screen.

Ciao!

R_Leszczynski · #13 09-01-2008, 03:18 PM

Verywierd: I'm using safari on macbook pro calibrated with eye one display 2. As I can see You picture is blown in forehead and nose areas and the looks yellow/orange (a bitt strange for my taste but if You want such a look it could be ok)

Verywierd · #14 09-01-2008, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by R_Leszczynski

Verywierd: I'm using safari on macbook pro calibrated with eye one display 2. As I can see You picture is blown in forehead and nose areas and the looks yellow/orange (a bitt strange for my taste but if You want such a look it could be ok)

Thanks for the feedback.

Odd though, according to PS, the whitest points on the forehead are around R244, G232, B220, which is very light, but not white. As for the skin tone, I started using Fujichrome almost since it first came out very and I like warm skin tones. I find the current trend for greyish desaturated skin too corpse like for comfort. I guess it just proves that I'm not keeping up with the times :-)

R_Leszczynski · #15 09-01-2008, 04:56 PM

Ok I should say it different way. This highlights on forehead are not blown i clipped meaning the are jus too bright for my taste. When it comes to skin color I've checked RGB and CMYK values in Photoshop and it's really high on yellow. In my opinion he looks really strange, like having some skin illness or sth different. Of course it's dramatic and has some kind of effect (maybe for editorial work or some crazy promo shot but for everyday portrait I would not accept such skin color as a client. It's just my opinion an I'm not a pro in this business.