Little gift for all of you guys

[Diego81]

I got an image and can't get rid of the noise on the shadows please help!

by the way there is a NEF raw for everyone to play with...

http://www.diegoangarita.com/retouchpro.html

I hope you like it.

Please post results of your interpretations.

thank you

[pixelzombie]

looks somewhat green on my monitor and now the reflection of her frames stand out more..thanks for the raw file...

[TommyO]

Diego,
The raw file (DSC_3577.nef) is not the same image.... can you swap and post when done.
Thanks !

[0lBaldy]

Diego, Thanks for the play!
Pretty lady and a nice shot!
Thought I would try your high res RAW file instead of the snapshots that I am used to working on..
The leaning buildings gave me a headache.. hope you don't mind the background change.

[Diego81]

0lBaldy good interpretation, yes the Bg looks like an Earthquake with that building I like you background.



TommyO, Yes the image in the raw was a shoot a did last week and I wanted to give to everyone to practice with and the image on the rollover image is a client image I'm having problem to get rid of the noise on the shadow areas.

[blaskica]

Here is my try.

[Verywierd]

Something like this? A very quick try, so the edges are not perfect and blending could be better.

Made a duplicate layer and smoothed out the whole thing using surface blend.

Converted the layer the black and white, applied a black mask and painted in white with a soft brush in the shadow areas.

You now have an image with the the shadow areas under the jaw and chin smooth and in black and white.

Create a blank layer, change to colour mode, pick a sample colour from her face and paint with a soft brush over the shadow areas, a little gaussian blur, adjust opacity to taste.

I only noticed the corners of the eyes after I had finished, so I cheated and painted them over with blue sampled from a nearby area.

Just noticed that I missed a bit beside her bracelet :-)

[Diego81]

blaskica good try, I'll put a bit more saturation for my taste.

Verywierd, 1000 times thank you.
I was stuck on this. I finally get rid of it with you technique.

Ones again thank you.

[Kayzar]

This is my attempt. I feel I may have made her skin to reddy/orange like a tan. What do you think?

[pixelzombie]

yes, the yellow is 20 points higher than magenta when i open in photoshop...

[RokcetScientist]

Thanks Diego, this is what I brewed (B4&After):